The Devon Strategic Partnership is currently developing a new Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS) for Devon. This will inform the new generation Local Area Agreement (LAA) which will run from 2008-2011. A project has been developed to deliver both the SCS and the LAA. The following pages provide more detail about the project.

The Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS) will be produced as a summary booklet supported by a website that provides more detailed information about evidence, consultation and proposed action.  This website will be accessible from here once launched in July 2008.

"The role of the Sustainable Community Strategy is to set out the strategic vision for a place. It provides a vehicle for considering and deciding how to address difficult cross-cutting issues such as the economic future of an area, social exclusion and climate change. Building these issues into the community's vision in an integrated way is at the heart of creating sustainable development at a local level."
(Extract from Strong and Prosperous Communities Govt White Paper November 2006)

The project has been divided into five stages:

Stage 1 - Evaluation:

• an evaluation of the existing Community Strategy for Devon

Stage 2 - Evidence Base:

• an evidence base for Devon
• Public Consultation

Stage 3 - Visioning:

• a vision for Devon

Stage 4 - Prioritisation:

• the new Sustainable Community Strategy

Stage 5 - Outcomes and Action Planning:

• the new 2008-2011 Local Area Agreement

Further Information

• Government Guidance about the new LAAs