Sustainability, Sustainable Development and Sustainable Communities
There is no separate Sustainability / Local Agenda 21 (LA21) strategy for Bradford District.
Bradford District merged this work in 1996 within the development of its Community Plan for 1997-2000. This was the precursor of the District's current 2020 Vision and Community Strategy 2002-07 and 2006-09.
The Community Strategy - www.bradford.gov.uk/communitystrategy is a living document, and is reviewed annually.
Work is on-going in advance of the Government's likely guidance on preparing a 'Sustainable Community Strategy', as indicated in the ODPM Consultation document on the Future of LSPs (p18) and through Securing the Future, the UK Sustainable Development Strategy.
With the emergence of the Local Development Framework and its Core Strategy - as the spatial expression of the district's Vision and Community Strategy - having to deliver the Regional Spatial Strategy and contribute to Sustainable Development, work on explicit local sustainable development objectives is under further consideration and development.
Copies of the 2020 Vision, Community Strategy 2006-09 and progress reports can be found via www.bradford2020.com
The Council and its partners must have due regard to the Government's Strategy for Sustainable Development, "Securing the Future" including the approach to sustainable communities as well as to the Regional Sustainable Development Framework for Yorkshire and the Humber.
Agenda 21 and Local Agenda 21 - the Bradford approach
Agenda 21 is a comprehensive sustainable development action plan which 178 heads of government signed up to at the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Since the 1992 Earth Summit, Bradford Council, in partnership with a wide range of organisations, has been active in translating the economic, social and environmental principles of Local Agenda 21 into practical action.
Strategies such as the 2020 Vision and District Community Strategy (www.bradford.gov.uk/communitystrategy) and the council's own Corporate Plan demonstrate how Bradford is tackling the economic, social and environmental issues outlined in Agenda 21. As a consequence, Bradford' approach to Agenda 21 has been to integrate sustainable development as a mainstream, rather than as a separate strategy.
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You can also find out more about the work of sustainable development by following the related links from this page.
