Sutherland Area Place Plan

How the Plan Was Developed

The Sutherland Area Place Plan (APP) has been developed in partnership with the Sutherland Community Partnership (SCP) and in conjunction with various services, organisations and most importantly the communities within the area. It aims to capture priorities, strengths, challenges, opportunities and community aspirations within one overarching Plan which should be used or referred to by services, groups and organisations operating in Sutherland. This will help to ensure service provision, funding and developments reflect collective community wants, needs and priorities. Through the process of producing the APP, it became clear that many community priorities and aspirations reflect those which have been voiced for some time, but also that new upcoming ideas and opportunities were being identified. In order to make the APP easier to utilise, the aspirations have been categorised under the primary headings of People, Place and Prosperity to reflect the groupings being used by many of the major organisations such as Highland Council, NHS Highland and the Highland Community Planning Partnership (HCPP).

The key priorities highlighted in the Sutherland Area Place Plan: 

People	Access to healthcare Health and WEllbeing  Addressing depopulation Community Capacity and resiliance
Place	Environment and Climate Housing Infastructure and Connectivity  Roads and Pavements  Public Transport  Digital Connectivity
Prosperity	Employment and Economic Opportunities Support for Local Business  Education and Childcare Tourism and Seasomal Work  Young People's Priorities

                                                

Click on the links below to view supporting locality and community plans:

• Northwest 2045
• Golspie 2034/44 Local Place Plan