Community Planning under the Community Empowerment Act (Scotland) Act 2015
Iain Murray, Community Planning & Empowerment Unit writes:
' I am pleased to inform you that regulations and guidance have now been published to implement community planning under the Community Empowerment Act. Subject to the approval of the Scottish Parliament, the legislation will come into force on 20 December 2016.
The locality planning regulation is required to enable Community Planning Partners to prepare locality plans.' Link to legislation
Asset Transfer under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015
Jean Waddie, Policy Officer, Community Empowerment Unit writes:
'I am pleased to inform you that regulations and guidance have now been published to implement asset transfer under the Community Empowerment Act. Subject to the approval of the Scottish Parliament, the legislation will come into force on 23 January 2017.'
This sets out the procedures required for making and processing asset transfer requests, for reviews and appeals, and in relation to relevant authorities’ registers of land. Relevant authorities are required, under section 96 of the Act, to have regard to guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers in carrying out their functions relating to asset transfer. Read more...
Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 201Part 2 Community Planning Near Final Guidance & Regulation
You can access the most up-to-date guidance here. This near final guidance and regulation is produced to help support those who wish to take part in community planning.
Participatory Budgeting progress
Momentum behind Participatory Budgeting (PB) continues to build. However, at last month’s PB conference the Deputy Mayor of Paris put Scotland’s early progress somewhat into perspective – 5% of her city’s budget is decided by its citizens. She describes PB as the bridge reconnecting democracy to disaffected voters. Here’s the list of who got what from this year’s Community Choices (PB) Fund. Read more…
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