The Craven Sustainable Community Strategy 2007/13 is based around five priorities for Craven:

 

● Building a Prosperous District

● Improving Transport

● Addressing Housing Need

● Creating a Sustainable Future - One Planet Living

● Strengthening Communities & Providing Accessible Services

 

The vision of this Strategy is to develop a prosperous and sustainable rural community with thriving market towns. The Craven LSP is committed to ensuring that the communities of Craven can live, work and play locally, thereby avoiding the District becoming a detached and dislocated dormitory. The LSP will ensure provision of housing to meet local need and enhance connectivity by means of an accessible, high quality, integrated and affordable transport system. Craven LSP also

want to maintain a range of local shops and services, social

facilities, open spaces and employment opportunities to meet the needs of a diverse community.

 

Craven LSP will celebrate and make the best use of the considerable natural and built heritage of the District. This will include encouraging balanced growth in sympathy with the rural setting, and  seek to secure a prosperous and self-supporting district with a distinct identity and future. Working with partners in the private, public, community and voluntary sectors, Craven LSP will improve services, create a prosperous Craven and improve the quality of life for all.