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Tag Archives: development
Building Norfolk
Matthew Rice’s book ‘Building Norfolk’ attracted quite a lot of attention when it was published last year; not surprisingly. It is a beautiful book full of exuberant, colourful drawings. I could write a whole other post, lamenting the death of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture/Design, Norfolk DNA
Tagged design quality, development, history, house-builders, local distinctiveness, Matthew Rice, modernism, Norfolk, pastiche, vernacular
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So it’s not really a ‘Nimby Charter’ after all…
Last week the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) published an ‘Impact Asessment’ on Neighbourhood Plans and the Community Right to Build. The document is a normal part of the legislative process, and seeks to quantify the likely impact … Continue reading
Posted in Community Right to Build
Tagged Community Right to Build, development, housing delivery, Localism Bill, Neighbourhood Plan, planning, policy
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CRTB to facilitate self-build?
In an announcement from the CLG last week, Grant Shapps declared his support for the self-build sector, saying he wants to ‘break down the barriers that many aspiring self-builders often come up against’. The Community Right to Build (CRTB), he … Continue reading
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Tagged Community Right to Build, consensus/support, development, self build
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75% Support? Impossible, surely…
I was at the official opening of The Pennoyer Centre in Pulham St Mary last week. Quite apart from the fact that it was designed by our studio, Lucas Hickman Smith, and has just received design-awards from South Norfolk District … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Society, Community Right to Build, consensus/support, development, Pennoyer Centre
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How to CRTB # 5 – Two Farmers and a Wedding.
I was at a wedding in Suffolk this weekend, and had interesting conversations with two farmers. After dissecting the impact that the Russian harvest was having on domestic grain prices, and the merits and demerits of forward-selling commodities, I raised … Continue reading
What Would You Do With Half a Million Quid?
In my worked example I imagined a Community Right to Build project of ten houses for sale, generating a pot of money for the CRTB ‘good cause’ of around half million quid. What does that buy?
How to CRTB #4 – A Worked Example
Following the discussion about Community Right to Build (CRTB) over the past weeks and months, it strikes me that it is still focused firmly on affordable housing. As I have suggested previously, the CRTB may make a modest contribution to … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable housing, Community Right to Build, development, policy, value
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How to CRTB #3 – Watch This Space
If you’re interested in the ‘mechanics’ of a Community Right to Build project, rather than the more design-related themes I’ve been focussing on lately, do keep an eye on Ruralise for the next week or so*. I’m doing a ‘worked … Continue reading
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Tagged Community Right to Build, development
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CRTB: How Many Homes?
As I said in a previous post, the ‘sustainablility’ logic behind the planners’ preference for large-scale development, centred on a limited number of highly serviced, highly accessible centres, is lost on most ‘normal’ people. It seems only common sense to … Continue reading
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Tagged Community Right to Build, development, growth, housing delivery, Norfolk, settlement pattern, sustainability
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How to CRTB #2 – Creating Value
I said in a previous post it was ironic that the Coalition spending-cuts have hit a programme aimed at supporting community run pubs. It isn’t ironic, of course – in fact it’s ideologically consistent with the whole thrust of the … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable housing, Big Society, Community Right to Build, consensus/support, development, land-use, planning, value
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