Placemaking
Our servicesWhat is Placemaking?
Placemaking is a collaborative process where communities help create quality places to live, work, play and learn in.
Using the community’s knowledge, skills, and lived experience, good placemaking approaches balance the current and future needs of a community, and looks beyond roads, power and water to social infrastructure—public spaces, facilities, transport, local services and green spaces.
Our Placemaking Charter details our vision placemaking and how to achieve it.
Placemaking Services
We offer a variety of services that support placemaking at different levels, from community-led and rural housing to neighbourhood planning, town planning, and community stewardship of local assets:
Neighbourhood Planning
We support communities to develop Neighbourhood Development Plans—an essential planning tool that sets out a vision for future development.
Neighbourhood Planning
Town Planning
Our team of RTPI-accredited planning experts support town councils and community organisations with complex spatial planning and development applications.
Town Planning
Housing
Our team of Rural and Community-led Housing Enablers work with parish and town councils and community groups to identify local housing needs and develop projects to meet them.
Housing
Community-led Stewardship
Working with a team of specialist advisers, we bring communities, developers, and Local Authorities together to create bespoke, resident-led stewardship and management solutions for community assets.
Community-led Stewardship
Community Development Projects
We specialise in facilitating tailored projects that build bridges between existing and new residents.
Community Development Projects“
Following allocations for significant strategic developments in Woodstock, Community First Oxfordshire were commissioned to consult with residents and stakeholders to understand the existing infrastructure and identify improvements the developments might facilitate. The nature of the work was challenging, but the team produced a thorough report that many residents praised, and the development project team have relied upon throughout the planning process.
Blenheim Estate
If you’re interested in discussing our placemaking services with a member of the team, get in contact with us for more information.
Resources
You can access tailored resources below, or head to our resource library to browse all of Community First Oxfordshire’s open access materials.
How to Respond to Planning Applications
This planning guide has been produced by CPRE, the countryside charity and NALC, to help everyone navigate and understand the planning application process in England. This guide condenses technical info simply to help make understanding the planning system accessible to everyone. Whether you have a particular interest, or more general concerns about the type of…
Oxfordshire Rural Services Survey
In 2020, we facilitated the first Oxfordshire Rural Services Survey with rural parishes, towns and peripheral urban communities.
Community Development & Placemaking: A Best Practice Model
Community First Oxfordshire was commissioned by South and Vale District Councils and Sovereign Housing Association to set out best practice recommendations for building vibrant, sustainable communities on major new housing developments.
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