Proposals under Sustainable Communities Act 2007

Date: 9 January 2009

Dear Sam Urquhart

Your application for information that was received by the Council on 19
December 2008 has now been considered and this letter is a full response
to that application.

Your request was to be supplied with information on the subject of
Plymouth City Council's response to the Sustainable Communities Act 2007.

The Council does hold the information that you have requested, as follows.

At this stage, Plymouth City Council has not considered any proposals to
the Department for Communities and Local Government under the clauses of
the Act and within the current deadlines for submission. Similarly, no
proposals have been forthcoming from our local communities.

Both the Council and the Local Strategic Partnership, Plymouth 2020, were
actively involved in the consultation regarding the Act and its subsequent
clauses. The Council recognises its potential for local and national
change and is actively working to embed a newly adopted Sustainable
Development Framework that makes clear links between the two.

It is anticipated that proposals could emerge from subsequent engagement
with Plymouth's communities. These will be carefully considered in
readiness for submission should the Government decide to proceed beyond
the current round; although we are given to believe that the current
process could take over a year to resolve and that further rounds may not
be forthcoming (LGIU SCA 2007 event, London, Dec 2008).

If you would like any further background information please do not
hesitate to contact our Sustainable Development Co-ordinator, Ms Jackie
Young, on 01752 304220 or [email address] "

Please note that the information supplied to you continues to be protected
by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You can use the
information supplied for your own purposes, including any non-commercial
research you are doing and for the purposes of news reporting. Any other
reuse such as commercial publication would require the permission of the
Council.

If you are not satisfied with the way your request has been handled you
may ask for an internal review to take place.

Yours sincerely

Andrew Pearson
Member Support Officer
Member Support Team
Chief Executive's Department
Plymouth City Council