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Community Planning

Community Planning aims to ensure that people and communities are genuinely engaged in decisions made about public services which affect them and that there is a commitment from organisations to work together, not apart in providing better public services.

Community Planning comes from the Local Government Act of 2003 which is a key aspect of the Scottish Government's modernisation agenda for local government. It is intended to be the key over-arching framework for other  partnerships and institutions at the regional, local and neighbourhood level. Local authorities have a duty to initiate, facilitate and maintain the community planning process.  Each local authority interprets its duty in a slightly different way so each Community Plan is different according to local needs and circumstances.

Community Planning partnerships bring together key participants and so can act as a ‘bridge’ to link national and local priorities better. The Community Plan is a strategic document which typically sets out the vision for the area, includes strategic aims and the partnership agreement. To obtain a copy of your Community Plan a possible starting point would be your local authority website.

For more information about community planning, please click on the links below

• Who is involved in community planning?
• How can museums be involved?
• Community Learning and Development

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