Transcript Just Do It - Getting to grips with the localism agenda

Just Do It - Getting to grips
with the localism agenda
Ivan Annibal & Jessica Sellick
So What’s New?
• The Big Society.... is
about liberation –the
biggest, most dramatic
redistribution of power
from elites in Whitehall to
the man and woman on
the street.’
• Hey you – you’re not
their puppet on a string,
you can do anything. Its
true if you really want to,
you can do anything you
want to – just like I do!
New Rights and Powers
• Community Right to Challenge – to take over a service
– has to listen, agree and procure – Compulsory
Competitive Tendering Provisions 1997
• Assets of Community Value – List of assets and the
right – when they come up for sale - to bid for them –
Quirk Review 2007
• Local Referendums – must take the outcomes into
account – Parish Polls Local Govt Act 1972
• Right to approve or veto council tax – No increase
2012/13 – Capping since 1979
Planning Reform
• Neighbourhood Plans – Parish
Plans (2004) with teeth or
beefed up Village Design
statements– have to fit in
with NPPF
• Community Right to Build –
Subject to a referendum can
proceed without a separate
traditional planning application
• CIL and other means of
returning some of the benefits
of development to local people
– can already happen – S106
TCPA 1990
Follow the Bill
http://services.parliament.uk/
bills/2010-11/localism.html
David Bailey CLG on the enactment of
Assets of Community Value
• Land or buildings which further social
well-being or have done in the recent
past
• “Our target is to get Royal Assent in
November. It is then convention for
provisions to be enacted and become law
around two months later - which would
mean early in 2012. In a number of areas,
however, including assets of community
value - there are regulations that will have
to be drafted and laid before Parliament
prior to the policy being active.
• Although there are no guarantees we would
hope that it would be 'active' by Easter
time.”
Community Matters Briefing Paper
The Future of Community Buildings
Community Matters’ work with
the Asset Transfer Unit gives
us an overview of the scale of
the task of safeguarding our
community assets.
It is estimated that 5000
community buildings will be
disposed of in this way in
2011, but there is only
capacity to support 200
community asset transfers.
Public Services White Paper
• Neighbourhood Councils taking on local services possible national framework
• Commissioned services - switch the default from one
where the state provides the service itself to one
where the state commissions the service from a
range of diverse providers
• Local commissioning of: customer contact, planning,
property, back office services, family support, looked
after children, trading and environmental standards
• Employee ownership
Summing Up
• Localism Bill more about tone
than substance
• Many communities are “doing it
for themselves” already - others
do not have the capacity
• We need new practical thinking
about: community capacity and
a vision for what services will
look like in (rural) communities
as a consequence of
permanently reduced resources
• The answer lies in greater local
self reliance through mutuality –
whilst using different terms all
parties agree with this
A Vision – Bristol Accord 2005
Building a Framework for a Resilient Rural–
McLean and Clunie
1. Community
Led Plan process
2. Implementation
route map through Big Society
mechanisms – ACRE 2010
Research the solutions
Identify options and funding sources
Research
needs &
priorities
The
Community
Action Plan
Right to
challenge
Involve external
stakeholders
Gain
volunteers
Assets of
Community
Value
Negotiate with
public service
agencies
Community
activists
Lunch
club
Youth
club
Community buy
out
IT
suite
Raise
community
finance
Key:
Process
Transport
scheme
Community
finance
Output
Outcome
Good
neighbour
scheme
Affordable
housing
New village
hall
Open space
Community
shop
Wildlife area
Community pub
Parish
Council
support
Local Housing Trust
OR communitysupported
development scheme
Community shop
Renewable energy scheme
Heritage building
Clean room in village hall
for outreach healthcare
Allotments/ community farm
Open space
Final Thoughts
What makes a
community
enterprising and is
the process
transferable?
Should we be more
interested in getting
by than in growth?
Sustainable
Livelihoods
Assessment: