The Board to receive the Plymouth Plan.

Richard Grant, Local Planning Manager and Caroline Marr, Policy and Business Planning Officer presented the Plymouth Plan to the Board.  It was reported that -

a)    the Plymouth Plan (Part One) – consultation draft plan went to Cabinet on 9 December.  The consultation on Part 1 of the plan, the strategic framework commences on 21 January until 4 March.  This was an attempt to bring together all the strategies into one strategic framework to shape Plymouth for the future and includes the Health and Wellbeing Strategy;

b)    the purpose of bringing the plan today was to ask partners for support to ensure the right messages were contained within the plan for the city.  The Plymouth Plan would go to Full Council in June 2015 and work was underway on Part 2 of the plan, the more technical planning document;

c)    this was ground breaking work bringing together all the different agendas that would drive the city forward;

d)    the children’s agenda does need to be strengthened and have met with the Children and Young People’s Partnership to discuss this.

In response to comments and questions raised, it was reported that -

e)    they fully recognise the delivery of the plan and getting the plan right would require the input from a wide range of organisations.  They have used community groups to consult with to develop policies and would continue to do this;

f)     one of the principles is a clear strategic framework and they wouldn’t get involved in the delivery of some of the principles.  They weren’t the experts and have devolved the delivery to partner organisations that were;

g)    this was an ambitious plan but the plan doesn’t quite capture what the voluntary and community sector was doing and its commitment.   This was the feedback that was needed and welcomed and need to work out the correct way into the voluntary and community service and to recognise the importance of building this into the plan;

Agreed that –

1.         The Health and Wellbeing Board is happy with the direction of travel for the Plymouth Plan (Part One) – consultation draft plan.

2.         The Health and Wellbeing Board to review the Plymouth Plan in the municipal year.

3.         Each organisation to take part and provide feedback on the Plymouth Plan.