Community Plan and Neighbourhood Plans
The statutory framework for Community Planning is set out in the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015. The Act requires Community Planning Partnerships to prepare and publish two types of plan which describe its local priorities, what improvements it plans for its local communities and when it will make these improvements.
The first type of plan is called a Community Plan which covers the whole Community Planning Partnership area and sets out the local outcomes which the Partnership will prioritise for improvement and the second type of plan is called a Neighbourhood Plan which will help to improve nine key communities in South Lanarkshire.
We must use smaller areas within South Lanarkshire to identify residents experiencing the poorest outcomes and then publish individual plans for each area as these specific priorities may differ from those in the overall Community Plan. The progress of every plan must also be reported publicly and reviewed regularly to ensure any progress continues to meet the needs of those living in these target areas.
None of these smaller areas should have a population of more than 30,000 and it should be agreed what constitutes a valid locality. Following a detailed analysis of all 431 datazone levels across the 20 wards in South Lanarkshire, nine wards were identified as having sections of deprivation, poverty and inequality.
Neighbourhood Plans have been produced for 5 areas to date:
Hillhouse, Udston and Burnbank Neighbourhood Plan; Springhall and Whitlawburn Neighbourhood Plan; Strutherhill and Birkenshaw Neighbourhood Plan; Burnhill_Neighbourhood Plan; and Cambuslang East Neighbourhood Plan
Neighbourhood Planning Annual Progress Reports have also been produced for the following areas:
Hillhouse, Udston and Burnbank; Springhall and Whitlawburn; Strutherhill and Birkenshaw and Fairhill.
A Neighbourhood Planning Update - Our Place Our Plan Booklet has now been published and can be viewed here.
The following links will also show you the maps for each of the areas:
Hillhouse, Udston and Burnbank Map; Springhall and Whitlawburn Map; Strutherhill and Birkenshaw Map; Burnhill Map; and Cambuslang East Map
Area profiling tools
On these pages you can find Neighbourhood Profiles for the most deprived neighbourhoods in the nine identified wards which includes short films giving an overview of the main issues facing residents.
In addition to the neighbourhood profiles you can explore a wide range of statistics about your area and the people who live there. Topics range from population, income and employment to housing, the environment and public safety. Please go to our IMPROVE website to find out more about where you live.
Statistical information reports
South Lanarkshire Council's Central Research Unit publishes reports on statistical trends focusing on wealth and deprivation, enterprises, labour market and earnings, qualifications and learning, benefits take-up and sanctions, population and households, young people and education, community safety, health and care, alcohol and drugs and housing and homelessness. Some reports can provide information about trends in South Lanarkshire compared to Scotland as a whole with in some cases, information available on a gender and age basis. There are also reports covering forecasts of employment and population and households. Please go to the IMPROVE reports page to access these reports.
Child Poverty Action Plan
Work is ongoing to reduce child poverty in South Lanarkshire which includes the publishing of a Child Poverty Action Plan. Further information about this work can be found here.
Partnership Improvement Plans
The Community Plan is underpinned by four Partnership Improvement Plans which are published by the Health and Social Care Partnership, Economic Growth Partnership, Getting it Right for Every Child Partnership and Safer South Lanarkshire. These plans work to promote and achieve the priorities of the Community Plan. Further information on the work of the Partnership Improvement Plans can be found here.
