Community Right to Build

David Cross

Planning Policy Officer – Neighbourhood Planning

What is the Community Right to Build?

• Introduced by the Localism Act 2011:• Community Right to Build• Neighbourhood Plans• Other Community Rights – ‘Bid’ and

‘Challenge’

• An alternative to a Planning Application

• A new tool for communities to deliver development in their local area

• Communities will be able to propose:• Housing including family homes to sell on the

open market, affordable housing etc.• Community facilities such as a community

centre, children’s playground

• Benefits retained by the Community• Managed by a ‘Community Organisation’

What is the Community Right to Build?

Community Organisation• Acts for a Neighbourhood Area or a Particular

Area• 10 members who live in separate dwellings.• established for the “express purpose of

furthering the social, economic and environmental well-being of individuals living, or wanting to live, in a particular area”

• Other controls on voting rights, winding up etc.

Process1. Agree Neighbourhood Area and

Community Organisation with Council

2. Prepare scheme (including consultation) and submit to Council

3. Independent examination

4. Community referendum (simple 50% majority)

5. Legal adoption of CRTB

Support• ‘Locality’ appointed by Government to

support Community Organisations

• £17.5 million ‘seed corn’ funding• Announced on 30 May 2012• Available until end March 2015• Administered by Homes and Communities

Agency

Funding

• ‘Seed Corn’ funding covers 4 stages:1.Body corporate established.

2.Initial proposals developed, project eligibility tested, outline feasibility study produced.

3.Detailed proposals developed.

4.Valid Community Right to Build Order proposal submitted.

Experience Elsewhere

Further InformationLocality:http://mycommunityrights.org.uk/community-right-to-build/

Homes and Communities Agency:http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/community-right-to-build

Newcastle City Council:www.newcastle.gov.uk/neighbourhoodplanning