Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS)

Lambeth First is the Local Strategic Partnership for Lambeth that brings together all public service agencies, the Council, Police, and Primary Care Trust to name some. The voluntary and business sectors and community advocates are also key players in Lambeth First. They all come together to create a shared vision and sense of priorities for Lambeth. 

This vision will be set out in a Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS) which will describe how Lambeth will change over the next twelve years to make it a better place for the people who live, work and visit here.  The SCS will become the overarching plan for the borough. Every other major plan or strategy in Lambeth (such as the Housing Strategy, or the Local Development Framework) must ‘have regard to’ the SCS.  So if you are only ever going to get involved with one major consultation in Lambeth, this is the one to choose. 

Lambeth’s SCS must reflect what Lambeth is about and be the distinctive vision and ambition for the area backed by clear evidence and analysis. It should also be informed by the views of local people.  Lambeth’s SCS will become our vision that we will share with Government so we can contribute to the delivery of sustainable communities across the UK.