Refreshing a Community Plan

We suggest updating, or 'refreshing', your Community Plan (also known as a 'Parish Plan') every five years. This helps it to stay current and to accurately reflect the needs of your community.

New issues arise all the time - they could be caused by a change in your parish population, or by a need for new services that weren't foreseen at the time of the original plan, for example. Communities often find a refresh is a natural next step following successes with delivering projects from their first plan.

Please see our  guide to carrying out a refresh of Community or Parish Plan [1MB]  to find out what you need to do.