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Planform Development Group

Service 05

Community Development

Social structure, tenure security and local economy treated as design material.

Overview

A settlement is a social institution before it is a physical one. We work with residents, local government and community structures to define tenure, shared facilities, local enterprise space and the governance that will maintain them.

The work

Methodology

  • Social and economic baseline study
  • Participatory planning workshops
  • Tenure and ownership structuring
  • Local enterprise and facility programming

Process

  • Discover
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Economic Activation
  • Long-Term Management

Deliverables

  • Social baseline report
  • Engagement record and agreements
  • Community facility programme
  • Governance and maintenance model

Benefits

  • Fewer objections and delays in approval
  • Facilities that match actual demand
  • Long-term custodianship of public assets

Engagement

Scope, duration and fee are established after an initial land or brief review. We do not quote before we understand the constraint.

Questions

Frequently asked.

Contact

Discuss this service.

Tell us about the land, the constraint and the horizon. We will tell you what should happen first.