Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector

Community Planning

What is Community Planning?
Community Planning is defined as a process "by which the public services provided in the area of the local authority are provided and the planning of that provision takes place". (Local Government in Scotland Act 2003)

Local authorities have a duty to initiate, maintain and facilitate this process and Scottish Ministers have a duty to promote and encourage the use of Community Planning.

Local Government (Scotland Act) 2003
Local Government (Scotland Act) 2003 provides the legislative context for Community Planning. A number of public sector organisations are statutory partners in Community Planning. These include:

• the local authority
• health board
• fire authority
• police
• enterprise agency
• transport partnership.

In addition to the statutory partners, Community Planning Partnerships (CPPs) typically involve other public, voluntary, community and private sector partners.

Community Planning Partnerships (CPPs)
CPPs are a central feature of a programme of local government modernisation and public service reform in Scotland. They are intended to ensure that local authorities, other local public agencies, the voluntary, community and private sectors develop a shared vision for their area and work in partnership to implement this vision.

Ten local Community Planning Partnerships have been created, covering the whole of Glasgow, to work at a local level. These areas are: