The Scottish Government

The Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 provides a framework for the development of Community Planning in Scotland. However, statutory measures alone will not guarantee the successful implementation of Community Planning - there will be a need for continuous learning and development.

These Advice Notes have been prepared to build on the provisions in the Act and on the content of statutory guidance. The aim of these notes is to illustrate how Community Planning may work in practice and facilitate the sharing of experience amongst all those involved in Community Planning. The notes also provide, where appropriate, links to further sources and information on developments at a national level. As Community Planning is an evolving process and partnerships throughout Scotland are at different stages of development some of the advice will be more appropriate in some areas than in others.

It is intended that these Advice Notes will be updated on a regular basis to reflect new developments and sources of further information.

Community Planning in Practice

These Advice Notes feature examples of Community Planning in practice. These are not intended as approaches that should be replicated but rather as examples of approaches that others may find interesting. On-going information about developments across the country are necessary to ensure the notes are useful to readers. Community Planning partners are encouraged to assist the Executive and other partners in collating examples of Community Planning in practice. A template for examples has been developed for this purpose. The template and examples of Community Planning in practice are available on the Community Planning Implementation Group website. ( http://www.communityplanning.org.uk/best.html)