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[[Category:UK sustainable community action topics]]
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Revision as of 17:04, 10 October 2017

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This article focuses on information specific to United Kingdom. Please see our Urban sustainability page for a topic overview.

Campaigns

  • Empty Homes, works to help people create homes from empty properties and campaigns for more empty homes to be brought into use for the benefit of those in housing need. W

Rainwater harvesting

UK homes using some form of rainwater harvesting system can reduce their mains water usage by 50% or more. W

Resources

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  • Susdrain, Free interactive community supporting the delivery of sustainable drainage (managed by CIRIA) W
  • Ten simple ways to make your street a safe and green place to live, sustrans.org.uk

Book reviews

'How to Save Town Centres' by Julian Dobson. Transition Network, March 31, 2015

Neighbourhood Planning

Since 2012, (and as of Sep 2017) over 2,200 groups have started the neighbourhood planning process, covering areas of nearly 12 million people across England. Over 400 successful neighbourhood planning referendums have now taken place, with an average ‘yes’ vote of 88%. [1]

Video

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more video: 3Space - Turning Empty Space into an Opportunity on youtube

News and comment

2017

Funding of around £5.5 million per year until 2022, to provide communities with specialist support to help develop a Neighbourhood Plan, Sep 20 [2]

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Southwark: Borough Market to phase out plastic bottle sales with free fountains, Aug 23 [3]

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London news: The @MayorofLondon is aiming to make London one of the greenest cities on Earth, Aug 21 [4]

Are you currently preparing a neighbourhood plan? Could community-led housing meet the needs of your area? Jul 24 [5]

2016

Putting people in control of public land, Nov 2 [6]

Peers vote for new neighbourhood right of appeal, Apr 22 [7]

Neighbourhood Planning and Transition initiatives: an update. February 5 [8]

Community-led housing: top of the agenda! Jan 20 [9]

2015

It’s in all our interests to know who owns our land, and who benefits from it, September 28 [10]

Charity Sustrans unveil new modular street furniture system, September 21 [11]

Five Radical Ideas for a Better Planning System, April [12]

Atmos Totnes and the Power to Convene, January 22 [13]

2014

Our month on rethinking real estate: Why I’m proud to be a SWIMBY, October 2 [14]

Why I'm not a planner, nor proud of planning, May 23 [15]

2013

A Right to Build: Local homes for local people, March 14 [16]

New alliance calls for “Smart Growth” investment in cities, not more 1980s-style sprawl, February 21 [17]

See also

Interwiki links

Wikipedia: Rainwater harvesting in the United Kingdom, Town and country planning in the United Kingdom (category)

External links

Self-build

  • BuildHUB, social network aimed at the self-build community


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