In this paper Patsy Healy outlines the shift that planning
has experienced throughout its history. Urban and Regional planning initially
wasn't really planning at all, it was more just design architects trying out
there plans to build urban areas not really taking into account the community
or practicality of that. Then planning moved on to understanding you need to
plan urban and regional areas for them to work efficiently, so planners would
draw maps and implement them with the best of intentions but these maps,
designs and plans were doomed to fail for one key reasons, if you don’t
communicate with the community either the plan won’t work in that community or
an amazing plan for that community was designed and it is really what the
community needs but they will reject it because they feel like they haven’t
been consulted and their concerns have been skipped over .
Newport
Patsy Healy recognised this, and took not of a shift in
planning theory from just plan, design implementation to consult, plan,
consult, design, consult, implement, and receive feedback and criticisms. This shift
in planning theory was huge for many reasons one your plans were/are effective
in that community, two it increased the time and planning spent on design,
increased the planning processed involved in urban and regional planning and
flow onto to an evolution in how to consult with an increase in the quality of
technology. Within the seminar the example given showing how community
consultation has evolved in planning theory and spatial strategy was the
Newport local development plan. The Newport
local development plan used advanced planning techniques to improve the towns community,
economy and environment they began this with a comprehensive consultation and
background research they then developed land use plans and land requirements for
spatial strategy, looked at employment and education to improve the local
economy, consulted through many different and open forums such as the internet,
town hall, phone, community facilities, libraries and around the town more
generally. The addressed and resolved issues consulted again and then finalised
the report document and submitted it for critique. This resulted in a workable
plan for the community and improved the economy, environment and community.
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