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Sustainable Community Strategy for Cornwall

The vision and outcomes of the Sustainable Community Strategy have been recently approved by the Cornwall Strategic Partnership and Cornwall County Council. This version is available to download on the right hand menu. There is still some more work to be done on the final chapter about delivery - a draft of this can also be downloaded on the right.

What is a Sustainable Community Strategy?

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The Strategy in Cornwall has developed as a suite of documents, all of which are available to download from this website. They are:

The overarching strategy document and draft delivery statement (this should be finalised by October 2008)
Appendix 1: The Local Area Agreement - a three year plan for delivery with indicators and targets
Appendix 2: Issues Reports - these outline in more detail the issues Cornwall needs to tackle to become more sustainable. Follow the link on the left to download these reports.
Appendix 3: Evidence Report - this is the background analysis of the evidence on which the strategy is based
Appendix 4: Quality of Life report 2007 - this was an important part of the evidence base
Appendix 5: Methodology - this details the process that was followed to develop the Strategy and in particular, the consultation which took place.

What is it and why are we doing it?

A Sustainable Community Strategy sets out what is important for quality of life and what can be done to protect or improve it in a way that is sustainable. It articulates community needs and aspirations and provides a framework to co-ordinate the actions of public, private, voluntary and community organisations to respond. Cornwall County Council has a legal responsibility to prepare a Sustainable Community Strategy in collaboration with the Cornwall Strategic Partnership.

The Sustainable Community Strategy for Cornwall will therefore:

Set the strategic objectives for the big issues for an area
Be long term
Considers all aspects of quality of life for all of Cornwall's residents now, and for future generations

Where have the ideas come from?

We have and are undertaking a number of wide ranging consultation with local organisations, town and parish councils, businesses, communities, and representatives of various interest groups

What information is it based on?

An analysis of social, economic and environmental trends over time provides evidence of need and identifies opportunities and constraints within which we will have to work. The Evidence for each strategic issue identified is available to download, together with the Strategic Issues report. Follow the link on the right hand side.

The challenge now is to develop a SustainableCommunity Strategy for Cornwall by developing a stronger focus on integrating social, economic and environmental issues and by tackling the longer-term and global impacts of communities. Impact appraisals are being carried out on the draft strategy. These are available to download from the right hand menu.

How does it fit in with other policies and strategies?

The Sustainable Community Strategy is the overarching strategy for Cornwall; it aims to address the issues which cannot be resolved by one organisation alone. It should therefore link to other stragic policies including:

Regional Spatial Strategy
Regional Economic Strategy
Council Plan
Local Development Framework
Children and Young People's Plan
Cornwall Housing Strategy
Local Transport Plan
Local Delivery Plan for Health
Health & Wellbeing Strategy

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