RP35. VILLAGE / PARISH APPRAISALS & PARISH PLANS
(updated: February 27, 2006 )

• Detailed Topic Index / Main Planning bibliographies Index
• For relevant addresses, telephone/fax numbers, email & website addresses see
  PLANNING & PLANNING RELATED ORGANISATIONS

  See also the index to the Countryside Planning bibliographies and in particular:-

• Agric. / AONBs / Archaeology / Coastal plg. / Commons & village greens / Comparative rural plg. /
  C'side management / C'side plg. (gen.) / C'side stewardship /
  Gypsy & traveller sites / Horseriding / Landscape / National Parks /
  Recreation/leisure plg. / Redundant military bases / Rights of way / River valleys/flooding / Rural design /
  Rural emplt., diversification & regen. / Rural hsg. / Rural pressure groups / Rural settlements /
  Rural services / Rural social exclusion / Rural sustainability / Rural tourism / Rural transp. /
  Telecommunications masts / Trees, forestry etc. / Urban fringe / Wind farms / Women in rural areas
• and also:
• Affordable hsg. in the Housing & Planning bibliography
• Central & local gov / Local gov. / Community plg. & strategies / Parish & Community Councils
  in the Central & Local Government context bibliography
• Community forests / Green Belts (gen.) in the Green Belts bibliography
• Community involvement & participation in regen. in the Urban Regeneration bibliography
• Development Plans: (Regional plg. / Structure plg. / LDDs & LDFs / Local plg. / Unitary Dev. Plans (UDPs),
• Local Agenda 21 in the Sustainable Development (Green Issues in Planning) bibliography
• Plg. aid in the Effectiveness of Planning & Planning Control etc. bibliography
• Public participation in the Local Planning Bibliography
• N.B. also the RTPI library catalogue on the web - go to http://www.rtpi.org.uk/library/lib_search.html
  
  and these websites:
• Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE): http://www.acre.org.uk
• National Federation of Womens' Institutes (NFWI): http://www.womens-institute.org.uk
• UK Villages: http://www.ukvillages.co.uk
• Vital Villages (Countryside Agency) database: http://www.countryside.gov.uk/vitalvillages

OFL = Ordered for Library - please check University Library catalogue for latest on availability:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/library/
* indicates more up to date and/or useful references

Action with Communities in Rural England, 1991, ‘Village Appraisals’, ACRE, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

Allies, Philip, 1998, 'Parish pump potential', (Forum for the Future) Green Futures, July/August.

Countryside and Community Research Unit / Gloucester Rural Community Council, Cheltenham, Gloucesterhsire:
‘Village Appraisals - helping you to plan for your community’s future’, Countryside and Community Foundation, Cheltenham, 1991.
'Village Appraisal for Windows', £50, The Countryside and Community Foundation, Francis Close Hall, Swindon Road, Cheltenham, GL50 4AZ, tel. (01242) 544083, fax. (01242) 543273, email: jcarter@chelt.ac.uk

Countryside Commission (former; part of the Countryside Agency since April 1999), 1990, 'Local Countryside Action monitoring: policies and practice', CCP306, Countryside Commission/Agency Publications, Wetherby, Yorkshire.

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) (1997-2001):
'Our Countryside: the Future - Attitudes and Aspirations' (Rural White Paper), November 2000 (OFL on 23.11.00), http://www.wildlife-countryside.detr.gov.uk/ruralwp/index.htm

Derounian, J, 1984, ‘Parish appraisals: the practical results’, The Planner, May.
Derounian, James, 1998, 'Effective Working with Rural Communities - Seizing the Opportunities', Packard Publishing. 1 85341 106 X (OFL on 9.6.00)

Feature, 1998, 'Participatory Rural Appraisal', RDC (former Rural Development Commission) Rural Focus, Spring.

Greeves, T. & Taylor, R., 1987, ‘The Local Jigsaw; an information pack on Village Appraisals and Parish Maps’, Countryside Commission and Development Commission (former), Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Kelly, J, 1997, 'Community audit in North Kesteven'. In 'Participation Works', Centre for Community Visions, New Economics Foundation, London.

Lumb, R, 1990, ‘Rural Community Development¨ Process versus Product’, in Buller & H Wright, S., ‘Rural Development Problems and Practice’, Avebury, Aldershot, Hampshire.

Moseley, Malcolm, 1996, 'Parish appraisals - do they lead to action?,' (RDC; former Rural Development Commission), Rural Focus, Summer.
*Moseley, Malcolm; Derounian, J.G & Allies, P.J. 1996, ‘Parish Appraisals - a spur to local action’, Town Planning Review 67 (3)
Moseley, Malcolm, 1997, 'Parish appraisals as a tool of rural community development: an assessment of the British experience', Planning Practice & Research 12 (3), pp197-212.
Moseley, Malcolm J, 2002, 'Bottom-up Village Action Plans - Some recent experience in England', Journal of Planning and Environment Law, November, pp387-406

National Federation of Womens' Insitutes (NFWI), 104 New King's Road, London SW6 4LY,
tel. (020) 7371 9300, fax. (020) 7736 3652, email: hq@nfwi.org.uk :
'Our Village', 1950.
'Your Villages', 1956.
*'The Changing Village: The NFWI's 1999 Survey into the state of rural services', July 1999. Oversize Pamphlet HT431.C4

Osborne, S, 1995, 'Promoting local voluntary and community action', York Publishing Services.
Osborne, S.P. & Tricker, M., 2000, 'Village appraisals: a tool for sustainable community development in rural areas', Local Economy 14 (4), February, pp346-356.

Owen, Stephen, 2002, 'From Village Design Statements to Parish Plans: Some Pointers towards Community Decision Making in the Planning System in England', Planning Practice & Research (Taylor & Francis) 17 (1), February, http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com
Owen, Stephen, 2002, 'Locality and Community: towards a vehicle for community-based decision-making in rural localities in England', Town Planning Review 73 (1), January.

Rural Development Council, 2002, 'Learning Communities Resource Pack', available from Annemarie Loughran, Rural Development Council, 17 Loy Street, Cookdstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, BT80 8PZ, tel. (028) 8676 6980, http://www.rdc.org.uk

Sherwood, K. & Lewis, G., 1994, ‘Local Appraisals and Rural Planning in England: An evaluation of current experience’, Chapter 7 in Gilg, A (ed.), ‘Progress in Rural Policy and Planning’, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, Sussex.

The Countryside Agency, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- website: http://www.countryside.gov.uk
'Vital Villages: parish transport grants', Vital Villages National Team, tel. (0117) 974 6265, CA78, 2001, free.
'Are villages sustainable?', (report for the Countryside Agency by the Centre for Environment and Planning, University of the West of England), CAX 109,, 2003, http://www.countryside.gov.uk/publications/publication.asp/PublicationID=575
'Planning for Vital Communities: Good practice in linking parish plans, market town plans and community plans', July 2004, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=20776&heading=e-mail+alert
'What Makes a Good Parish Plan?', February 2005, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=23497&heading=e-mail+alert
'Is Your Parish Well-Connected?', February 2005, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=23495&heading=e-mail+alert
'This is an Example of How a Parish Plan Might Look', February 2005, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=23494&heading=e-mail+alert
'Involving Parish Councils in Transport Issues', February 2005, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=23492&heading=e-mail+alert

The Countryside Agency Research Notes series, available from
TCA Postal Sales, Two-Ten Communications, Ltd,
PO Box 125, Wetherby, Yorkshire, LS23 7EP,
tel. (0870) 120 6466, fax. (0870) 120 6467, minicom (0870) 120 7405,
email: countryside@twoten.press.net
- website http://www.twoten.press.net
- versions can be found on the TCA website: http://www.countryside.gov.uk
CRN47, 'Are villages sustainable?', 2002, free.

The Countryside and Community Press, 1996, 'Village Appraisals Software Package', The Countryside and Community Press, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Warburton, Diane, 1998, 'Participatory Action in the Countryside: A literature review', The Countryside Agency Publications, Wetherby.

Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF-UK), 1997, 'Working in Parishes', WWF-UK, Godalming, Surrey. Oversize JS3275.W6

• Index to the Countryside Planning bibliographies
• Detailed Topic Index
• Main Planning bibliographies Index