Section 1 - setting the scene
Sustainable communities
The Devon Strategic
Partnership (DSP)
provides the overview
for the whole of Devon
and everyone who lives
and works here, and
children and young
people are an important
part of that. The vision
and priorities of the
DSP for a Sustainable
Communities Strategy
have been agreed as:
Vision
We want Devon to be England’s greenest county, with strong local communities which are prosperous and welcoming with an excellent quality of life and a sustainable future.
Priorities
Improve the quality of life for everyone in Devon by:
- supporting our county’s world class natural environment, our built environment and cultural heritage to improve the look and feel of the places where we live
- working to ensure strong,
prosperous and inclusive
communities with a
sustainable and vibrant future - creating the conditions to
enable Devon to have a
strong and growing
economy, and ensuring maximum opportunities are available for everyone to contribute to and benefit from it - ensuring the availability and balance of appropriate housing
- inspiring our county’s young people to achieve their best and supporting them in tackling the issues that concern them most
- promoting health and personal wellbeing for all so that people are as healthy as possible
- tackling behaviour that intimidates, hurts or offends people in Devon.
Cross-cutting themes
- Value diversity, using equality of opportunity for everyone as a guiding principle.
- Improve accessibility to the services and opportunities people want and need, taking into account demographic change in communities.
- Address the challenges
and seize the opportunities
of climate change, and
reduce our impact on the environment.
The DSP links to the Local Strategic Partnerships based on each district council area.