Welcome to Community Led Plans South East
This site contains information about Community Led Plans across the whole of the
South East of England. Community Led Plans are produced by and for communities,
based on a detailed consultation, involving the whole community which prompts action
and influences others. Read more...
Good community plans, use the Community Led Planning Toolkit framework, are supported
by external facilitators, and can demonstrate a robust evaluation process. CLPs
underpin a community’s vision for itself across all aspects of social, environmental
and economic life. They celebrate positive features and activities, highlight community
needs and contain a detailed Action Plan to help the community meet those needs.
Site Statistics
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Community Plans
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1230 plans
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Actions Registered
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23852 actions
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Actions Completed
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811 actions
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Community-Led Plan Process
Step
1 - Getting Started
To start the process you need to get people interested using publicity and hold an open event to gather support to undertake the process.
Register on this website to make contact with your Rural Community Council and Local Authority who will be happy to support you all the way through the process of producing your plan.
Step
2 - Establishing the steering group
Set up a steering group with wide representation from the community. Every steering group member can register on this website and have full access to all the resources available in your area.
Step
3 - Developing a Project Plan
Over a series of meetings put together a strategy, budget and programme on how you are going to undertake the plan, ensuring you consult with everyone in the community. Include in your programme the moments at which
you wish to involve local authorities, although it is best to engage with them, right from the beginning of your plan.
Step
4 - Community Consultation
This is a time to undertake a variety of interesting and fun consultation exercises
involving as many people as possible both in taking part and in expressing their views. It's not all about questionnaires which should come ideally towards the end of your consultation process with the questions being drawn from the information already gained.
Step
5 - Prioritising and Planning Action
Consultation results analysed. Sort and prioritise the issues and begin to form
focus groups to take forward actions. Liaise with other agencies that have been identified in an action, to agree that what is being proposed is feasible and can be
delivered. This doesn’t mean you can’t have aspirations for future actions which are not possible at present.
Step
6 - Drafting the plan
Put together the first draft to share with the community and partner organisations. Make your plan more accessible to outside agencies
by entering your actions on this website. Show a draft plan to all relevant stakeholders.
Step
7 - Finalising the plan
Consult with the community and partner organisations and produce the final document. Upload a copy on this website and your own if you have one. At this point celebrate with your community but keep the momentum going to implement what you have decided.
Step
8 - Implementing the plan
Consolidate any actions started and begin to implement others. Update your progress on this website as you go to keep your Local Authority informed and in action.
Step
9 - Monitor and Review
Once you have completed a plan a regular review and update will ensure continuous progress on the needs and requirements of your community.
Keep your community informed of your progress. Successes and challenges should always be fed back to the rest of your community to keep them involved.
Step
NDP - Neighbourhood Development Plan
Neighbourhood Development Plans give local communities the opportunity to create planning policies that all subsequent planning applications in your area must conform to. Please contact your local planning authority if you are interested in creating a Neighbourhood Development Plan.