THE Rural Services Network is trialling a new service focusing on providing evidence for neighbourhood and community plans.

It is evident that in the current climate authorities have limited resources to fully support all communities wanting to develop plans in their local area.

The network intends that the new service will assist members in achieving this objective.

The service puts together a selection of key datasets from Census 2011 information and the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, that would naturally lend themselves to communities preparing their own neighbourhood plan.

The analysis of these datasets provides contextual evidence through key comparisons.

It is intended that the service will allow a baseline of existing facts and figures to be easily accessed for any community within a member district.

To see your personalised neighbourhood planning page, click here.