Local Neighbourhood Renewal Strategies

At a local level, much work on neighbourhood renewal will be driven by Local Neighbourhood Renewal Strategies http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/seu/2001/action plan/05.htm which should:

set out an agreed vision and plan for positive change in as many neighbourhoods as are in need of renewal;

• have the agreement and commitment of all the key people and institutions who have a stake in the neighbourhood, or an impact on it; and

• clearly set out a local strategic level framework for action that responds to neighbourhood needs and puts them in the context of the area as a whole.

The stages in developing a Local Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy are identifying:

• priority neighbourhoods

• understanding the problems of priority neighbourhoods

• mapping resources going into priority neighbourhoods

• agree on what more needs to be done

• implement and monitor agreed action

http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/seu/2001/action%20plan/annex-g.htm

The Local Strategic Partnership should be ideally placed to prepare a Local Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy. LSPs can provide a single meeting point for all the service providers and other relevant groups. By taking responsibility for the development and implementation both community strategies and the deprivation-focused neighbourhood renewal strategies, local strategic partnerships should be able to make vital links between neighbourhood-level action to tackle social exclusion and initiatives taken at a broader strategic level.

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