Fraserburgh Locality Plan

FOREWORD

I have been privileged to have been involved in the preparation of this Locality Plan for Fraserburgh. All Plans affecting our communities must be more than an exercise to satisfy our statutory obligations. They must have real purpose and meaning if they are to offer real value to our communities. Finding this real purpose and meaning for our communities can be challenging against a backdrop of many organisations, authorities and partners all seeking out the community’s views that might shape their own individual area of focus. This Plan aims to draw partners’ respective plans and priorities together in a holistic way.

Fraserburgh is a vibrant and dynamic town where people are committed to making it a better place for the future. It is a place, however, where there are significantly poorer outcomes for some as a result of socio-economic disadvantage. The Community Planning Partnership for Aberdeenshire has set out its Local Outcomes Improvement Plan and this Locality Plan is an indication of what priorities should be given in Fraserburgh. It seeks to set out what is needed to achieve improvement for Fraserburgh. It signposts and connects partners enabling them to work together to achieve the improvements we are all striving for. Alongside the longer-term strategic focus, the plan identifies short-life projects that Local Community Partners will collectively deliver in a dynamic and flexible approach to give Fraserburgh the extra boost it deserves.

Angela Keith, Chair of the Banff and Buchan Community Planning Group, Interim Area Manager (Banff and Buchan)