The Rural Strategy 2007 - 2017

The Rural Strategy Document

A Rural Strategy for West Sussex was produced in 1992 and since then only the action plan has been updated. Changes in the National and Regional context in rural strategy and policy meant that the County needed an up to date strategy to help influence policy at the national, regional and local level and to focus funding and efforts on agreed priority areas.

To this end West Sussex Rural Partnership commissioned consultants, Ecotec, to pull together a profile of rural West Sussex, a review of policy and to start to develop a West Sussex Rural Strategy. Input was invited from rural stakeholders to ensure that the aims and action are right and to encourage them to agree to work together on achieving the actions in the Strategy. The 3 documents are available in the Supporting documents below.

The consultation is now closed. Further information will be available in due course.

Supporting documents

• The Profile of Rural West Sussex (PDF, 30 pages, 758KB)

• The Review of Policy (PDF, 41 pages, 206KB)

• The West Sussex Rural Strategy (PDF, 73 pages, 758KB)
  
  

Rural Forum

The Rural Forum is made up of representatives from a cross-section of groups working for the rural areas of the county in the public, private and voluntary sectors.

Run jointly by the Sussex Rural Community Council and West Sussex County Council, it has been meeting since January 1997. It has proved invaluable in disseminating information and providing an arena for debate.

The Forum has 3 key roles:

• Maximising funding for rural projects within the county
• Expanding the influence of the Rural Forum on key decision-making bodies
• Monitoring and reviewing plans and policies that affect rural communities.

RDPE LEADER

The County Council is a partner in 2 programmes from the LEADER element of the Rural Development Programme for England. The 2 programmes are:

• Three Harbours and Coastal Plain; and
• Sussex Downs and the Low Weald
  
  

The Rural Development Programme is designed to benefit farming and forestry businesses and local rural communities. Progress of the programme is monitored by the West Sussex Rural Partnership.

Further information is available on the RDPE LEADER webpages.

Supporting document

• Rural Partnership Terms of Reference (Word, 2 pages, 34KB)

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