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Annandale and Eskdale Area Community Plan Area Profile and Analysis Annandale and Eskdale Area Community Plan 2006 - 2011 Townscapes and town plans ..................28 Contents Regeneration ...........................................29 The role of community initiatives in Section 1 economic development ..........................29 Community planning and its structures ..6 Renewable energy ..................................0 Why we are developing an Area Tourism ....................................................1 Community Plan ........................................6 The voluntary sector and the social Process for developing the Area economy ..................................................2 Community Plan ........................................7 External funding .....................................4 Information sources ..................................7 Transport .................................................5 Policy context ............................................7 Roads, rail and air networks ..................6 The principles behind community Information Technology .........................6 planning.....................................................8 Sewerage systems ...................................6 Annandale and Eskdale Rural Partnership ......................................8 Section 4 Annandale and Eskdale Social development Rural Partnership annual work plan ........8 Introduction ............................................8 Structure plans and local plans ..............10 Social inclusion ........................................8 Emergency Planning ............................... 11 Multiple deprivation ...............................9 Section 2 Education and community learning ...... 41 Outline profile of Annandale and Eskdale Community safety ...................................42 Annandale and Eskdale .......................... 12 Housing ....................................................4 History and culture ................................. 1 Health and wellbeing .............................44 Political context ....................................... 15 Health services and health Gateway status ........................................ 15 improvement ...........................................46 Annandale and Eskdale Safe and Healthy Section 3 Action Partnership (SHAP) ......................47 Geography, population and economy Drug and alcohol misuse ........................47 Environment ............................................ 16 Drug and alcohol services in Annandale Coastal protection .................................. 17 and Eskdale ..............................................48 Flood prevention ..................................... 17 Sports and leisure ...................................49 Population ...............................................18 Childcare ..................................................50 Economy .................................................. 19 Youth activities ........................................ 51 Strategic Planning, Planning and Services for older people ........................ 51 Environment, Dumfries and Galloway People from minority ethnic and diverse Council .....................................................22 backgrounds ............................................52 Industry ....................................................2 Accessibility of services ...........................5 Chapelcross de-commissioning ..............2 Conclusions ..............................................5 Forestry ....................................................24 Section 5 Agriculture ...............................................25 SWOT analysis .........................................54 Fishing and fish processing ....................26 The workforce .........................................26 Websites for Annandale and State benefits ..........................................28 Eskdale ......................................... 56 References ................................... 57 ANNANDLAE AND ESKDALE COMMUNITY PLAN Contents Tables Table 14 Numbers of those presenting as homeless in relation to Table 1 Population changes in total Number of resident Dumfries and Galloway 1991 households to 2001 Table 15 Numbers and types of Table 2 Population changes in enquiry received by Citizens Dumfries and Galloway 1991 Advice Service In Dumfries to 2001 and Galloway April – Table Key economic challenges for December 200 Dumfries and Galloway Table 16 Crime in Annandale and Table 4 The number of employed and Eskdale self employed - Dumfries and Table 17 Pressured settlements Galloway Census 2001 priorities for (net) additional Table 5 Employment 1991 and 2001 – social rented sector and Low Annandale and Eskdale Cost Home Ownership Housing (LCHO) Table 6 Employment in Annandale and Eskdale 1991 and 2001 Table 18 Health Indicators – Annandale and Eskdale Table 7 Qualifications of people in Dumfries and Galloway Table 19 Smoking by Postcode Area in Annandale and Eskdale Table 8 Community Initiatives in Annandale and Eskdale Table 20 People with limiting long term illness in Annandale and Table 9 Activities of visitors in Eskdale Settlements Dumfries and Galloway and Scotland Table 21 Percentage of 11 – 18 year olds ever tasted alcohol and Table 10 Visitor attractions – top ten in ever tasted alcohol in the last Dumfries and Galloway month Table 11 Sewage treatment works in Table 22 Percentage of participants Annandale and Eskdale ever been offered an illicit substance Table 12 Social inclusion indicators Table 2 Referrals to Cameron House Table 1 Scottish Index of Multiple April 2004-March 2005 – Deprivation (SIMD) scores for Annandale and Eskdale Annandale and Eskdale with comparative figures from Nithsdale 4 Abbreviations used in the text A&E Annandale and Eskdale AGATE Agriculture Agglomération Atlantique et Territoires Européens BNFL British Nuclear Fuel Group BNSF Better Neighbourhood Services Fund CAP Common Agricultural Policy CORES Corridor Regeneration Strategy CVS Council of Voluntary Services D&G Dumfries and Galloway GLA Gretna, Lockerbie, Annan ICT Information and Communication Technology LHCC Local Health Care Co-operative NHS National Health Service RSPA Rural Service Priority Area SEPA Scottish Environment Protection Agency SHAP Safe and Healthy Action Partnership SIMD Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation SNH Scottish Natural Heritage TTWA Travel to Work Area UK United Kingdom VAT Value Added Tax WELL Women of Eskdale and Liddesdale Linked ANNANDLAE AND ESKDALE COMMUNITY PLAN 5 Section 1 Community planning and its structures We hope that members of the public, the community, and the public, voluntary and private sectors can all sign up to that vision and work towards it over the next Why we are developing an five years. There are a number of Area Community Plan important reasons why we need an Area The purpose of this Area Community Plan: Community Plan is to: • With a wide range of agencies • set out information about the (voluntary, statutory and private) area; providing services in the area, we need an overview of the situation to help us • develop an analysis of that identify priorities and gaps. information; and • With increased need for external • create a strategic vision for funding, a strategic plan provides Annandale and Eskdale. organisations with the evidence to support their applications. • Economic and social development takes place in a context of uncertainty and change. An Area Community Plan can enable us to assess some of the factors, estimate risks and identify ways of managing uncertainty. We have developed the Annandale and Eskdale Area Community Plan in the dynamic social and economic context of Europe and the wider world. This context binds the various sectors together. For example, the environment has an impact on the economy, and education has an impact on health. So when we develop the area, we need to work in partnership and to understand the local factors that interact with other elements. The people who are most likely to understand the local context best are the people who live and work in Annandale and Eskdale. So it is a high priority for us to engage and involve the community in the process of development. As the public sector becomes more skilled at using local 6 knowledge and community expertise, we Information sources hope that economic and social development will become more The Area Community Plan draws on sustainable. information gathered for statutory purposes. This includes Census data, The document that came before this Area health information, strategic documents Community Plan was the Area and plans, as well as information from the Regeneration Strategy. It was developed in local communities themselves. There is 2001, at the time of the foot and mouth more qualitative information available emergency in the area. Things have moved now than in 2001 and we have used this on since then and new evidence, to help develop the Plan. A large amount particularly in the form of the 2001 Census of the data is not broken down into areas, data, indicates new challenges for social so some of the information that we have and economic development. By reviewing used is for Dumfries and Galloway as a this information and engaging with whole. members of the community, we can develop a plan which will enable us to take The Plan aims to reflect the views of a long-term view and which will identify people living here. The people of choices for promoting sustainable Annandale and Eskdale are independent- development. This means environmental minded and
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