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Links with Community 
Planning and Development of 
Community Needs 
Assessments 


Presentation to ESD Forum – 25/05/07 

Andrew Harper - Head of Economic & Social Development 
Cairngorms National Park Authority 




Community Planning 

..Statutory process 
..Engaging communities in decisions about public services 
..Joining up effort 
..Co-ordinating not duplicating 
..Improving connection between national, regional and local priorities 




Community Planning Structures 

..Local Authority area –wide Partnerships 
..Thematic groups 
..Local partnerships 
#  Badenoch and Strathspey Partnership 
#  Speyside Forum 
#  Marr Community Planning Group 
#  Kirriemuir and the Glens Partnership 




Park Plan Links with Community Planning 

Seek to ensure strategic alignment
Park Plan 		
Community Plans 

Local Area Groups 
•Identify needs & opportunities 
•Prioritise actions 
•Co-ordinate local delivery 
•Engage communities 



Community Needs Initiative 

..Pilot for Grantown/Cromdale/DulnainBridge 
..Partnership approach 
..Link to community planning partners 
..Baseline information (incl. housing needs) 
..Develop prioritised action plan 
..‘Toolkit’ to support other communities 
..Roll out (where there is community support to do so)