Inverclyde Council Equality Analysis Toolkit This toolkit aims to assist the process of carrying out analysis of the effects on equality of the policies, plans, strategies and programmes of Inverclyde Council. It sets out what services require to do in order to embed equality analysis into processes, and to ensure the Council meets its legislative requirements in regard to the Equality Act 2010. This toolkit should be completed using the Equality Analysis Toolkit Guidance which provides further detail and information to assist in the process. Policy Profile Inverclyde Local Development Plan: Proposed Plan 1 Name of the policy, plan, strategy or programme Regeneration and Planning, Inverclyde Council 2 Responsible organisations/Lead Service Stuart Jamieson, Head of Regeneration and Planning 3 Lead Officer None 4 Partners/other services involved in the development of this policy 5 Is this policy: New □ Reviewed/Revised x What is the purpose of the policy? The Local Development Plan sets out the (include any new legislation which prompted the overall development strategy, key policies and 6 policy or changes to the policy) proposals which provide the land use framework to guide development and investment in Inverclyde over the next 5-10 years and beyond, and provides the basis upon which planning applications will be determined. The preparation of a development plan is a statutory requirement under the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006, Part 2 of which introduced a new statutory basis for development planning into the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997. An up to date, adopted policy framework will be in place to make provision for the 7 What are the intended outcomes of the policy? protection of the natural and built heritage of Inverclyde, while also promoting growth for new investment and development in a range of sustainable locations. The Local Development Plan is expected to be adopted in the summer of 2014 and will be 8 What is the period covered by the policy? reviewed every 5 years. The entire area administered by Inverclyde Council. 9 Target geographical area
Inverclyde Council Equality Analysis Toolkit This toolkit aims to assist the process of carrying out analysis of the effects on equality of the policies, plans, strategies and programmes of Inverclyde Council. It sets out what services require to do in order to embed equality analysis into processes, and to ensure the Council meets its legislative requirements in regard to the Equality Act 2010. This toolkit should be completed using the Equality Analysis Toolkit Guidance which provides further detail and information to assist in the process. Policy Profile 1 Name of the policy, plan, strategy or programme Inverclyde Local Development Plan: Proposed Plan 2 Responsible organisations/Lead Service Regeneration and Planning, Inverclyde Council 3 Lead Officer Stuart Jamieson, Head of Regeneration and Planning 4 Partners/other services involved in the development of this policy None 5 Is this policy: New □ Reviewed/Revised x 6 What is the purpose of the policy? (include any new legislation which prompted the policy or changes to the policy) The Local Development Plan sets out the overall development strategy, key policies and proposals which provide the land use framework to guide development and investment in Inverclyde over the next 5-10 years and beyond, and provides the basis upon which planning applications will be determined. The preparation of a development plan is a statutory requirement under the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006, Part 2 of which introduced a new statutory basis for development planning into the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997. 7 What are the intended outcomes of the policy? An up to date, adopted policy framework will be in place to make provision for the protection of the natural and built heritage of Inverclyde, while also promoting growth for new investment and development in a range of sustainable locations. 8 What is the period covered by the policy? The Local Development Plan is expected to be adopted in the summer of 2014 and will be reviewed every 5 years. 9 Target geographical area The entire area administered by Inverclyde Council.
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