STRENGTH OF COMMUNITY

Ensuring the existing social fabric is protected from disruption, and can benefit from new neighbouring development through shared spaces, collective activities and social architecture to foster local networks, belonging and community identity. A strong sense of local ownership; ensuring new communities are well-integrated into the surrounding area, including utilising critical measures such as stakeholder engagement and post-development governance; ensuring the social infrastructure to promote thriving social networks; and a diversity of building and non-building uses and tenures.