BIMBY - Identifying sensible areas for new homes

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Increase your group’s awareness of the street layouts and locations of existing facilities within your community
Produce a large map that highlights where the most logical and sensible places for new housing development might be

Identifying and mapping neighbourhood elements such as locations of main routes, shops, schools and waterways on a map of the area
Using this to locate on a map areas that are unsuitable for new development, and those that could be suitable
Reviewing the Principles for Good Placemaking and refining them for your area

Where

In a public space with large tables to work on, good natural lighting, overhead lights or power outlets for desk lamps, wall space suitable to stick worksheets up, projector/screen and laptop for presentation/s and Google Earth.
When

Try to choose a time when the most people will be available, preferably a weekend, to give you more time to work on your map.
Who

Everyone who has been involved in the BIMBY process so far –those who came to Workshop 1 and any others that have expressed an interest. The more people involved, the more the BIMBY manual will represent what your community wants.
How

Keep in touch with your BIMBY Leadership group and workshop attendees by setting up an email group, online forum, Facebook group, or Whatsapp group. You can keep track of your group by using the original sign-in sheet from Event 1.

Things you will need

Large-scale Ordinance Survey maps (1:2500 and 1:5000 scale) of the local area and constraints plans that can be drawn on
coloured felt-tip pens
stickers
masking tape
blue-tack
ever-important refreshments