LSP and the Community Plan

The Community Plan for Broxbourne 2006-09

Cover of the Community Plan

 

The Local Government Act 2000 requires all local authorities to produce Community Plans to promote or improve the social economic and environmental wellbeing of an area. Plans should look at all aspects of an area, not just services provided by the Council and should set out priorities for developing the Borough in the long term.  Broxbourne produced its first Community Plan in 2003.

 

A Community Plan for Broxbourne covering the period 2006-09 was approved in 2006.  This can be downloaded from the related links box on the right of the page.  The Plan, produced after a review of community needs, is owned by the Broxbourne Local Strategic Partnership (LSP). It forms the overarching strategic plan for all public and voluntary sector bodies that provide services in Broxbourne. It provides the framework within which LSP members will focus their efforts until 2009.  Part of the aim of the Community Plan is that it should be living rather than a paper document. The partnership is working together to improve the availability of local services where priorities for improvement have been identified.

 

The consultation process which underpins the plan included a resident’s survey in ‘Broxbourne News’, discussions with LSP members, presentations to local organisations and a consultation leaflet posted to over 600 local organisations and individuals. 

 

The new plan consists of a long-term strategic vision and eight themes:

young people in the community

 

  • Active and Healthy 
  • Safe and Secure
  • Young People
  • Prosperity for All
  • Places to live
  • On the Move
  • Cleaner and Greener
  • Stronger Neighbourhoods
  • Stronger Communities

 

Each theme includes an action plan which is updated regularly with a comprehensive monitoring system.  The targets within the Local Area Agreement (LAA) will be integrated within the action plans and quality of life indicators and selected BVPIs will be used to measure progress for each theme.  Within each theme, priorities for action have been identified. These priorities meet one or more of the following criteria:

  • raised by a large number of residents or stakeholder groups during consultation
  • are issues where the area is less well served in comparison to countywide or nationwide statistics
  • are national priorities
  • are an opportunity which can be seized at this time