Why It Matters
Think Strategically
Town Centres
Residential Area
Parks and Open Spaces
In practice
Events

Housing and Policing Bodies

arrow  Registered social landlords
arrow  Arms-length management organisations (ALMOs)
arrow  Tenants Management Organisation (TMOs)
arrow  Residents Association
arrow  Police authorities
arrow  Crime and Disorder Partnerships
arrow  Neighbourhood Watch schemes
arrow  Utilities
arrow  Developers
arrow  Intermediary bodies eg Groundwork Trusts, British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
arrow  Local civic societies
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Registered social landlords

Legislation
*Advice and guidance
  • Providing and managing rented housing
  • Keeping the structure and exterior of their properties in good repairHaving a strategy on anti-social behaviour, according to the Housing Corporation’s regulatory code
  • Managing abandoned vehicles


Arms-length management organisations (ALMOs)

Legislation
*Advice and guidance
  • Managing all or part of a their housing and its immediate surroundings as agreed with their local authority, including managing abandoned vehicles, tackling ASB etc


Tenants Management Organisation (TMOs)

Legislation
*Advice and guidance
  • Managing homes and their immediate surroundings
  • Playing a wider role
  • including social activities and community development


Residents Association

Legislation
*Advice and guidance
  • Getting involved in local action to improve street cleanliness; scrutiny of local services
  • Getting involved in provision of play areas and recreational facilities for children and young people
  • Getting involved in designing new traffic-management, traffic-calming and parking schemes if invited by the highway authority


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Police authorities

Legislation
*Advice and guidance
  • Reducing crime and fear of crime
  • Reducing anti-social behaviour
  • Prosecuting drivers who do not obey the speed limit or who drive without due care and attention
  • Prosecuting drivers who park illegally (unless this has been decriminalised)
  • Removing obstructive vehicles


Crime and Disorder Partnerships

Legislation
*Advice and guidance
  • Developing and auditing a strategy for tackling crime
  • disorder and anti-social behaviour. In future
  • this will include environmental offences


Neighbourhood Watch schemes

Legislation
*Advice and guidance
  • Looking out for and reporting opportunistic crime
  • Receiving advice from the police


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Utilities

Legislation
*Advice and guidance
  • Providing household services including water, sewerage, electricity, gas and telecommunications
  • Having certain permitted development rights
  • Ability to act without warning in emergencies


Developers

Legislation
*Advice and guidance
  • Designing new spaces in residential developments
  • Designing new roads in accordance with Home Zone principles, taking into account road safety and the needs of all road users


Intermediary bodies eg Groundwork Trusts, British Trust for Conservation Volunteers

Legislation
*Advice and guidance
  • Building capacity of local residents to get more involved in decision making
  • Providing opportunities for practical volunteering
  • Funding and delivering neighbourhood improvement projects


Local civic societies

Legislation
*Advice and guidance
  • Identifying street elements of local historic
  • natural or cultural value


Individuals

Legislation
*Advice and guidance
  • Minimising waste and disposing of litter responsibly and also being proactive e.g. getting involved in litter picking, clean up campaigns etc.
  • Driving and parking responsibly
  • Minimising noise and nuisance
  • Reporting anti-social behaviour
  • Maintaining private property
  • including gardens and frontages
  • Getting involved in designing new traffic-management, traffic-calming and parking schemes if invited by the highway authority