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Canklow community engagement

Rotherham

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Lead architect/designer

BDR - The Bureau of Design Research

Project type

Consultation / Planning

Year completed

2008

Location

Canklow, Rotherham

Location type

Suburban

Client

Canklow Community Partnership Group

Planning authority

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Sources of funding

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
The Academy for Community Leadership
Housing Market Renewal – Transform South Yorkshire

Contract value

£14,000

Photos

The Canklow regeneration plan was unique in its involvement of local residents throughout the entire process rather than the use of consultation as an early stage ideas generator. Photo by Leo Care/BDR

Simple architectural techniques were including rough model and montage making sessions where used in workshops. Photo by Leo Care/BDR

Residents highlighted problems and solutions during workshop sessions. Photo by Leo Care/BDR

rResident’s learnt to articulate their concerns, ideas and aspirations during a series of design courses. Photo by Leo Care/BDR

A large proportion of residents invovled in the process where women with long children - who were concerned about the future. Phot by Leo Care/BDR

Canklow is a small semi-rural suburban settlement that forms the gateway from the M1 to Rotherham. Photo by Sarah Considine

Since the decline of the steel industry in South Yorkshire, communities like Canklow have been left vulnerable, experiencing vast unemployment, fraught communities and demolition. Photo by Sarah Considine

The settlement largely comprises of inter-war, low-rise housing and light industrial warehouses and is distinctive by its overlooking topography. Photo by Sarah Considine

In 2004, sensing a climate of defeat by local authorities, Canklow’s residents took matters into their own hands – initiating a community led planning process that continued for 4 year. Photo by Sarah Considine

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