Toolkits and guides

Route map: Opportunities for more diverse ownership, management and use of land

This route map sets out practical steps that owners of land can take to achieve a more diverse pattern of land ownership, management and use.

FAQs on Community engagement in land use decision-making protocol

FAQs on community engagement in land use decision-making protocol.

FAQs on protocols on landownership by charities and private trusts

FAQs on protocols on landownership by charities and private trusts.

Benefits of community engagement table

Summary of the key benefits of community engagement in land-use decision-making.

Community engagement in land-use decision making useful resources

Useful resources to support effective community engagement in land-use decision-making.

Templates for for transparency of ownership

This template can be tailored to suit different kinds of landholdings and we have included two examples of completed summaries, one rural and one urban. The examples show how the template could be used and the kind of information that might be included.

Route map: Community engagement in decisions relating to land

This Route Map is to support those with responsibility for taking decisions about land to navigate and implement the reasonable expectations of engaging with local communities impacted by those decisions.

Funding sources for bringing vacant and derelict land back in to use

There is a wide variety of funding options available to communities and local authorities to help bring the land back into use and benefit those living around vacant and derelict sites. This table provides a brief description of different funding sources available, highlighting the main limitations of each and indicating what type of activity the funding is most suitable for.

Community funding models table

The table inside provides a brief description of different funding models available to communities, highlights the main limitations, and what type of activity the model is most suited to.

Developing an engagement plan for decisions relating to land

This Guide is to help the people who have decision making powers about how land in urban or rural areas is used or managed to develop an engagement plan to effectively communicate and engage with communities.