The TCPA has produced a series of practical online resources to assist those who are planning for long-term stewardship in their area.
The toolkit is designed primarily for local authorities and their private sector delivery partners who are planning for new and renewed communities at scale. However, much of the information and key learning is relevant to anyone considering the role of long-term stewardship in their area. The toolkit is a live resource, with new content being added throughout 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Summary of national policy and legislation on stewardship
Stewardship organisations and service charges
Stewardship case studies
Briefing note: Securing long-term stewardship through the Development Plan
Briefing note: Governance for long-term stewardship
Relevant resources and further information
From patchwork to tapestry: Overcoming barriers to planning for long-term stewardship in existing communities (Jan 2024)
This report shares the emerging lessons from places that are ‘retrofitting’ long-term stewardship.
Making Stewardship Happen – A Process Guide for Councils (May 2023)
Read our indicative guide to the process of developing a stewardship strategy.
This toolkit is kindly supported by:
This toolkit is a live resource and we are keen to continue to add new information. If you are interested in partnering with the TCPA to enable this, or would like to provide feedback, please contact charlotte.llewellyn@tcpa.org.uk
Resources
The Heart of the Matter: emerging lessons in long-term stewardship
This research report provides an overview of emerging lessons from new and existing places which are exploring long-term stewardship.
Guide 9: Long-Term Stewardship
Guidance through the range of types of stewardship bodies and setting out principles for success in planning and paying for long-term stewardship and running a good stewardship body.
Built Today, Treasured Tomorrow: A practical guide to long-term stewardship
Designed to help those who plan and build new places to secure a good-long term future for community assets setting out imaginative approaches to funding and management to empower local communities to take control or have a say in the running of local assets
