Practice Signposts

11-Jan-07

This page signposts key web sites and documents which provide practice advice and information to planners on a variety of topics. Scroll down to browse the topics and the information available.

Further information on planning related documents is available from our Library and Information Service and the Effective Practice in Spatial Planning Skills List.

If you come across links that don't work or have suggestions for items that should be included, please email practice@rtpi.org.uk

Signpost Index

Ageing Population

Title: Extra care housing (GPN8)
Publisher: RTPI and Department of Health
Date: October 2007
Audience: General
Description: Guidance to support the planning response to the growing demand for a broad range of extra care housing, as part of meeting the housing needs of an ageing population in the UK.

Title: Housing LIN
Publisher: Department of Health
Date: Ongoing
Audience: General
Resource: Website containing a wealth of guidance and information
Description: Housing LIN is the national network for promoting new ideas and supporting change in the delivery of housing, care and support services for older and vulnerable adults, including people with disabilities and long term conditions.

Title: Growing old in a changing climate: meeting the challenges of an ageing population and climate change
Publisher: Stockholm Environment Institute
Date: 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Workshop report
Description: Sets out a number of recommendations including climate change proofing the homes of older people and improving transport for older people.

Title: Older people and wellbeing
Publisher: Institute for Public Policy Research
Date: 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Report
Description: Describes some of the key social trends in the UK and assesses how these may be impacting on older people and their wellbeing.

Title: Extra care housing: what is it?
Publisher: Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP)
Date: Revised 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Factsheet
Description: Gives essential basic information, explains the various forms extra care housing takes and describes key ingredients and central principles.

Title: Planning for continuing care retirement communities: issues and good practice
Publisher: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Date: 2007
Audience: General
Resource: Summary of full report
Description: Provides analysis of current and emerging policy and practice and is intended to provide practical assistance to those involved in the planning and development process.

Title: Older people’s housing strategies: key policy drivers
Publisher: Housing and older people development group
Date: 2006
Audience: General
Resource: Report
Description: Explores the relationship between the housing agenda and the agenda for older age. It looks at the ways in which gaps in policy at the national level are affecting regional strategies and local policies and implementation.

Title: Models of extra care and retirement communities
Publisher: Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP)
Date: 2004
Audience: General
Resource: Factsheet
Description: An explanation of the different types of retirement community and examples of how key decisions about the choice of model are made.

Title: Extra care housing toolkit
Publisher: Care Services Improvement Partnership (Department of Health)
Date: 2006
Audience: Housing, care and planning professionals
Resource: Toolkit
Description: Assists in the development of extra care housing in the context of the wider accommodation and service needs of older people. It offers a structured approach to developing policy and locally based initiatives and a variety of tools designed to facilitate thinking about extra care.

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Children and Young People

Title: Homes fit for families: an evidence review
Publisher: Family and Parenting Institute
Date: 2008
Audience: Policy makers
Resource: Policy discussion paper
Description: Explores how children and families are affected by their physical environment, both in their home and their immediate neighbourhood. It suggests policy solutions to ensure housing is fit for families.

Title: Design for play: a guide to creating successful play spaces
Publisher: Every Child Matters
Date: September 2008
Audience: Local authorities
Resource: Guidance
Description: Aims to support good practice in the development and improvement of public play space. It is not intended as a strict set of criteria for the capital programme, but to present guiding principles, suggested approaches and to inspire innovative and creative ideas.

Title: Every child’s future matters
Publisher: Sustainable Development Commission
Date: 2007
Audience: General
Resource: Research report
Description: Explores the influence of the environment on children's wellbeing and health.

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Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

Title: The community infrastructure levy
Publisher: Department for Communities and Local Government
Date: August 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Report
Description: Gives details about the new charge which local authorities in England and Wales will be empowered, but not required, to charge on most types of new development in their area. CIL charges will be based on simple formulae, which relate the size of the charge to the size and character of the development paying it.

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Community Involvement

Title: Effective Community Involvement and Consultation
Publisher: RTPI
Date: Revised 2007
Audience: Planners, Planning Aid volunteers, other planning stakeholders
Resource: Good practice guide
Description: Provides a corps of best practice on key aspects of community involvement, in an easy to absorb format. Plus four case studies.

Title: Communityplanning.net
Publisher: RTPI and Nick Waites Associates
Date: Ongoing
Audience: General
Resource: Website
Description: Comprehensive web based resource outlining general principles, methods, scenarios and case studies relating to all aspects of community planning.

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Conservation

Title: Constructive conservation in practice
Publisher: English Heritage
Date: 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Information resource
Description: Constructive conservation is a positive and collaborative approach to conservation that focuses on actively managing change. This second volume of exemplary conservation-led projects aims to stimulate greater awareness of constructive conservation and to increase confidence in the use of historic places to support regeneration, place-making and community development.

Title: Local area agreements and the historic environment
Publisher: English Heritage
Date: July 2008
Audience: Local authorities and regional planning bodies
Resource: Guidance
Description: Uses case studies to set out the ways the historic environment can contribute to the development of local area agreements and aims to ensure the potential of the historic environment is maximised to the benefit of everyone.

Title: Enabling development and the conservation of significant places
Publisher: English Heritage
Date: August 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Policy and guidance
Description: The second edition of this guidance concentrates on those areas of practice which are particular to enabling development (and by extension other proposals where financial viability is a key issue), rather than common to most proposals affecting significant places, on which other guidance is now available.

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Disabled Access and Inclusive Environments

Title: The Access Association
Publisher: The Access Association
Date: Ongoing
Audience: General
Resource: Website
Description: Membership organisation for access officer which aims to improve access and facilities for disabled people and consequently for all people who would benefit from an accessible environment.

Title: Centre for Accessible Environments
Publisher: Centre for Accessible Environments
Date: Ongoing
Audience: General
Resource: Website
Description: Membership organisation providing advice and information on inclusive design and access to the built environment for disabled and older people.

Title: The principles of inclusive design (they include you)
Publisher: Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
Date: 2006
Audience: General
Resource: Guidance
Description: Sets out the five key principles at the heart of good design that is about more than meeting the needs of disabled people.

Title: Access all areas: planning for inclusive environment
Publisher: Planning Advisory Service
Date: 2007
Audience: General
Resource: Case studies
Description: Gives practical examples of how some councils are working to achieve inclusive and accessible environments by incorporating the philosophy and principles of inclusive design into their policies and supplementary planning documents and into their decision making.

Title: Disability equality duty
Publisher: Commission for Equalities and Human Rights
Date: 2006
Audience: General
Resource: Guidance
Description: Gives information relating to the duty imposed on public authorities by the disability equality duty.

Title: Office for Disability Issues
Publisher: Office for Disability Issues
Date: Ongoing
Audience: General
Resource: Website
Description: Acts as a champion for disabled people within Government. Website provides details on research and projects and publications.

Title: Planning and access for disabled people: a good practice guide
Publisher: Department for Communities and Local Government
Date: 2003
Audience: General
Resource: Guidance
Description: Explains the relevant legislation and policy frameworks, shows how local planning authorities can put in place appropriate planning policies and development control processes and suggests how they can be implemented and enforced effectively.

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Elected Members

Title: Foundations for the future: a councillor’s guide to strategic housing

Publisher: Planning Advisory Service
Date: 2008
Audience: Elected members
Resource: Guide
Description: Gives information about the main ways that councillors can affect housing policy by examining the foundations of strategic housing and how regional housing assessments and strategies fit in with local needs.

Title: Councillor’s guide to creating quality public spaces
Publisher: Department for Communities and Local Government
Date: 2008
Audience: Elected members and wider audience
Resource: Guidance
Description: Provides examples of initiatives councillors can take to create quality public places. It reflects the new powers and responsibilities councillors have and supports them in taking effective action on cleaner, safer, greener and quality of life issues.

Title: Positive engagement: a guide for planning councillors
Publisher: Planning Advisory Service
Date: 2005
Audience: Elected members
Resource: Guidance
Description: A pocket guide for planning councillors to help them navigate the probity risks in developer meetings and pre-application discussions.

Title: Neighbourhood renewal and social inclusion: a councillor's guide
Publisher: IdeA
Date: 2006
Audience: Elected members
Resource: Guidance
Description: Provides a common understanding for all councillors of what neighbourhood renewal means and why it is important in creating sustainable communities.

Title: The handy guide to planning
Publisher: Urban Forum and RTPI
Date: 2006
Audience: Elected members, planning stakeholders and the general public
Resource: Overview guide
Description: Explains what planning means, then goes on to give an overview of the planning system at the national, regional and local levels.

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Equality and Diversity

Title: Equality and Human Rights Commission
Publisher: Equality and Human Rights Commission
Date: Ongoing
Audience: General
Resource: Website
Description: Brings together the responsibilities of the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Commission for Racial Equality, and the Disability Rights Commission, along with age, sexual orientation and religion or belief, as well as human rights. The commission aims to achieve change to benefit some of the most disadvantaged and voiceless people in our society.


Title: Diversity and Equality in planning: a good practice guide
Publisher: Department for Communities and Local Government
Date: 2005
Audience: General
Resource: Good practice
Description: Aims to hows how planners can take account of the planning needs of a diverse population in their policies and practices.

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Ethnic Minorities


Title: Guidance for local authorities on translation of publications
Publisher: Department for Communities and Local Government
Date: 2007
Audience: Local authorities
Resource: Guidance
Description: Practical advice on translating material, including the legal requirements, a checklist and examples of good practice. Published in response to the Commission on Integration and Cohesion report Our Shared Future.


Title: Face to face and side by side: a framework for partnership in our multi faith society
Publisher: Department for Communities and Local Government
Date: July 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Strategy
Description: Sets out how faith communities, Government and wider society can work together, to encourage and enable greater local activity which brings people with different religions and beliefs together. Contains examples of effective practice, practical suggestions for communities and local authorities and links to further sources of support and guidance.


Title: The housing and neighbourhood impact of Britain’s changing ethnic mix
Publisher: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Date: October 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Evidence review
Description: Summarises evidence, largely from Joseph Rowntree Foundation funded studies on the nature and impact of Britain’s changing ethnic mix; and reviews recent policy responses and lessons from the studies for Government policy.

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Flooding and Drainage

Title: The Pitt review: lessons learnt from the 2007 floods
Publisher: Cabinet Office
Date: June 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Review final report
Description: Contains 92 recommendations. Including “greater leadership by local authorities on flooding and local drainage, including mapping of drainage systems and audit of local water assets to assess flood risk and clarify responsibilities for maintenance” and a “duty on all relevant organisations to share information and co-operate with the Environment Agency and local authorities in managing flood risk.

Title: Using science to create a better place: cost-benefit of SUDS retrofit in urban areas
Publisher: Environment Agency
Date: November 2007
Audience: General
Resource: Report
Description: Sets out the importance of sustainable drainage systems in developed areas and addresses issues such as cost and adoption as well as looking at the benefits of sustainable drainage systems.

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Gender

Title: Gendersite NEW
Publisher: Women's Design Service
Date: Launched 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Online database
Description: Definitive online resource for gender and the built environment.

Title: Government Equalities Office
Publisher: Government Equalities Office
Date: Ongoing
Audience: General
Resource: Government department website
Description: Responsible for the Government’s overall strategy on equality, (including a new equality bill and public service agreement) as well as leading on women’s issues across Government, and sponsoring the Equality and Human Rights Commission and Women’s National Commission.

Title: Gender and Spatial Planning (GPN4)
Publisher: RTPI
Date: 2007
Audience: General
Resource: Good practice
Description: Examines definitions of equality, the legal responsibilities of planners and the key gender issues affecting spatial planning.

Title: Gender Equality Duty
Publisher: Equalities and Human Rights Commission
Date: 2007
Audience: General
Resource: Guidance
Description: A number of publications are available from the Commission’s website explaining the duty places on public authorities (which include local planning authorities) by the introduction of the Gender Equality Duty in 2007.

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Gypsy and Traveller Communities

Title: Planning for Gypsies and Travellers (GPN4)
Publisher: RTPI
Date: 2007
Audience: General
Resource: Good practice note
Description: A series of four practice notes advising on communication, consultation and participation, accommodation needs assessment, plan policy, allocation, development management and enforcement.

Title: Designing Gypsy and Traveller Sites: good practice guide
Publisher: Department for Communities and Local Government
Date: May 2008
Audience: Potential developers and site owners
Resource: Good practice guide
Description: Provides an understanding of the design features needed to help ensure a site is successful, easy to manage, including site location, layout, size and the services and facilities needed.

Title: Local authorities and Gypsies and Travellers: a guide to responsibilities and powers
Publisher: Department for Communities and Local Government
Date: May 2007
Audience: Local authorities
Resource: Good practice guide
Description: Outlines the issues surrounding the shortage of provision of sites for Gypsies and Travellers and the responsibilities and powers of local authorities.

Title: Gypsies and Travellers Unit
Publisher: Department for Communities and Local Government
Date: Ongoing
Audience: General
Resource: Website
Description: Provides information on what the Government is doing to ensure that there is a balanced approach to tackling the problems associated with unauthorised sites and understand why site provision must go hand in hand with enforcement.

Title: Circular 01/06 (ODPM): planning for gypsy and traveller caravan sites
Publisher: Department for Communities and Local Government
Date: February 2006
Audience: Local authorities and Gypsy and Traveller groups
Resource: Government circular
Description: Provides guidance on the planning aspects of finding sites for Gypsies and Travellers and how local authorities and Gypsies and Travellers can work together to achieve that aim.

Title: Common Ground: equality, good race relations and sites for Gypsies and Irish Travellers
Publisher: Commission for Racial Equality (now part of Commission for Equalities and Human Rights
Date: 2006
Audience: General
Resource: Findings from a CRE inquiry
Description: Provides the first authoritative evidence of how local authorities are meeting their statutory duty to promote race equality and good race relations in their work on Gypsy sites.

Title: National Association of Gypsy and Traveller Officers (NAGTO)
Publisher: NAGTO
Date: Established 1997
Audience: Local Authority Gypsy Liaison Officers ("GLOs")
Resource: Website for member organisation
Description: Aims to support local authority officers by disseminating knowledge, compare best practice and improve standards of service.

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Health and Spatial Planning

Title: Healthy cities programme
Publisher: World Health Organisation WHO (Europe)
Date: Since 1987
Audience: General
Resource: Website
Description: Comprehensive information on the healthy cities programme, which engages local government across Europe in health development through partnership-based planning and innovative projects.


Title: Physical activity and the environment
Publisher: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Date: 2008
Audience: NHS and built environment professionals
Resource: Public health programme guidance
Description: Offers the first national, evidence-based recommendations on how to improve the physical environment to encourage physical activity. It demonstrates the importance of such improvements and the need to evaluate how they impact on the public's health.


Title: Healthy weight, healthy lives: a cross government strategy for England
Publisher: Department of Health
Date: January 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Government strategy
Description: Part of a programme to support people to maintain a healthy weight. Examines the latest evidence and trends, and makes recommendations for further action. Includes healthy towns.


Title: Healthy communities
Publisher: I&DeA
Date: Ongoing
Audience: General
Resource: Website
Description: Information about health improvement and health inequalities at the local authority level. Gives examples of good practice.


Title: Health and planning toolkit
Publisher: NHS London Healthy Urban Development Unit (HUDU)
Date: 2007
Audience: Greater London local planning authorities and primary care trusts
Resource: Online toolkit
Description: Sets out a systematic approach to building the relationship between primary care trusts and local planning authorities. It acts as a handbook on how the local development framework and planning application processes should address health.


Title: Health inequalities intervention tool
Publisher: London Health Observatory
Date: June 2008
Audience: Primary care trusts and local authorities
Resource: Information source and health inequalities analysis
Description: Provides information on life expectancy and analysis of causes of death; and allows local authorities to estimate the effect on their life expectancy if certain interventions are increased.


Title: Building in health
Publisher: Milton Keynes South Midlands Health and Social Care Group
Date: 2006
Audience: General
Resource: Checklist
Description: A checklist and guide to developing healthy sustainable communities.


Title: Health impact assessment toolkit for cities
Publisher: World Health Organisation WHO (Europe)
Date: 2005
Audience: Policy makers
Resource: Toolkit and supporting information
Description: Explains the background to and different forms of impact assessment processes, along with how to practically introduce HIA at the local level. HIA tools are provided as well as case study examples.


Title: A guide to town planning for NHS staff
Publisher: Department of Health
Date: 2007
Audience: NHS chief executives, directors of public health and directors of estates and facilities
Resource: Introductory guide
Description: Aims to outline the English planning system, explain the correlation between planning and health and encourage NHS organisations to get involved in the planning process.


Title: A guide to the NHS for local planning authorities
Publisher: Department of Health
Date: 2007
Audience: Local authority planners
Resource: Introductory guide
Description: Outlines the key principles of public health and highlights how planning authorities can interact with NHS organisations to deliver sustainable services.


Title: The health impact of climate change: promoting sustainable communities
Publisher: Department of Health
Date: April 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Guidance summary
Description: Briefly summarises the potential impact of climate change on health in the UK.


Title: Economic assessment of transport infrastructure and policies
Publisher: World Health Organisation WHO (Europe)
Date: 2007
Audience: Carrying out cost-benefit of existing or potential transport systems
Resource: Cost-benefit analysis tool
Description: Methodological guidance on the economic appraisal of health effects related to walking and cycling.


Title: Unfit for purpose: how car use fuels climate change and obesity
Publisher: Institute for European Environmental Policy
Date: 2007
Audience: General
Resource: Study findings
Description: Assesses the contribution of the growth in car use to the parallel increases in obesity and climate change.


Title: Health impact assessment of transport initiatives: a guide
Publisher: Health Scotland
Date: 2007
Audience: General
Resource: Introductory guidance
Description: Overview of the best available research evidence on the health impacts (positive and negative) of transport initiatives.


Title: Sustrans active travel publications
Publisher: Sustrans
Date: Ongoing
Audience: General
Resource: Range of information sheets and publications
Description: Promotes the benefits of travelling by walking and cycling.


Title: Healthy design principles for use in the health impact assessment of mixed residential developments
Publisher: Birley HIA
Date: 2007
Audience: Developers and the public sector
Resource: Guide (draft for comment)
Description: Intended for use at the masterplanning stage, when preparing documents in support of outline planning permission.


Title: Health impact assessment of greenspace: a guide
Publisher: Health Scotland, greenspace Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage and Institute and Occupational Medicine
Date: 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Guide
Description: Aims to help people carry out a Health Impact Assessment of greenspace; whether these are greenspace policies, strategies, plans, frameworks, programmes or projects.


Title: Outdoor environments and health
Publisher: Sustainable Development Commission
Date: March 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Report
Description: Summary of evidence outlining how outdoor environments influence health and well-being.


Title: Trees and woodlands: nature’s health service
Publisher: Forestry Commission
Date: 2005
Audience: Health and environment professionals
Resource: Report and case studies
Description: Provides information and evidence supporting the idea that the use and enjoyment of woodlands and green spaces improves people’s overall health and well-being.


Title: Every child’s future matters
Publisher: Sustainable Development Commission
Date: 2007
Audience: General
Resource: Research report
Description: Explores the influence of the environment on children's wellbeing and health.

Title: Pioneering partnerships in Plymouth
Publisher: I&DeA
Date: 2008
Audience: Local authorities
Resource: Case study
Description: Showcasing the benefits of partnership working between the local planning authority and primary care trust. Includes links to Plymouth City Council documents.

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Housing

Title: Homes fit for families: an evidence review
Publisher: Family and Parenting Institute
Date: 2008
Audience: Policy makers
Resource: Policy discussion paper
Description: Explores how children and families are affected by their physical environment, both in their home and their immediate neighbourhood. It suggests policy solutions to ensure housing is fit for families.

Title: Building for life
Publisher: Building for Life
Date: Ongoing
Audience: General
Resource: Website
Description: The national standard for well-designed homes and neighbourhoods. The 20 criteria are used to assess the quality of new housing schemes and to judge the building for life awards, which have been endorsed by DCLG.

Title: Code for sustainable homes: technical guide
Publisher: Department for Communities and Local Government
Date: October 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Technical guide
Description: Sets out the requirements for the code, and the process by which a code assessment is reached. It aims to make gaining a code assessment as simple, transparent and rigorous as possible. Comes into effect on the 3 November 2008, therefore the October 2008 guide will apply to homes registered on or after this date.

Title: Rapid evidence assessment of the research literature on the purchase and use of second homes
Publisher: National Housing and Planning Advice Unit
Date: October 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Research report
Description: Addresses the impact of second homes and failure to plan for them and examines the evidence base.

Title: Developing and maintaining mixed tenure housing developments
Publisher: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Date: September 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Research and policy roundup
Description: Evaluates the strategic and policy context for housing development and neighbourhood renewal.

Title: Evidence gathering: housing in multiple occupation and possible planning responses: final report
Publisher: Department for Communities and Local Government
Date: September 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Research report
Description: Reviews the problems caused by high concentrations of houses in multiple occupation, which has been highlighted as a problem in a number of towns and cities across the country.

Title: Impact of worsening affordability on demand for social and affordable housing: tenure choice and household
Formation
Publisher: National Housing and Planning Advice Unit
Date: July 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Report
Description: Examines how worsening affordability of owner occupation affects tenure choice and ability of households to form.

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Local Development Frameworks

Title: Local development frameworks: examining development plan documents: soundness guidance
Publisher: Planning Inspectorate
Date: July 2008
Audience: Local authorities
Resource: Guidance
Description: Sets out the approach that will be taken to assess whether a development plan document has been prepared in accordance with the legislative requirements and establish whether it is sound. The guide provides an indication of the Inspector’s main considerations and should assist those making representations to frame their comments. 

Title: Regional spatial strategy and local development framework: core output indicators – update 2/08
Publisher: Department for Communities and Local Government
Date: July 2008
Audience: Regional planning bodies and local authorities
Resource: Guidance
Description: Contains revised core output indicators for regional planning bodies and local planning authorities to report on in their annual monitoring reports as part of the approach to regional and local monitoring.

Title: Lets stick together: how planning authorities are collaborating on local development frameworks
Publisher: Planning Advisory Service
Date: 2008
Audience: Local planning authorities
Resource: Case studies
Description: Shows how planning authorities are collaborating on local development frameworks and the lessons they are learning.

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Rural Planning

Title: Ruralnet UK
Publisher: Ruralnet UK
Date: Ongoing
Audience: General
Resource: Rural regeneration charity website
Description: Promotes a living and working countryside and finds new and effective ways to help rural communities improve and strengthen their local economies. Works through promoting and enabling collaboration, research, consultancy and knowledge and information transfer. Supports projects that put ideas into practice at the local level.

Title: Voices from rural Scotland: what really matter to the people who live and work in Scotland’s rural communities?
Publisher: Carnegie UK Trust
Date: May 2008
Audience: Scottish policy makers
Resource: Research report
Description: Results of a survey highlighting the concerns of members of rural Scottish communities, with recommendations for action.

Title: State of the countryside 2008
Publisher: Commission for Rural Communities
Date: July 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Compendium
Description: Provides a comprehensive description of social, economic and environmental conditions and changes across rural England, highlighting the main challenges and future trends for government and other organisations.

Title: Rural social justice coalition
Publisher: Commission for Rural Communities
Date: Ongoing
Audience: General
Resource: Lobby group website
Description: Believes that collaborative action provides an opportunity to make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged communities in rural areas. The coalition will highlight the problems and convince policy makers of the need for action.

Title: Rural excellence programme phase 2
Publisher: I&DeA
Date: July 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Mentoring programme report
Description: Phase two of the rural excellence programme focused on strategic housing in rural areas. It comprised two main work areas: action learning and mentoring.

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Transport

Title: Chooseanotherway.com
Publisher: Natural Scotland
Date: Ongoing
Audience: Local authorities and schools
Resource: Website
Description: An initiative of the Scottish Government and its partners designed to encourage more sustainable transport choices through the creation and implementation of travel plans.

Title: The benefits of providing new public transport in deprived areas
Publisher: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Date: July 2008
Audience: General
Resource: Briefing paper
Description: Assesses the social and monetary value of public transport initiatives in four deprived areas of England in order to identify who benefits and how they benefit in relation to wider social inclusion objectives. 

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Author:
Sarah Lewis
Publisher:
The Royal Town Planning Institute
Date:
11-Jan-07
Categories:
Practice 
Sections:
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