Aberfeldy placecheck
Aberfeldy Placecheck 2011/12
The Aberfeldy area was been selected to be a
Placecheck area 2011/12. This arose after a selection
process that took place in 2009. The Placecheck process
will start in Aberfeldy during 2011 budget allowing.
Letters of invitation were sent out in March 2009 asking for a
note of interest to be expressed by communities of around 2000
residents in taking part in Placecheck. Aberfeldy Community Council
submitted a bid detailing what benefits Placecheck would have for
the Aberfeldy area and possible ideas for improvements to public
space areas. A panel met in May to assess the bids and decide on
Placecheck areas for the next 3 years and the Aberfeldy bid was
successful.
Diane Cassidy did a presentation with a DVD at an Aberfeldy
Community Council meeting in October 2009 to tell people what
Placecheck is about and what would happen when Aberfeldy
started the Placecheck process in 2011.
If you or your organisation would like to know more about
Placecheck please contact Diane Cassidy at placecheck@pkc.gov.uk .
What is Placecheck?
Placecheck is an
award winning process about improving public spaces by the
council and the community working in partnership. A community
Placecheck event is due to take place during the summer of 2011
where there will be an opportunity for local people to walk round
different key areas of their village in small groups with Council
officers to identify what they like, don't like and what can be
improved. The aim is to get people working together to improve
their village and surrounding area and work with the Council on
shared priorities. Currently The Environment Service has a
dedicated budget to take this forward, communities are also
expected to research alternative resources to carry out work on
priorities identified. For more information on the Placecheck
process see: www.placecheck.info
At the Community Placecheck day, the main public space
areas of Aberfeldy will be split into zones and the day will start
with a walk around the zones so that people can identify
things they would like to see improved in the Aberfeldy's open
spaces. After the walkabout everyone will return to the venue to
look at the issues raised and prioritise them for action.
The Placecheck Process
The community Placecheck event is just the start of process that
takes around 18 months. A Placecheck for children and young people
from Bredalbane Academy will also take place before the community
event. There will be a follow up event held for the community
approximately 3 months after the first event where the community
will hear the results of feasibility studies done since the first
event and costings for projects that were identified. Following
this, designs will be drawn up for each project and shared with the
community and further consultation will take place as necessary
before work is carried out by the community and the Council working
together and identifying funding.
