Community-based specialist accommodation
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) issued in December 2025 refers to community-based specialist accommodation as accommodation that "includes, but is not limited to, supervised, non-custodial housing for criminal justice purposes that provide structured support for individuals charged with or convicted of an offence, transitioning from custody, or serving community-based sentences."
In the same NPPF document community facilities are referred to as: "meeting places, public houses, places of worship, cultural venues, allotments and facilities for play, sport and informal recreation". A Community Right to Build Order as "An Order made by the local planning authority (under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) that grants planning permission for a site-specific development proposal or classes of development."
It also describes community-led development as: "A development taken forward by, or with, a not-for-profit organisation, that is primarily for the purpose of meeting the needs of its members or the wider local community, rather than being a primarily commercial enterprise. The organisation should be created, managed and democratically controlled by its members, and membership of the organisation should be open to all beneficiaries and prospective beneficiaries of that organisation. It may take any one of various legal forms including a co-operative society, community benefit society and company limited by guarantee. The organisation should own, manage or steward the development in a manner consistent with its purpose, potentially through a mutually supported arrangement with a Registered Provider of Social Housing. The benefits of the development to the community should be clearly defined and consideration given to how those benefits can be protected over time, including in the event of the organisation being wound up."
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