Sustainable Community Strategy
All local authorities have a duty to work with partner organisations to produce a Sustainable Community Strategy. The strategy shows how local organisations will work together to improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the people in their area over the longer term.
The aim of the strategy is not to provide a comprehensive list of all the different activities going on to improve the city, but rather to set out the key priorities for change and actions to deliver them.
During 2009 we undertook a consultation to review and update our SCS in response to the changing economic conditions. The updated SCS was agreed in March 2010 and included the following changes:
- Extended the timeframe to 2030 in line with the Local Development Framework (currently being developed)
- Inclusion of a clearer definition of "sustainable communities"
- Inclusion of proposed long term targets to the year 2030
- Narrative summarised for ease of reading and to reduce the overall length
- References to the Partnership's approach in responding to the economic downturn and the effects of the recession
- More emphasis on the approach to regenerating neighbourhoods
- The six theme chapters have also been updated
If you would like any further information on the SCS please contact Philip Hunter (tel: 0191 277 7802 or email philip.hunter@newcastle.gov.uk)
Click here to read our Sustainable Community Strategy and the appendices
