Themes

Local Government

Carbon management & climate change
Reducing carbon is crucial to successful, sustainable place making. Our integrated learning programme and resources provide practical solutions to support professionals to adapt communities to our changing climate. Check your skills Carbon Navigator assesses the carbon management skills you need as part of your project role.
Advisory Team for Large Applications (ATLAS)
ATLAS is a part of HCA which provides an independent advisory service to local planning authorities that are experiencing the pressures of increased development activity. ATLAS currently operates nationally with team members based in offices in Milton Keynes, Birmingham, Warrington, Leeds, Ashford and Bristol. The team is sponsored by the Department of Communities & Local Government (CLG) and hosted by the Homes & Communities Agency. Members of the ATLAS team are experienced in town planning and development issues and have been advising and assisting Local Planning Authorities across a wide variety of complex projects all of which contain a significant number of residential units. The team has rapidly expanded to offer guidance and assistance across a wide range of planning and technical development issues including transport, urban design, social infrastructure and environmental sustainability.
Showcase - best practice
Our website of case studies to inform and inspire. Showcase highlights projects that contribute to creating better communities. These examples give practical insight into developing sustainable communities. Visit Showcase at showcase.homesandcommunities.co.uk
Place Spotlight launched
We've launched Place Spotlight - a resource to support the local investment planning process and help local authorities to identify ways to improve their delivery of great places. Place Spotlight supports practitioners to develop a strong vision for a local area and prioritises what needs to be done to deliver that vision by providing advice about:
Development Economics for non-developers
One day training course focused on the commercial dynamics of regeneration and development. The challenges faced in delivering successful regeneration the current challenging economic climate are enormous and understanding the commercial dynamics of regeneration projects has never been more critical. Building this capability within public bodies must be a priority this course meets.
Pushing back the frontiers
21 Nov 2007 - Report setting out a vision for developing multi-area agreements published by Local Government Association This local government initiative has the potential to change the way that councils and government agencies work together. » Visit the Local Government Association website  
The Place-shaping Challenge
14 May 07 - Does local government have the skills to deliver? It is not a coincidence that the full title of the recent high profile review was the " Lyons Inquiry into Local Government - Place-shaping: a shared ambition for the future of local government ". In my opinion, not enough has been made of this new an exciting consensus that local government's core function is to shape the places it serves.  But a lingering doubt remains.  As a former local authority Chief Executive for over 10 years, I'm left wondering if local government has the people with the knowledge and skills to become a really effective place-shaper?
Future Communities website
futurecommunities.net is all about community participation and place management, it's been created to help people who build communities. The site shows well presented, clear examples of projects that have created sustainable communities. Additionally the site provides background guidance for people to implement on their own development projects.

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