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Government backed guidance will be launched tomorrow, Tuesday 31
March, to help regeneration professionals use culture and sport as
catalysts for renewal. The Culture, Sport and Planning Toolkit
(CSPT), available at www.living-places.org.uk, sets out a simple
five stage process to build culture and sport into places. It
includes a wealth of information, best practice case studies and
planning tools. Users can learn from the experience of others and
base their own development plans on the processes and principles
that have succeeded elsewhere.
Roy Clare, CBE, Chief Executive of the Museums, Libraries and
Archives Council and Chair of the Living Places Partnership behind
the toolkit, said:
“Built environment professionals and people working in
culture and sport want the same thing; healthy, prosperous, vibrant
places where people trust their neighbours and feel proud of their
neighbourhood. But for too long, culture, sport and planning have
spoken different languages. This toolkit is an online translator to
break down historic barriers. It will help culture, sport and
planning work more closely together to build better places for the
future.”
Gideon Amos, OBE, Chief Executive of the Town and Country
Planning Association, which built the toolkit, said:
“This toolkit will help build culture and sport into the
planning process from the start, so that new places and renewed
places will have the infrastructure they need. By using the simple
five step guide in the toolkit, planners, developers and
regeneration professionals will be able to build the benefits of
culture and sport into their plans in the right way and at the
right time.”
Max Steinburg, Chief Executive, Elevate said
“The toolkit will bring together existing work in a way
that is of practical use to planners and regeneration officers,
signpost us to funding and other support, and continue to advocate
for culture's contribution to regeneration”.
There is widespread acceptance that cultural and sporting facilities are important in new communities and regenerated areas. Aside from their intrinsic value they create a sense of place, contribute to the economy and bring people together around shared interests. But while sport has certain powers in the planning system, there is no clear statutory role for culture. Consequently, people working on the built environment and people working in cultural agencies are operating in separate spheres.
The toolkit brings these two professional communities together. It will help built environment professionals find new ways to deliver sustainable communities through culture and gather the evidence they need to recommend culture-led plans for regeneration. It will also help local government cultural officers navigate the planning system, so that they can make the case for museums, libraries, arts and sports facilities in the right way and at the right time.
