About Community Planning
The Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 sets out guidance to local authorities to facilitate the creation of Community Planning Partnerships in their areas. Community Planning is a process that brings together the public sector, partners and the community to agree priorities on the planning and provision of services. Further background information about the legislative framework for Community Planning can be found at the Improvement Service website.
Community Planning is about ensuring that the public services we all use are delivered in the most effective way possible. Already many of the city's key partners are already working together to address the needs of Glasgow's citizens as part of their core business. However, Community Planning brings the added dimension of jointly planning services in a way that will ensure their most effective delivery through partnership. The benefits of increased partnership working are well documented and should be built upon more mainstream public service organisations working together with communities.
Effective community engagement is at at the heart of the Community Planning process. Communities play a key role in taking forward the Community Planning agenda, both at the local level and across Partnerships as a whole.
Further background information on the implementation of Community Planning across Scotland can be found at the web site of the Scottish Government.
The details of how Community Planning is being delivered across Glasgow are set out in Glasgow's Community Plan 2005-2010.
Details of the new Single Outcome Agreement 2008 between the Glasgow CPP and Scottish Government are also available.