Welcome to the Argyll and Bute Community Plan 2007 – 2017. This plan sets out the key priorities for the Community Planning Partnership for the next ten years and expresses our commitment to provide for the wellbeing of our communities.
The publication of this new plan marks a significant change for the Argyll and Bute Community Planning Partnership. The previous plan recognised the benefit of partnership working and highlighted broad themes for action. This plan takes a more focussed approach highlighting clear priorities identified through consultation. These priorities embrace Argyll and Bute’s leading rural area vision and include:
- Increasing opportunities to celebrate and protect the natural environment
- Reduce the impact of deprivation
- Promote growth in the working age population
- Reduce the numbers of homeless people
- Overcome geographical constraints
Promoting the principles of Community Planning and benefit of partnership working across Argyll and Bute remains one of the key functions of the partnership and will continue to be promoted through the local press and our new website.
Consultations leading to the creation of this new plan highlighted a number of important issues such as the need for our transport infrastructure to be improved and the many issues affecting our remote and island communities. Some of these issues may take many years to resolve and the role of the Community Planning Partnership will be to lobby for change.
Community Planning is a process where co-operation and partnership working will make a positive impact on everybody’s lives and help us to achieve sustainable thriving communities.
I hope you find this plan useful and informative. There will be regular updates available through the website and progress will be monitored by the partners.
On behalf of the Community Planning Partnership I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who helped to shape this plan. We all have a role to play in Community Planning and I would urge you to consider the contents of this plan, consider how you can contribute and feedback any comments you may have
Cllr Dick Walsh
Chair
Argyll and Bute Community Planning Partnership
Leader Argyll and Bute Council
