What is community-led action planning and how does it work?
/Community-led action planning involves community groups and organisations in developing robust plans for their own ‘places’ and communities which:
reflect community priorities
are informed by robust engagement
are collaborative – cross-community and between community and agency
focus on real action to achieve beneficial outcomes
Through our Supporting Communities programme we work with local organisations to either develop their own community-led action plans or Local Place Plans, or to have a greater say in other local planning processes such as Locality Planning.
We also bring together organisations who participate in our programme to share learning about what they’re doing and the challenges they are facing in developing their involvement in local planning. The next session (in early December) will be focusing on the local ‘planscape’ – watch this space for key learning points and themes from the session.
Community-led action plans form part of a local ‘planscape’ which may also contain:
Local Place Plans – new plans which are community-led (like Community Action Plans) but also have a distinct spatial planning element to them
The Local Development Plan (a Local Authority-led long-term spatial planning document)
Locality Plans – these are normally led by the Community Planning Partnership but should have robust community involvement. They cover the whole range of services/topics that are dealt with by local Community Planning partners such as Councils, Health, Fire, Police, and Education
Local Health & Social Care Plans – these are similar to Locality Plans but concentrate on health and social care service planning.
You can find out more about community-led action plans on the Argyll and Bute community-led action plan toolkit site.
