communities and local authorities

Richborough Estates is a focussed and proactive land and property development company which seeks to engage with communities in high quality consultation events and strive for a level of excellence. A core element of localism in land and property development planning is the preparation of plans for neighbourhoods by the people and businesses of a community so as to bring benefits for the future generations of villages, towns and cities.

Those of you reading this will be all too aware that the planning system helps decide who can develop what, where and how. It ensures buildings and structures the country needs including homes, offices, schools, hospitals, roads, trains, power stations plus many more things get built in the right place at the right time. Engaging with communities allows us to ascertain what’s required in order to achieve positive land and property development to the right standards. This is essential for strengthening the economy and society whilst enhancing the local environment.

The Localism Bill will be instrumental in achieving the above and is currently at report stage within the House of Lords (October 2011). A third and final reading is to follow and then consideration of amendments will be made prior to receiving Royal Assent. It is sensible to suggest the Bill has come a long way and will soon become an Act of Law.

Richborough Estates welcomes the Act and we encourage communities to engage with us at consultation stage to help improve proposed schemes for the benefit of those who live within the vicinity of any proposed development.

The team at Richborough Estates sees significant flaws within the land and property development planning system as it stands. Over the years it has become over complicated and a charter for legal professionals. The new proposals will allow members of the public to influence decisions that often make a big difference to people’s lives.

Too often, power is exercised by people who are not directly affected by the decisions they are taking. This means, understandably, that people often resent what they see as decisions and plans forced upon them. The Localism Bill contains proposals to make the planning system clearer, more democratic and more effective.

It is Richborough’s objective to take forward local ideas and proposals to Local Planning Authorities. Through doing so we will endeavour to voice concerns on behalf of communities and provide them with the ability to influence the design of schemes.

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