The Council has linked The Council Plan and the Orkney Community Plan 2023 – 2028 in a shared survey page.
You can share your views here: Orkney Community Plan 2023-2030 and Council Plan 2023-2028
The Council Plan sets out OIC priorities for the next 5 years period 2023-2028.
It covers 3 main areas
- Growing our Economy.
- Strengthening our Communities.
- Developing our Infrastructure
The three priority themes are underpinned by core principles which will guide future decision making across all the aims.
- Protecting our environment and combating climate change.
- Equality, fairness and inclusion.
- Sustainable and accessible services for all.
- Community wellbeing and mental health.
- Community wealth building for future generations
Click on the following links for the related documents:
- Draft – Council Plan 2023-28 – (1.3 MB)
- Draft – EqIA for Council Plan 2023-28 – (192 KB)
- Draft – ICIA for Council Plan 2023-28 – (198 KB)
The Council must budget for the continuing impact of Brexit, socio-economic recovery from COVID-19 restrictions and an unpredictable geo-political environment. Funding pressures are likely to be acute during the lifetime of this plan.
The Orkney Community Plan (Local Outcomes Improvement Plan) for 2023-2030
The Orkney Community Plan (Local Outcomes Improvement Plan) for 2023-2030 is produced by The Orkney Partnership.
This consists of 5 agencies OIC, NHS Orkney, Police Scotland, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Some other input has come from the Third Sector .
Click on the following links for the related documents:
- Draft – Orkney Community Plan 2023-2030 for consultation – (1.3 MB)
- Draft – Orkney Community Plan 2023-2030 EqIA – (128 KB)
- Draft – Orkney Community Plan Draft 2023-2030 ICIA – (237 KB)
The three strategic priorities in this plan are:
- Cost of Living
- Sustainable Development
- Local Equality
The Partnership’s target outcomes for the Cost of Living are:
- Better public understanding of the need for cash-first and human rights-based approaches to the mitigation of poverty and hardship.
- The adoption of a co-ordinated advice-and-cash-first approach to address hardship and avert people falling into crisis.
- Demonstrable mitigation of the immediate cost of living crisis, evidenced through statistical data and/or feedback from Orkney residents
- The co-ordination, monitoring and reporting of partnership action plans relating to child poverty, food dignity and fuel poverty.
- A measurable reduction in persistent poverty in Orkney.
The Partnership’s target outcomes for Sustainable Development are:
- The planning and delivery of an integrated route map which shows the links between the development of a sustainable economy and combatting the climate emergency.
- A “Just Transition” towards a wellbeing economy with a focus on climate change, work, and diversity.
- Shared understanding of the Four Pillars approach to sustainable development, Doughnut Economics and Community Wealth Building, and why they matter to Orkney.
- Measurable progress towards Orkney’s target of net zero emissions by 2030.
- An adaptation and mitigation strategy to protect our communities, infrastructure, businesses, habitats, and wildlife from the effects of climate change.
The Partnership’s target outcomes for Local Equality are:
- The publication of a Locality Plan for Orkney which supports the priorities of local community-led development plans.
- The improvement of digital connectivity to every community in Orkney to the best standard achievable.
- The improvement of transport connectivity to every community in Orkney to the best standard achievable.
- Improvement in the population, demographic balance, resilience and wellbeing of Orkney’s most fragile communities.
- Improvement in the ratings of Orkney’s most disadvantaged communities as recorded by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
Click on this link for both surveys: Orkney Community Plan 2023-2030 and Council Plan 2023-2028