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Responses & Commentary<\/strong><\/p>\n

Team response to the Plan for Neighbourhoods March 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The research team – Gavin Parker, Matthew Wargent, John Sturzaker and Tessa Lynn – penned a short response to the recently launched \u2018Plan for Neighbourhoods\u2019 asking how people will actually be involved.<\/p>\n

Calls for Evidence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods (ICON)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Launched in September 2024, ICON is undertaking a comprehensive review of the current state of neighbourhoods across England.<\/p>\n

The Commission is examining the role neighbourhoods play in people\u2019s lives and exploring the case for neighbourhood-focused regeneration as a way of supporting wider social and economic objectives. Its work combines quantitative and qualitative evidence and pays particular attention to the experiences of the most deprived and \u2018left behind\u2019 communities.<\/p>\n

To understand \u201cwhat works,\u201d ICON is drawing on both international and domestic research, building an evidence base to inform future policy and practice.<\/p>\n

You can read ICON\u2019s Interim Report, Neighbourhood Policy Green Paper, and all other publications on their website.<\/p>\n

Books<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neighbourhood Planning in Practice<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nWritten by members of the research team, this book examines how communities have used Neighbourhood Planning since the Localism Act (2011), what they achieved, and what challenges they faced. It serves as a practical guide for anyone involved in neighbourhood planning or considering starting a plan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Related Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

Learning from Big Local<\/a> <\/strong>is a new online resource capturing 15 years of learning from 150 communities across England. Drawing on one of the country\u2019s longest-running place-based programmes, it brings together data, evaluation and lived experience to build a rich evidence base on community-led change.<\/p>\n

The site includes 50 analytical articles, 150 area summaries, 100 resident stories and over 100 programme reports, offering insight into participation, power, funding models and neighbourhood-level approaches.<\/p>\n

Research: Spaces of Hope: People’s Plans<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This sister project documents the rich history of community-led planning in the UK since the 1960s, highlighting informal and often overlooked forms of community organising around place and urban change.<\/p>\n

More information:<\/strong> PeoplesPlans.org \u2013 Exploring the Hidden Histories of Community-led Planning in the UK<\/em><\/p>\n

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Research: Just Neighbourhoods. Socio-spatial Justice in Urban Neighbourhoods<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Similar project title. Different scope!… This website shares details of research carried out by US and UK universities looking at a case in San Francisco, US. Completed in 2021, this work explored the extent which redevelopment projects at the neighbourhood scale contribute to achieving socially just and fair environments, and who benefits from them. The main objectives of the research included:<\/p>\n