PART 2

COMMUNITY STRATEGIES AND PLANNING

Community involvement

Community planning etc: community involvement
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1
A local authority and its community planning partners must ensure that arrangements are made so that the persons mentioned in subsection (2) have the opportunity to express their views, and have them taken into account, in connection with—
a
community planning;
b
the production of a community strategy for the authority’s area; and
c
the review of community strategies.
2
The persons are—
a
persons resident in the local authority’s area;
b
persons who are not resident in that area but who receive services provided by the authority or one of its community planning partners;
c
representatives of relevant voluntary organisations;
d
representatives of persons carrying on businesses in the authority’s area;
e
other persons who, in the opinion of the authority, are interested in the improvement of the area’s social, economic or environmental well-being.
3
For the purposes of this section “relevant voluntary organisations” means bodies (other than local authorities or other public bodies) whose activities—
a
are carried on otherwise than for profit, and
b
directly or indirectly benefit the whole or any part of the local authority’s area.
4
A registered social landlord (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996) which provides housing in the local authority’s area is a relevant voluntary organisation for the purposes of this section.