@CommunityPlaces

Community Places advises community groups and individuals on planning issues and supports community planning and engagement. Email - [email protected]

 Belfast
communityplaces.info
Joined February 2012
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Congratulations to Community Places for winning the ‘Plan Making’ award at the Irish Planning Awards 2025 last night in Dublin! The award was for the Tullycarnet Place Shaping Plan 2025-2035, which explored the social, economic, community and environmental regeneration potential for this area in East Belfast.
Community Places@CommunityPlaces25 Sep 2025
Down in Dublin at the Irish Planning Institute Awards and Community Places have won the Plan Making Award!
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LQ BID has announced the appointment of five new board members to help advance its strategic vision. Joining are Avril Keys (@BBCnireland), Jeanette Donohoe (@CFR_Law), Orla Farquharson (@LimelightNI), Paul Roberts (@CommunityPlaces), and Ruairi McLaughlin (@vocohotels).
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Our Programmes Officer, Gemma McCaughley joined @ImagineBelfast Participatory Budgeting event today. She shared our success using PB for our Community Solutions to Housing and Homelessness Programme, awarding £160,000 in total. #CommunitySolutions
Our Programmes Officer, Gemma McCaughley joined @ImagineBelfast Participatory Budgeting event today. She shared our success using PB for our Community Solutions to Housing and Homelessness Programme, awarding £160,000 in total.

ALT Our Programmes Officer, Gemma McCaughley joined @ImagineBelfast Participatory Budgeting event today. She shared our success using PB for our Community Solutions to Housing and Homelessness Programme, awarding £160,000 in total.

Our Programmes Officer, Gemma McCaughley joined @ImagineBelfast Participatory Budgeting event today. She shared our success using PB for our Community Solutions to Housing and Homelessness Programme, awarding £160,000 in total.

ALT Our Programmes Officer, Gemma McCaughley joined @ImagineBelfast Participatory Budgeting event today. She shared our success using PB for our Community Solutions to Housing and Homelessness Programme, awarding £160,000 in total.

Our Programmes Officer, Gemma McCaughley joined @ImagineBelfast Participatory Budgeting event today. She shared our success using PB for our Community Solutions to Housing and Homelessness Programme, awarding £160,000 in total.

ALT Our Programmes Officer, Gemma McCaughley joined @ImagineBelfast Participatory Budgeting event today. She shared our success using PB for our Community Solutions to Housing and Homelessness Programme, awarding £160,000 in total.

Our Programmes Officer, Gemma McCaughley joined @ImagineBelfast Participatory Budgeting event today. She shared our success using PB for our Community Solutions to Housing and Homelessness Programme, awarding £160,000 in total.

ALT Our Programmes Officer, Gemma McCaughley joined @ImagineBelfast Participatory Budgeting event today. She shared our success using PB for our Community Solutions to Housing and Homelessness Programme, awarding £160,000 in total.

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📢Reminder: The Department has published a Call for Evidence in relation to a potential focused review of the Strategic Planning Policy Statement (SPPS) on the issue of Climate Change. The consultation is open until 5pm on 28 March. Further details: infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/new…
Department for Infrastructure
@deptinfra3 Jan 2024
The Department has today published a Call for Evidence in relation to a potential focused review of the Strategic Planning Policy Statement (SPPS) on the issue of Climate Change. The consultation is open until 5pm on 28 March 2024. Further details: infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/new…
Navy graphic with the words have your say in a speech bubble and the words in white text, A Call for evidence on planning policy and climate change is now live

ALT Navy graphic with the words have your say in a speech bubble and the words in white text, A Call for evidence on planning policy and climate change is now live

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The Department for Infrastructure is inviting the public to have their say on proposed improvements to the planning application process. More at: infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/new…
Navy graphic with an icon of a pen and paper and the DfI logo and the words in white text - The Department wants to hear everyone's views on proposed improvements to the planning application process. In yellow text the following words - The public consultation is open until 3 March 2024

ALT Navy graphic with an icon of a pen and paper and the DfI logo and the words in white text - The Department wants to hear everyone's views on proposed improvements to the planning application process. In yellow text the following words - The public consultation is open until 3 March 2024

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Community Places retweeted
@CIPFA@CIPFA24 Oct 2023
Sharing expertise on wide-ranging issues, we have been hearing from CIPFA’s Dr Ellie Roy @Ell1eRoy on investing in prevention, Dr Louise O’Kane on participatory budgeting and Dr Lisa Claire Whitten @LisaClaireWhit1 on constitutional arrangements today at #CIPFANI
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Community Places retweeted
Connect The Dots@ctd_Ireland22 Sep 2023
Thanks again to @RTPIIreland for inviting us to speak at this year's Young Planners Conference last Friday! We enjoyed sharing some of our insights on meaningful public engagement in the planning process, and hearing from co-panellists at @PlanQUB, @CommunityPlaces and the NTA.
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Louise O'Kane form @CommunityPlaces outlining how the participatory voting process will now work at the Community Foundation's 'Community Solutions to Housing & Homelessness' event. #CFNIHousing #ParticipatoryBudgetingWorks #CommunitySoultions
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The Derry GP Federation presenting on how homelessness has affected refugees and asylum seekers and how we need to provide education on our housing processes @gpfed_derry #cfnihousing #participatorybudgetingworks
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Come along and join us at South Belfast Decision Making Event at Holy Rosary Parish Centre to vote for your favorite event #CommunityLedProjects
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Great atmosphere at the Holy Rosary Parish Centre. We are here to 6.30pm please come along and support local community groups and schools!
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@andymcdevitt_1, @briancleland, Jennifer Young of @SaveMagheraPark, @JamesEHennessey, and Louise O'Kane of @CommunityPlaces
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looking forward to co-chairing this w/ @rebekahmccabe_ - inputs frm @andymcdevitt_1 @SaveMagheraPark @briancleland @CommunityPlaces @JamesEHennessey whether NI or elsewhere, local spatial planning is a critical mechanism for inclusion (or exclusion) of community voice #OGPlocal
Open Govt Network NI@OpenGovNI16 Mar 2023
How can we ensure meaningful community engagement in local NI planning decisions? Join our @ImagineBelfast panel to find out! 📅Friday 24 March ⏰12.30 – 14:00 GMT ➡️More info and registration here eventbrite.co.uk/e/meaningfu…

Meaningful Citizen Engagement in Local Planning

Practical steps of reform to address systemic problems within the planning system and make space for community voices and engagement

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The first meeting of the interim Regional Planning Commission took place today. More at: infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/new…
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It’s launch day - the brand-new Planning Portal for the Department & 10 local councils is now LIVE For more information visit: infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/new…
ALT TEXT: The brand-new Planning Portal for the Department & 10 local councils is now LIVE

ALT ALT TEXT: The brand-new Planning Portal for the Department & 10 local councils is now LIVE

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Community Places retweeted
@SCDC_org@SCDC_Org14 Jun 2022
Now, more than ever, good community development is needed to support society in the face of unprecedented change and rising inequality. Our new Director will lead on our mission to support best practice for community development in Scotland. scdc.org.uk/recruitment
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Community Places retweeted
PB Scotland@pb_scotland23 May 2022
New #participatorybudgeting qualification for young people launches in Fife, which will support them to use PB to improve their local communities. The new qualification is SCQF Level 5 and free places will be available for 750 participants! 😃 pbscotland.scot/blog/2022/5/…
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Community Places retweeted
RCN NI@RuralCommNet29 Mar 2022
Today in conjunction with @nirwnnews & @Ruth1McA, and kindly supported by @CFNIreland , we are launching research taking stock of how rural development funding has been delivered in NI. Keep an eye on this thread as we highlight some key points from the report.
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Minister @NicholaMallon has today published Planning Your Place: Getting Involved. The report is part of ongoing work to improve the planning system and crucially people’s experience of planning. More at: infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/new… @CommunityPlaces @NI_LGA
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Community Places retweeted
agendaNi magazine@agendani2 Mar 2022
"If we are going to have an integrated approach to placemaking, a quality focussed application process is required if we are to deliver outcomes for communities" says Dr Louise O'Kane of @CommunityPlaces. #NIPlanning
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