Nottinghamshire's Sustainable Community Strategy
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Nottinghamshire’s Sustainable Community Strategy the nottinghamshire partnership all together better 2010-2020 Contents 1 Foreword 5 2 Introduction 7 3 Nottinghamshire - our vision for 2020 9 4 How we put this strategy together What is this document based on? 11 How this document links with other important documents 11 Our evidence base 12 5 Nottinghamshire - the timeline 13 6 Nottinghamshire today 15 7 Key background issues 17 8 Nottinghamshire’s economy - recession and recovery 19 9 Key strategic challenges 21 10 Our priorities for the future A greener Nottinghamshire 23 A place where Nottinghamshire’s children achieve their full potential 27 A safer Nottinghamshire 33 Health and well-being for all 37 A more prosperous Nottinghamshire 43 Making Nottinghamshire’s communities stronger 47 11 Borough/District community strategies 51 12 Next steps and contacts 57 Nottinghamshire’s Sustainable Community Strategy 2010-2020 l p.3 Appendices I The Nottinghamshire Partnership 59 II Underpinning principles 61 III Our evidence base 63 IV Consultation 65 V Nottinghamshire - the timeline 67 VI Borough/District chapters Ashfield 69 Bassetlaw 74 Broxtowe 79 Gedling 83 Mansfield 87 Newark and Sherwood 92 Rushcliffe 94 VII Case studies 99 VIII Other relevant strategies and action plans 105 IX Performance management - how will we know that we have achieved our targets? 107 X List of acronyms 109 XI Glossary of terms 111 XII Equality impact assessment 117 p.4 l Nottinghamshire’s Sustainable Community Strategy 2010-2020 1 l Foreword This document, the second community strategy for Nottinghamshire, outlines the key priorities for the county over the next ten years. Good schools, cutting crime and anti-social behaviour, effective healthcare, care for older and vulnerable people, transport links, interesting and attractive places to visit and positive things for young people to do. These are all vital services that make Nottinghamshire a great place to live. You tell us you care about public services – so our job is to make them the best they can be. The draft Strategy was consulted on and this final version reflects your views on the best way forward for the county. The Nottinghamshire Partnership includes all the county’s local authorities, and all the major organisations representing health, community safety, businesses and the voluntary sector (see Appendix i). They have all been involved in agreeing our priorities for the future and are committed to working together to achieve them. We need your commitment to work with us all to meet these priorities. We would like to receive your comments and suggestions about how we might achieve this together (see Section 12 for information on how to contact us). Councillor Martin Suthers, OBE Chairman of the Nottinghamshire Strategic Partnership Board Nottinghamshire’s Sustainable Community Strategy 2010-2020 l p.5 p.6 l Nottinghamshire’s Sustainable Community Strategy 2010-2020 2 l Introduction This strategy replaces All Together Better, the first community strategy for Nottinghamshire, which ran from 2005 to 2009. Government guidance on sustainable community This strategy will also guide the wider policies strategies says that they should ‘tell the story of and delivery plans of all local partners and will the place – the distinctive vision and ambition provide a framework within which more localised of the area, backed by clear evidence and and longer term plans can be developed. These analysis.’ They give a context for the work of all will enable us to report progress on how well we partners and link them with local development are doing in delivering on targets outlined. frameworks, regional, sub-regional, local, parish and neighbourhood plans. We recognise that we won’t be able to do everything all at once and that it will be The guidance suggests the sort of information necessary to prioritise actions and respond to that should be in a sustainable community short-term issues should they arise; however, we strategy: believe that the strategy gives all local partners a shared plan for the next decade which will guide • ambitious ideas of what the county should look everyone in Nottinghamshire towards a better like or be like – things which make it a better future. place – all of which is based on firm evidence of what people want and need • what things are most important (based on these ambitious ideas) and also what can be realistically achieved in the timescale. The Nottinghamshire Local Area Agreement (LAA) is a three year agreement between the Nottinghamshire Partnership and Government which sets out the priorities for the county. It is a set of indicators reflecting local priorities and targets are negotiated with Government. The overall LAA and delivery plans for each theme outline the detailed actions to deliver these targets in the immediate future; these will be refreshed as part of a rolling programme, to enable us to learn from experience and be able to respond to changing circumstances where necessary. Nottinghamshire’s Sustainable Community Strategy 2010-2020 l p.7 p.8 l Nottinghamshire’s Sustainable Community Strategy 2010-2020 3 l Nottinghamshire – Our Vision for 2020 Proud of our past, ambitious for our future The Nottinghamshire Partnership has a shared vision for the future of the county. ogether be All t tter Children achieving their full potential • positive activities • participation A strong Health and • attainment sense of place well-being • happy • reputation I m for all • cleaner p • living longer p a • cultural heritage • reduce health • sporting excellence r g o inequalities • community v e • independent Proud of engagement e h living m t • good local environment our past, e g n n i ambitious for t s w Sustainability f o our future A safe place o r • response to to live r climate change • less crime and less r a • greener fear of crime a l N • transport • living safely l • housing Thriving economy • flourishing business • skilled workforce Ma e king a differenc The ambition of this vision will be achieved by We will ensure full inclusion for all citizens by focusing on the following areas: creating safe and healthy communities and a more prosperous county. • Economic success • Better quality of life We will create sustainable communities which • High quality environment are able to access a wide choice of housing, • Fair and sustainable communities leisure, sporting and cultural opportunities, and which are located in high quality environments in We will create a mixed and vibrant economy, urban, suburban and rural settings. supported by an educated, skilled and flexible workforce and improved infrastructure. The Partnership is committed to improving the lives of everyone in Nottinghamshire and will provide the leadership to ensure that this happens. Nottinghamshire’s Sustainable Community Strategy 2010-2020 l p.9 The six priorities for the future outlined in Whilst targets for the next three years have been Section 10 have been identified from wide- identified under each of the priorities, the current ranging research and consultation which has recession and its wider impact make forecasting been done. They are: the future very difficult when organisations are uncertain about future financial commitments. • A greener Nottinghamshire – this includes We suggest therefore that although the overall improving the environment, recycling, public priorities should remain constant for the next transport, decent and affordable housing, 10 years, the three-year targets within this high the countryside, biodiversity, green space and level document will need to be reviewed in cutting greenhouse gas emissions successive three-year programmes aligned to the LAA timetable, so that we can plan the best ways • A place where Nottinghamshire’s children to address concerns and aspirations, and take achieve their full potential – this includes advantage of future opportunities. education, safety, health, opportunities to enjoy sports, leisure and arts facilities, and economic issues affecting children and young people • A safer Nottinghamshire – this includes crime and anti-social behaviour • Health and well-being for all – this includes improving general health and life expectancy, tackling obesity, helping disabled people, as well as ensuring older people and vulnerable people are well looked after • A more prosperous Nottinghamshire – this includes helping businesses to start up, grow and flourish, making sure that there are enough jobs, and people have the right skills and qualifications • Making Nottinghamshire’s communities stronger – this includes access to services, culture, heritage and sport, community life, and a sense of community belonging and identity p.10 l Nottinghamshire’s Sustainable Community Strategy 2010-2020 4 l How we put this strategy together What is this document based on? Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) This strategy and related documents such as • We have based it on the first community the Regional Economic Strategy (RES) provide a strategy, All Together Better 2005 – 2009, framework within which all partners work. There and work carried out by the Nottinghamshire is also a series of specialist documents covering Partnership and LAA groups. issues such as waste, minerals, and the Local Transport Plans. As of 1 April 2010, the East • We have used information produced by all Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy and Regional partners in the last year, which provides strong Economic Strategy were re-designated as the evidence on the current state of the county. ‘Single