Building Prosperous Communities

Ensuring the future prosperity within Solihull is one of the biggest challenges facing our communities.  It is dependent on creating productive and competitive businesses operating in a sustainable environment to provide local jobs, whilst at the same time developing the skills of local people enabling them to take advantage of those jobs.  To secure Prosperous Communities our Sustainable Community Strategy has eight priorities to:

1. Ensure the Solihull economy and its businesses can compete in the global economy, developing local enterprise particularly in north Solihull.
2. Conserve and enhance the local built and natural environment, and ensure that new development is well designed and enhances local distinctiveness.
3. Protect and promote high quality public places and spaces.
4. Seek to minimise and adapt to climate change by ensuring sustainable forms of economic activity and lifestyles which reduce carbon emissions and make more efficient use of natural resources.
5. Ensure strong transport connectivity and promote sustainable transport.
6. Ensure that everyone has the opportunity of a decent home and that new housing meets the needs of the whole community.
7. Increase economic inclusion, particularly in north Solihull, addressing worklessness and low skills.
8. Increase participation and achievement in learning for people of all ages and ensure a well qualified workforce to serve the people of Solihull.

See our Sustainable Community Strategy for fuller details of the needs analysis underpinning these priorities and the specific measures and targets by which we will measure improvement.

The relevant strategies, policies and action plans supporting this outcome and its priorities include:

• Sustainable Community Strategy
• Prosperous Communities Strategic Group Plan
• Regional Economic Strategy
• Economic Development Strategy 2008-11
• Solihull for Success
• Countryside Strategy
• Play Area Strategy 2003-2013
• Green Spaces Strategy
• Waste Management Strategy 2004-2029
• Cycling Strategy
• Shaping Solihull – Carbon Management Project
• Carbon Management Plan 2008-2012
• Climate Change Strategy
• Building and Schools Energy Policy
• Home Energy Efficiency and Affordable Warmth Strategy
• Local Transport Strategy
• West Midlands Local Transport Plan
• Housing Strategy
• Homelessness Strategy 2009-2011
• Solihull Unitary Development Plan (the Local Development Framework from 2011)
• North Solihull Strategic Framework
• Strategic Development Plan 2008-2011 (Adult Learning)
• Commissioning Framework 2008-2011 (Adult Learning)

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