RUTHIN FUTURE
The challenge: How can a long-term plan be developed based on creative community engagement?
Image: Coombs Jones / Ruthin Town Council
Over the past decade Ruthin Town Council have developed a vision to guide the future development of the North Wales market town. Founded on extensive public engagement which culminated in Ruthin Future Week, a now annual week of public engagement events and activities, the 2012 plan proposed a series of small-scale affordable interventions creating maximum impact from minimum means combined with longer-term transformational projects requiring more complex funding and delivery. In 2018, the plan was revisited in response to changes in policy, the consolidation of council assets and vacancy of important buildings. The updated framework aimed to create a compact, walkable town with new homes for first time buyers and the elderly to encourage all ages to live well in the town centre. Community support and a creative vision has enabled the town council to pursue significant projects such as the community asset transfer and refurbishment of the Old Court House into a community hub combining an event space, co-working and tourist information.
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