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Community-led Village Design Statements in Ireland - Toolkit (published Oct 2012) A Step by Step Process Irish Landscap

Community-led Village Design Statements in Ireland - Toolkit (published Oct 2012) A Step by Step Process Irish Landscape Institute Conference 27 th November 2012 Alison Harvey AILI, MIPI The Heritage Council. Introduction – 2 Parts .

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Community-led Village Design Statements in Ireland - Toolkit (published Oct 2012) A Step by Step Process Irish Landscap

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  1. Community-led Village Design Statements in Ireland - Toolkit (published Oct 2012) A Step by Step Process Irish Landscape Institute Conference 27th November 2012 Alison Harvey AILI, MIPI The Heritage Council

  2. Introduction – 2 Parts • Public Participation – a core pillar of Aarhus Convention (18th September 2012) along with Access to information on the environment (AIE) and Access to Justice. • Community-led VDS Toolkitand Inaugural Workshop – October 2012.

  3. The corporate economy must be reined in – leading towards an ‘Active Society’ (Etzioni, 1968) • Social Learning = Social Empowerment (Friedman, 1992) • Community Spirit – need to strengthen the community as a moral infrastructure (Etzioni 1993) – Moral Compass? • Empowerment is Participation (Wilcox, 1994) • Working together allows everyone to achieve more that they could do on their own – ‘Synergy’ and ‘Power To’ rather than ‘Power Over’ • Enhances democracy – participative democracy v representative democracy • Concept of Social Capital and Capacity Building 1.Public Participation

  4. 2. What is a Community-led VDS (pg 2): “A community-led Village Design Statement (VDS) is a mechanism for protecting, celebrating and enhancing local distinctiveness and contributes to the delivery of sustainable development…… …..A community-led VDS examines and describes the time-depth and the unique character and distinctiveness of a village settlement that collectively creates a sense of place, and proposes agreed design principles and specific and phased actions to ensure the future collective enhancement , effective planning and management, and promotion of the village for the benefit of the community and visitors alike.. COMMUNITY-LED VDSs Focus on PLACE, CHARACTER and COMMUNITIES

  5. 2. VDS Toolkit – Structure

  6. Historic village form and settlement pattern: shape, layout and setting in the landscape – unique geology, topography and morphology – rural and/or urban – links and connections to surrounding area – role of village – past and present. • Villagescape,historic streetscape and character areas: architectural types, styles and forms – age range of buildings – height, scale and density of buildings – architectural conservation areas (ACAs). • Key approaches to the village: arrival and departure experiences – views and vistas – historic landscapes – urban and rural. • Landmarks: key buildings/structures – hierarchy of public spaces, parks and historic gardens – protected structures – relationships and links - local materials/textures – gateposts, walls, railings, lamps. • Green Infrastructure (GI) and natural heritage: existing and potential areas – including Special Protection Areas (SPAs) or Candidate Special Protection Areas (cSPAs) and Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) or Candidate Special Areas of Conservation (cSACs) – Natura 2000 sites - including coastlines, loughs, estuaries, rivers and streams. • National Monuments: archaeological sites and remains and their setting – views to and from – important memorials and statues. List above, Page 3

  7. Recommended Outputs (pg 4): A ‘Shared’ Vision – setting out the community’s overall and collective vision for their village for the next 15-20 yrs. Agreed Design Principles – that relate specifically to the village – to ensure that existing character and distinctiveness identified through the process is conserved, celebrated and enhanced. Agreed VDS Action Plan – specific and phased projects that should be delivered by the community and its partners – enhance ‘sense of place’.

  8. Key Outcomes (pg 5): • Build on existing community knowledge base – unique landscape, environment and heritage features within the historic core and surrounding area of their village • Provide a community with a valuable planning and management ‘tool’ to ensure that changes are sustainable • Creates a Shared Vision, Agreed Design Principles and Agreed VDS Action Plan to enhance a village’s historic form and fabric, and sense of place • Fosters community capacity building – promote participative democracy • Generates social capital and revitalises local networks and partnerships • Enhances quality of life and sense of belonging for village communities

  9. Undertake local research – identify community infrastructure, activity, skills, interests and talents: Ask - • Q. What stage are the various groups at? • Q. How long have they existed? • Q. How many members do they have? • Q. Have they any experience of setting up and running local projects? • Do these groups collaborate and co-operate with each other? Is there an appetite to collaborate with one another for the common good?

  10. Examine the evolution of your village and its heritage features Assess the character of village – see pages 15 and 16 of Toolkit

  11. Present results from: • Q1 – is there a Policy Fit? • Q2 – is there a Strong Community Infrastructure – Good to Go? • Q3 – what is the Heritage base within the village? • Answer the 3 Questions as honestly as you can with your partners - Local Authorities, LEADER and others: • YES – move onto next step Step 2 – Getting going • NO/NOT SURE - talk to your partners and get support to move forward, e.g. workshops to bring people together

  12. Tasks: Est. effective VDS Management Structures – 2 parts – VDS Inter-Agency Group and VDS Local Working Group Est. effective communication and publicity structures (internal and external) Identify supporting technical resources including graduate interns Consider and select preferred business/organisational structure. Identify key messages - why is your group undertaking a community-led VDS , what are the likely benefits and outcomes? Key Messages are useful for press statements, websites, workshops, etc. Useful words: community-led, character, value, civic pride, heritage, value.

  13. Tasks: Identify community issues and aspirations – VDS Stakeholder Workshop Write up key issues arising from the first VDS Stakeholder Workshop Finalise the Stakeholder Workshop Feedback Report Confirm status and structure of VDS Inter-Agency Group – and VDS Local Working Group Agree and Sign Project Charter. • Tips: • Highlight - Workshop is a completely different idea to a conventional public meeting • Public meeting creates a ‘them’ and ‘us ‘ dynamic – can be disastrous – impacts on ‘trust’ • Table 4 – page 30 – Planning the workshop – start around 8 weeks before the event • Project Charter – see Fact Sheet No. 5 • Project Review before starting Step 4 – are the PM structures in place, are they functioning, has the Project Charter been signed.

  14. Summary: • 1. Public Participation; • 2. Community-led VDS Toolkit: • Structure – Main Text - 3 Parts, Appendices and 8 no. Fact Sheets: • Part 1 – What is a VDS, Outputs and Outcomes • Part 2 - Eight Steps – Are ye Good to Go? • Part 3 – Further Information – contact author at aharvey@heritagecouncil.ie

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