Sustainable Community Strategy 2008-2026

The Sustainable Community Strategy 2008-2026 (pdf 2359k) 'Improving our communities together' was launched at the Annual Stakeholder Event on 22 April 2008.

 

A Summary (pdf, 245k) document is also available.

 

What is a Sustainable Community Strategy?

A Sustainable Community Strategy sets out the vision and priorities to improve the economic, social and environmental well being of an area.  It clearly shows how partners will work together to develop sustainable communities.

What is in our Strategy?

Our vision

'Sustainable, inclusive, safe, healthy, prosperous communities thriving in a quality environment'.

The Strategy has been developed under the following shared priorities:

• Tackling disadvantage and promoting equality of opportunity, as a key shared priority running through all the themes
• Developing strong inclusive communities
• Ensuring safer communities
• Improving health and well being
• Developing a prosperous economy and enterprising community
• Living within environmental limits      

The Strategy sets out:

• Our long-term vision for North Somerset
• The key challenges we need to consider
• Our progress to date
• Our shared priorities and the improvements we want to see
• How the work will be delivered

Developing the Strategy

The Strategy built on the previous Community Strategy, the views of local people, particularly the NSP consultation programme that took place between May and October 2006, and evidence of the challenges, opportunities and priorities for North Somerset.  

An initial draft Strategy was available for public comment from mid-November to mid-December 2007.  Comments received during that period were reviewed and used to inform the final draft.  

Sustainability Appraisals were carried out on both the draft Strategy and the delivery aspects of the Strategy. The recommendations from these Appraisals were used to inform the final Strategy. 

Sustainability Report (Dec 07) (pdf, 51k)  

Sustainability Appraisal (Sept 08) (pdf, 24k)

To develop the Strategy we worked with officers (the project group) from across our partner organisations to identify the key trends and issues for North Somerset that need to be addressed.

Following several meetings of this group and NSP delivery partnerships a structure for the new Strategy was agreed by the Board.