PPS 12 Housing in Settlements·Page 70
Identity - Community Participation and Sense of Place
Developments should encourage community participation in planning and reinforce distinctive local character through maintaining landmarks, focal points, and continuity of urban and rural traditions.
Encouraging community participation in the planning process. Reinforcing a sense of belonging and sense of place by maintaining distinctive places throughout local communities and in local landscape character areas, including places of public assembly and community interaction, focal points, landmarks and a continuity of urban and rural traditions.
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