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| Creating Community : Community Audit | 20th Feb '07 |
| 106 Agreements can be a significant part of the process in creating community. However, initial questions also need to be asked about what the nature of community might be envisaged. |
Is the housing an 'add on' to an existing community which is likely to provide all of the facilities and sense of 'belonging'? Is the new housing part of a larger regeneration scheme of an existing settled community, or on a brown field site? Is the housing on a green field site and well away from any provision, and if so, who are the people moving in and what might be there need?
One striking example of how this can change is provided by a harbour development on the south coast where apartments were built as second homes overlooking the sea. However, some of these apartments were bought as investments and short term gain could be had by renting out. The only people prepared to live in the relatively remote location were some single parent families, providing a very different clientele and community need than had first been envisaged.
This illustrates how important it is for the church to be involved in the whole process, in partnership with other community provision providers. This takes time, but is another important aspect of creating community.
In all of this, there is experience to learn and share of new housing estates built in the 60�s, 70�s and 80�s. We want to collate and share some of that experience as we consider planning for the new housing areas today. If you have some of that experience, please contact us and we will consider it for the Resource section of this website. In particular, the following resource people may be able to offer advice about community audits.
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