Area and Neighbourhood Working Consultation

Introduction
Within the new Cheshire West and Chester Authority, focus is being placed upon the importance of working at both an area and neighbourhood level. The Authority is keen to ensure face to face contact is maintained and hopefully increased.

Across the existing authorities local area working has been established in a range of formats and relationships developed with community groups and especially parish councils.

The consultation period has now passed.

Vision
As stated in the People and Places bid which outlines proposals for the working of the new authority, area working and neighbourhood working has been highlighted:

• Area working - enabling all councillors to lead in bringing partners together to plan locally the delivery of services and to tackle local issues
• Developing and adopting the principles and good practice of neighbourhood management so as to support local partnership working and ensure a customer centered culture is developed from the early days of the new authorities

Area and neighbourhood working is a critical part of the ambition of the new authority to deliver community empowerment.

The consultation period has now passed.

Last modified: 14 November 2008