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Heritage group invitation to May 13th walkabout

posted 8 May 2013 00:30 by Alison Bromilow

The Bristol Civic Society is calling on all Bristolians to get involved in a new campaign to protect the city’s heritage.

The society's Heritage Group is inviting the public on a tour of the city centre next month (Monday, May 13) to find out how old and new technology is being used to build an online history of Bristol, in the form of the Know Your Place website.

Launched two years ago, Know Your Place provides visitors with a range of maps of the city dating back to 1750 – allowing them to easily see how Bristol has developed over the centuries.

The map is unique as it allows people to add their own information and images to the site, allowing the people to help tell the story of the city.

The Heritage Group, which works to protect what is left of Bristol's past from development, is keen to work alongside Bristol City Council's City Design Group, promote Know Your Place and help the public use the other excellent online tools to learn about, and contribute to, the city's history.

Next month’s workshop aims to introduce people to how to contribute new information – in the form of photographs and facts - to the lists of local heritage assets and buildings at risk.

Is there a building or structure in your local area that you feel is worth mentioning? We will promote proposals of local heritage for the new Local List.

Do you know a notable building in your local area in a bad state of repair? Flag it as ‘at risk’ with the new tools that will be provided by the City Design Group.

The group, led by Peter Insole, City Archaeology Officer, will take a tour of the city centre using a new mobile app linked to the Heritage At Risk layer on Know Your Place, and will take photographs and notes to be loaded to the website later. After the walk, back at the Llandoger Trow, newcomers can join the group to discuss the survey and how other buildings in Bristol could be included in Local Lists.

Those interested in the workshop on Monday, May 13 can meet the Heritage Group outside the Llandoger Trow pub, King Street, at 6pm. You can also come along at 7pm for the post-tour discussion in the Jacobean Room. For more information email heritage@bristolcivicsociety.org.uk or contact Mariateresa Bucciante at 07962 832654.

More details may be found in the spring 2013 issue of Better Bristol, the BCS magazine, pages 10/11, 12, 21 (available also online).

Neighbourhood plans adopted

posted 5 May 2013 03:06 by Alison Bromilow   [ updated 5 May 2013 03:57 ]

Two more Neighbourhood Development plans have been passed at referendum, Exeter St David's and Thame. See the press release below. 

Upper Eden NDP was previously passed at referendum on March 7th. read more

Planning course parts 2 and 3

posted 25 Apr 2013 01:10 by Alison Bromilow   [ updated 25 Apr 2013 01:22 ]

Information from the second and third evenings of the planning course:

Part L Building regulations: conservation of fuel and power see link

BREEAM design and assessment method for sustainable buildings see link

CSE Centre for Sustainable Energy see link

Bristol Core Strategy see link BCS 13,14 and 15 refer to sustainability policies

NPPF National Planning Policy Framework see link


Development Plans and Policy: course day 1

posted 12 Apr 2013 01:24 by Alison Bromilow

The first evening presentation :

Making sense of development plans and policy : Dave Johnson, Assist Head of Dept, Department of Planning and Architecture, UWE .

Documents referred to were:


Supporting Communities in Neighbourhood Planning

posted 14 Mar 2013 10:35 by Alison Bromilow

Don Foster has today announced that Locality, in partnership with RTPI/Planning Aid England and other partners will deliver a new £9.5m Supporting Communities in Neighbourhood Planning programme. The 2-year programme will launch on 15 April and will offer practical, hands-on support and grants of up to £7,000 per neighbourhood area for communities to progress their Neighbourhood Development Plan or Neighbourhood Development Order.

Full programme details, including application forms for support and grants, will be available from www.mycommunityrights.org.uk when the programme is launched. The enclosed factsheet addresses some initial questions you may have. You can find the press release here


s106 / CIL report to BCC scrutiny

posted 14 Feb 2013 01:09 by Alison Bromilow   [ updated 14 Feb 2013 01:28 ]

See the recent report from the Planning Obligations Manager to the Resources Scrutiny Commission on 25th January 2013


Also background papers
  • Cabinet report of 25 November 2010 setting out Section 106 devolution processes
  • Full Council report of 18 September 2012 recommending the approval of CIL
  • Cabinet Report of 27 September 2012 recommending the adoption of the Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
  • Statement by the Planning Minister, Nick Boles, on 10 January 2013, titled “Communities to receive cash boost for choosing development”

Bristol Civic Society meeting 13 Feb 2013

posted 5 Feb 2013 00:49 by Alison Bromilow

BCS meeting 13 Feb 2013 Urban Design Group

Neighbourhood Devt. Plan areas to keep 25% of CIL

posted 14 Jan 2013 12:02 by Alison Bromilow   [ updated 14 Jan 2013 12:02 ]

Communities that tackle the legacy of inadequate house-building and choose to accept new housing will benefit directly from generous cash incentives, Planning Minister Nick Boles has announced.

Neighbourhoods that take a proactive approach by drawing up a neighbourhood development plan, and securing the consent of local people in a referendum, will receive 25 percent of the revenues from the Community Infrastructure Levy arising from the development that they choose to accept.

This cash boost will be paid directly to parish and town councils and can be used to back the community’s priorities - for example to re-roof a village hall, refurbish a municipal pool or take over a community pub. 

Neighbourhoods without a neighbourhood development plan but where the levy is still charged will still receive a capped 15 percent share of the levy revenue arising from development in their area.

Communities without a parish or town council will still benefit from this incentive, with the local planning authority retaining it and spending it in accordance with the wishes of the community.

read more

Redcliffe Way: talk Tuesday 22nd January.

posted 14 Jan 2013 11:41 by Alison Bromilow

Power, Heart & Imagination: new model regeneration Bristol fashion

Tuesday 22nd January at 18:30-20:00

Arnolfini

Free, but booking essential call 0117 917 2300


Speakers include: Bristol Mayor George Ferguson, world renowned architects Jan Gehl from Copenhagen and David Mackay from Barcelona, award winning ethical developer Chris Brown from Igloo; hosted by the Redcliffe Neighbourhood Development Forum.

New York has the High Line, Madrid has the Rio Project and London has Exhibition Road. Where is Bristol’s standout piece of new civic space?

In an often-overlooked part of Bristol’s city centre, there lie acres of under-used tarmac, a neighbourhood sliced in half by an outmoded highway, and a chance for creating a different kind of development.

Redcliffe Way is currently a bypass to nowhere, the missing link between the ingenuity of Brunel’s Temple Meads Station and the delight of the floating harbour.

The power of a new independent elected mayor and the heart of a determined local community are two valuable ingredients for reimagining and reclaiming this undervalued space. Other ingredients could include new approaches to development such as self-build, new mixes of uses and alternative finance models

This event brings together leading urbanists to explore what Bristol can learn from other places, what can Bristol forge for itself, and map out new approaches to regeneration and city development.

To book your place, please contact the Arnolfini box office on: 0117 917 2300

This event is generously supported by the Arnolfini, the Architecture Centre and Design Council Cabe.

This public event is the finale of two days of activities where a group of leading urban professionals will work alongside a group of local Redcliffe residents to co-design proposals for the redevelopment of Redcliffe Way, which will then be used as a basis for wider public consultation. To find out more, please contact melissa.mean@googlemail.com, or follow @MoreRedcliffe on Twitter.

http://www.architecturecentre.co.uk/events_Power-Heart-Imagination-new-model-regeneration-Bristol-fashion

Free courses for community groups 2013

posted 6 Jan 2013 04:38 by Alison Bromilow

Influencing change in your community 29 January 9.30 - 3.30

Managing your community group's money 6 February 9.30 - 3.30

see attached flyer for details and how to book a place 

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