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Wealden Local Strategic Partnership

Wealden Local Strategic Partnership. Improving quality of life for people in a rural East Sussex district Ian Chisnall, Chair Gill Cameron-Waller, Partnership Manager. Defra: ‘Rural 80’ Ancient woodland 66% AONB C 30 SSSIs Ramsar wetland site South Downs National Park (?)

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Wealden Local Strategic Partnership

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  1. Wealden Local Strategic Partnership Improving quality of life for people in a rural East Sussex district Ian Chisnall, Chair Gill Cameron-Waller, Partnership Manager

  2. Defra: ‘Rural 80’ Ancient woodland 66% AONB C 30 SSSIs Ramsar wetland site South Downs National Park (?) 48% agricultural land in E Sx Flooding issues Coastline 143,000 people Five ‘towns’ (7500 – 20,000) 42 parishes(35 > 5k, smallest 138) Mostly villages & hamlets Poor public transport Wealden – pretty rural ….

  3. Environment Health & Social Care Community Safety Housing Learning Transport & Access Culture, Leisure & Sport Prosperity Integrated SCS – six LSPs very similar priority areas Rural proofing …. Challenging urban-centric assumptions

  4. We found that commonly accepted statistics (eg IMD) • Don’t identify rural deprivation effectively (focus on high frequency & clusters, ignores dispersed deprivation) • Give low weighting to geographical barriers to access (which compounds other forms of deprivation) • Distort owner-occupier housing model for housing affordability (even less affordable than it appears) • Ignore social isolation & related deprivation(no measure)

  5. An inconvenient truth… • The devil’s in the delivery

  6. What can we do about it? • Innovate • Use evidence to challenge ‘sound bite’ thinking • Raise awareness – more voices = louder message • Challenge ‘received wisdom’ of current resource allocation models • Share ideas - work together

  7. Chairing a rural LSP… is it different? • The qualifications for the job • Seats at the table (avoiding tokenism) • Location, location, location (of our meetings)

  8. Parochial vs Strategic • The market town and its dominance • The parish council • The really hard to reach

  9. Threats or Opportunities • Transport and Traffic problems • Young People and the more mature • Tourism and unwanted visitors

  10. Partnership • Partnership • Partnership!

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