The purpose of a Sustainable Community Strategy is to set out the strategic vision for a place. The Borough Council is required by the Local Government Act 2000 to draw up a Community Strategy for the Borough in consultation with others. This was published by networkfareham in 2004. Since then, the Government has requested that Community Strategies be reshaped into Sustainable Community Strategies.
Fareham’s Sustainable Community Strategy needs to create a long term, sustainable vision for the Borough whilst contributing to the improvement priorities detailed in the Hampshire Local Area Agreement (LAA).
New statutory guidance will state that the Sustainable Community Strategy and other local and regional statutory plans should have regard to each other, for example: -
The aim is for there to be complete coherence between the Sustainable Community Strategy and all the other plans for the Borough. The Strategy must be based on the best possible information and common evidence about the Borough and its future needs.
The Government’s expectation is that LSPs should be the overarching strategic partnership bringing together a manageable number of key thematic partnerships to deliver the priorities agreed in the Sustainable Community Strategy.