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BETWEEN THE FORMAL AND THE INFORMAL ... action-research methodology; it works closely with housing activists and produces outputs that can support ...
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COMMUNITY-LED SOCIAL HOUSING REGENERATION BETWEEN THE FORMAL AND THE INFORMAL http://CommunityLed.London This research project explores which planning and design tools, along with informal actions on the margins of planning, community groups are using to oppose social housing demolition and propose alternative community-led plans. The project uses an action-research methodology; it works closely with housing activists and produces outputs that can support community-led initiatives. CONTEXT

• Localism and community involvement in planning. • Demolition of social housing estates and displacement of residents. • The fact that certain claims from communities are not being heard invites a rethink of the available planning and design tools for community participation in regeneration processes. RESEARCH QUESTIONS

• What are the strengths and limitations of the existing tools for community engagement in regeneration processes? To what extent are they useful for communities in social housing?

• What other strategies are community groups using to fight against demolition and propose community-led plans? • How can planning and urban design tools articulate formal and informal processes of community engagement? METHODOLOGY

• Critical review of planning tools, and their use by communities in social housing • Initial workshop with community representatives to get feedback on how the research can be useful for them • Analysis of case studies through assemblage theory . • Actors involved • Strategies

WEST KEN AND GIBBS GREEN COMMUNITY HOMES

ASSEMBLAGES FOR COMMUNITY-LED REGENERATION

FOCUS E15

Formal and informal actions/organisations Networks of support Expertise in activists and professional support

SAVE CRESSINGHAM

GREATER CARPENTERS NEIGHBOURHOOD FORUM

COMMUNITY-LED SOCIAL HOUSING REGENERATION BETWEEN THE FORMAL AND THE INFORMAL Dr Pablo Sendra and Dr Daniel Fitzpatrick, with the collaboration of Just Space Funded by a British Academy / Leverhulme Small Grant http://communityled.london

Image and diagrams by Pablo Sendra