community intervention and activism – reading material

Try the link below for ordering details on a new book for planning in communities.
http://www2.rudi.net/ppo/wates/cph.htm

Also, there is a newish book about called ‘From Property to people? Partnership, collaborative planning and Urban Design’ by: Mc.Carthy, J. and LLoyd, G. Published year 2000.

There could well be a case for developers themselves shelling out a few thousand quid to get some collaborative planning specialists to meet the public (locals) over a course of days to bargain with them and convince (educate?) them (depends on the development) of the benefits of proposed developments.
This way, developers might get more development unofficially approved by the locals than they might expect with less likelihood of local objections. What weight would local support for a development have weighted against an objection by (non-locals) An Taisce in An Bord Pleanala’s decision making?
This kind of co-operation could help everybody get benefit from developments.

This kind of thing has been done in Britain (not often!) and has proved very cost effective for developers.

[This message has been edited by DARA H (edited 08 May 2001).]

P.S. getting communties involved in planning can be found under the various terms of: ‘collaborative planning’ ‘community planning’ ‘consensus building’ and a trade-marked method of engaging the community in planning called “planning for Real”.

DARA

“Collaborative Planning-Shaping Places in Fragmented Spaces” by Patsy Healey, published by Macmillan, 1997. in the Planning-Environment-Cities series.
This develops the communicative-collaborative planning model and reflects new institutional realities of contemporary society.