Town and Parish Plans
What is it for?
A Parish Plan uses extensive consultation to identify your community's needs. It includes a concise action plan that prioritises the issues raised, and sets out how you might work with others to tackle these. Parish planning has led to direct action by communities that is improving the way their local area and services are managed. Concrete benefits that have resulted from Parish Plans are very varied, and include:
- highway safety improvements
- village hall refurbishment
- planning permission for health facilities
- installation of IT facilities
- revitalised Parish Councils
A Parish Plan provides evidence of community priorities, helping you to work with decision-makers to influence the way these priorities might be tackled. To do this your Parish Plan Steering Group should work closely with the local authority.
IW Town and Parish Plans
Staff at the IWRCC are available to help with planning, execution and monitoring and advice on funding. A regional Parish and Community Planning Toolkit is also available.
Seventeen Island Parishes have completed their Parish Plan or Market Town Healthcheck and are now implementing their action plans to improve local life. Another eight are at different stages of the process, and several others are considering a plan.