Neighbourhood map

What is the neighbourhood map?

The neighbourhood map has been developed by Plymouth 2020 Partnership as a response to the government's agenda for neighbourhood renewal. The map identifies 43 natural neighbourhoods within Plymouth which local people can identify with and where they can expect to find basic services such as food shopping, doctor, dentist, post office and primary school. The neighbourhood map can be downloaded from the documents table below.

What's it for?

The neighbourhood map does not replace existing boundaries in the city such as wards, and it is not intended for political purposes. It is envisaged that the map will make a real and lasting contribution to the sustainable development of the city in the following ways:

• To help improve the delivery of mainstream public services at a more local level
• Makes services more responsive and accountable to local needs moving away from one size fits all
• Gives local people a real say on how health, police, local authority and national services are run locally
• Redistributes funding across Plymouth in a fairer and more equitable way
• Provides a basis for greater community engagement
• Stimulates empowerment and involvement in neighbourhood affairs

Is there a bigger picture?

Yes, the neighbourhood map initiative forms part of the Government's drive to reform and improve public services. The Government's National Strategy and Action Plan for Neighbourhood Renewal (NSAP) recognises the suitability of a neighbourhood for regeneration and renewal plans and improvement to service provision.

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How has the map been developed?

The following factors were taken into consideration when devising the current map:

• Natural boundaries - the neighbourhood map makes use of natural boundaries to form neighbourhoods. For example, roads, parks, railways rivers, sea etc
• Size of neighbourhoods - the ideal level of focus for area regeneration, defined as a package of measures crossing traditional service delivery guidelines, is an area large enough to support project delivery but small enough to differentiate local problems and opportunities. This describes the neighbourhood, which is smaller than a ward and comprising approximately 2,000 to 2,500 households or a population of 4,000 to 6,000 people
• Existing regeneration initiatives - in a number of cases existing regeneration initiatives fit the above description and have been incorporated in the map, most notably; Devonport New Deal for Communities, the East End Renewal Area, Barne Barton Neighbourhood Regeneration Strategy area
• Consultation -the map was subject to considerable consultation across the city and local knowledge proved invaluable in helping to shape the boundaries of the neighbourhood map

How will the map be used?

• Profiling neighbourhoods
• Information and statistics about the neighbourhood are being gathered together in order to describe the neighbourhoods. For example: population, households, services
• We have developed a Neighbourhood Renewal Index of Deprivation and use it to inform our decision to allocate funding to those areas of greatest need
• To consult with people at a local level

Your place, your future

This is a year long consultation looking at how each neighbourhood in Plymouth could become a more sustainable linked community over the next 15 years. Find out which neighbourhood you live in by downloading the map from the documents table below. Take part in the consultation for your neighbourhood by visiting the your place, your future page.

Neighbourhood Renewal Index of Deprivation 2005 to 2007

The Plymouth 2020 Partnership Neighbourhood Renewal Index of Deprivation 2005 was prepared to inform the development of neighbourhood renewal Floor Target Action Plans. Since then it has been updated annually using locally sourced neighbourhood statistics.

Its purpose is:

• to inform key stakeholders in the city of the Local Strategic Partnership’s (LSP) exercise to identify which are the most deprived neighbourhoods for 2005, 2006 and 2007
• to explain the choice of geographies used and the importanc.e of reliable frequently updated data to inform the Floor Target Action Plan (FTAP) and the LSP Self Assessment process
• to identify and explain the methodologies used, and the findings of the Plymouth 2020 Neighbourhood Renewal Index of Deprivation 2005, 2006 and 2007 and the relationship with the National Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004

Documents

To view these documents you might need to download some software. Visit our downloads page for more information.

	Neighbourhood map - a map showing the neighbourhoods within Plymouth. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 1MB
	Neighbourhood Renewal Index of Deprivation 2007 - explains the rationale, methodology and discussion around the Plymouth 2020 Neighbourhood Renewal Index of Deprivation 2007. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 216KB
	Neighbourhood Renewal Index of Deprivation 2006 - explains the rationale, methodology and discussion around the Plymouth 2020 Neighbourhood Renewal Index of Deprivation 2006. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 525.7KB
	Neighbourhood Renewal Index of Deprivation 2005 - explains the rationale, methodology and discussion around the Plymouth 2020 Neighbourhood Renewal Index of Deprivation 2005. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 251.2KB

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