Locality Plan

The Ribble Valley Locality Plan for 2010/11 was approved by Policy and Finance Committee in June 2010 and has been endorsed by Lancashire County Council's Deputy Leader in July 2010. It will be fully approved by Lancashire County Council's Cabinet in September 2010.  Approval includes a commitment to monitor the Plan by each respective authority on an ongoing basis along with a joint review after six months.

The 2010/11 Locality Plan lists thirteen priorities for the Ribble Valley:

• Priority:  Support and help older or vulnerable people
• Priority:  Build capacity of Children's Trust
• Priority:  Promote and develop civic pride and local democracy
• Priority:  Improve community engagement
• Priority:  Improve access to services
• Priority:  Actively explore opportunities to tap into 'social capital', volunteering and local lobbying
• Priority:  Improve street cleanliness
• Priority:  Winter maintenance
• Priority:  Develop allotment space
• Priority:  Improve the environment and local sustainability
• Priority:  Improve and expand culture, arts and leisure opportunities
• Priority:  Develop Town Centre Plans for Longridge and Whalley
• Priority:  Explore what we do as local employers in terms of work experience, apprenticeships etc

The Plan outlines a total of 24 commitments and interventions under these headings, which both Councils will deliver together or in their own right.  Delivery is through existing business planning and performance management systems.