Tracked Version of Core Strategy, November 2012 - Selby District ...

Selby District Submission Draft Core Strategy – May 2011
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2.44 The Core Strategy links closely with the Selby Sustainable
Community Strategy, which has been produced by the Council in
conjunction with a range of partners who are involved in delivering
the strategy objectives. The Strategy has five themes – all of which
are particularly relevant to the Core Strategy. These are:
• Targeting and co-ordinating our efforts in the areas of
greatest need
• Working with our Community
• Developing Sustainable Communities
• Developing our three market towns and surrounding rural
areas and
• Improving the image of the area.
2.45 The North Yorkshire County Council Community Strategy contains
similar themes, but also draws out the economy as an important
theme. The strategy refers to the needs of the rural economy and
the needs of the Selby area, which result from the loss of coal
mining employment in the 1990s. As indicated above,
strengthening of the local economy is one of the aims of the Core
Strategy which is seen as a pre-requisite of achieving other aims
and objectives, such as reducing outward commuting and
increasing sustainability through greater self-sufficiency within the
District.
2.46 Energy, job creation, climate change issues and flooding are all
key challenges which can be turned into opportunities. As the
economy emerges from recession it will also be important to
ensure that attention is focussed on improving the image of the
area through environmental enhancement, the protection and
enhancement of natural habitats and landscapes, and by adding to
and strengthening green infrastructure.
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