This draft of our Multi-agency Prevention Strategy for 2010 to 2012 aims to explain what is meant by prevention and early intervention; why we are taking this approach; what we are doing now and what we plan to do. Prevention, early intervention and enablement help support people to remain in their homes for as long as possible, which avoids or reduces the use of costly institutional or long term care. Over the past decade, we have been making a strategic shift towards prevention.
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The aim of the new Housing Strategy 2011/12 and beyond is to identify and quantify housing need in the borough and to plan how we are going to address these needs in the coming years.
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This consultation addresses proposed changes to older people's day services in the borough. It focuses on the four day centres for older people with high and complex needs, who meet the Council’s eligibility criteria. These are Cloverdale Court, Gaynesford Lodge, Cheam Priory and Belsize Court.
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The council is holding a consultation event on Tuesday 19th October from 9am to 12pm in Meeting Room 1 of the Civic Offices. This event will give people an opportunity to respond to the Department of Health's consultation on the national Austism Strategy.
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The council is currently consulting on its draft Sutton Transport Plan, which forms the Local Implementation Plan (LIP), a statutory document required under the Greater London Authority (GLA) Act 1999. As required by the GLA Act, the Plan sets out how the council proposes to implement the second Mayor's Transport Strategy (MTS), the Mayor of London's transport blueprint for London which was published in May 2010. The draft Plan covers the period 2011/12-2013/2014 and contains transport...More
Between 20 September and 14 November 2010, the council is seeking your views on what actions we should take to ensure the borough is better prepared for the unavoidable impacts of climate change. In Sutton, this could mean: higher termperatures and heatwaves; longer dry spells and water shortages; more severe and frequent flooding; increaseed threats to wildlife habitats and native species; and adverse impacts on human health and quality of life. The council's Draft Climate Change Adaptation...More
Sutton LINk (Local Involvement Network) works with local people to influence the development of local services. Support services for young people and in particular community based counselling has been identified as a priority. By community based counselling we mean one to one sessions provided by trained professionals in a community organisation.
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As a result of the severe public sector cuts caused by the recession, Sutton is making plans to save a minimum of 20% of its budget through reviewing all of its services. A review of all directly provided care services is underway, which includes Oakleigh Care Centre. Oakleigh is the Council's only remaining long term residential care service for people with dementia which also provides respite care for up to five people living in the community, and hosts a day care service which is...More
The local list is compiled by the Council and there are currently there are 35 buildings and structures in the London Borough Sutton identified. While they may not be of sufficient interest to warrant inclusion on the national register of Listed Buildings it is still desirable for them to be recognised.
Following a call for nominations of buildings or structures which are of local architectural or historic interest across the borough, the Council received over 120 nominations, which...More
A review of the heritage assets of Sutton Town Centre has highlighted the historic importance of the highway network at the crossroads of Cheam Road/ Carshalton Road and the High Street and the associated buildings and spaces. Accordingly a new Conservation Area is proposed in this area, along Sutton High Street, from the Station down to Trinity Town Square.
This area has a fascinating history, starting as a rural community which grew rapidly during the Victorian era. By the mid 19 th ...More
The construction of a new school at Orchard Hill to replace Stanley Park High School is underway, and it is anticipated that the Stanley Park Road Site will be vacated by early 2012. Therefore, the council is preparing planning guidance for the current Stanley Park school site, to guide its future use and to assist the council in determining any future planning applications submitted on the site.
In developing the Council's Local Development Framework, which when fully adopted will...More
As a result of the severe public sector cuts caused by the recession, within ASSH we have to achieve a reduction in overall expenditure of over £8M per annum over the next two years. However, we are concerned that this does not compromise the quality of services we commission.
We are therefore looking at a variety of ways for achieving those objectives: including the basis on which we review our fee offers. The consultation puts forward a methodology for amending fee payments...More
The council is preparing a Site Development Policies Development Plan Document which will identify future development sites and detailed policies to help implement the adopted Core Planning Strategy: http://www.sutton.gov.uk/coreplanningstrategy . It is the second of a suite of documents in the council’s Local Development Framework that will replace the adopted Unitary Development Plan.
The adopted Sutton Local Development Scheme (2007) indicated that the council would also prepare an...More
The Council is preparing Interim Planning Guidance (IPG) on ‘Climate Change Mitigation’ as part of Sutton’s Local Development Framework that will replace the adopted Unitary Development Plan. The IPG is intended to provide supplementary guidance for developers and a framework against which planning applications will be determined with respect to key climate change mitigation issues covered by London Plan policies and Sutton’s adopted Sutton Core Planning Strategy over the interim...More
As part of the review of Libraries and Heritage services we are currently looking at how we can save £935,000. The Council has committed to keeping all of its main libraries open but still needs to find savings. Proposed reductions in and changes to opening hours will contribute to these savings.
The changes in opening hours will affect the Sutton, Wallington, Worcester Park, Cheam and Circle Libraries. All other libraries are not affected by these proposals.
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Proposal to Transfer Oakleigh Care Centre to a new Care Provider.
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As a result of the severe public sector cuts caused by the recession, Sutton is making plans to save a minimum of 20% of its budget through reviewing all of its services. A review of all directly provided care services is underway, which includes Oakleigh Care Centre. Oakleigh is the Council's only remaining long term residential care service for people with dementia which also provides respite...More
All schools in Sutton have 'school travel plans' to find ways of supporting their pupils, parents and staff travel to schools which are greener, healthier and help to create safer roads around schools.
This consultation is aimed at parents/carers of pupils in Sutton schools to find out how schools can help their journeys to become easier, safer and greener.
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In recent years there has been a marked upturn in the numbers of children born in the Borough, we have already had to increase capacity during the last two years to meet the additional demand for places at reception year. This increased demand is projected to continue at least up to 2013 and probably beyond. The Local Authority has a core duty to ensure there are sufficient places to meet the needs of its children and families and therefore it is obliged to plan for the expansion of its...More
Sutton is reviewing all its current polling districts and also the location of polling stations for use at both national and local elections. Local political parties, MPs and councillors are being consulted. Views are also invited from residents and any person or body who has expertise in accessing buildings by persons with any type of disability. The formal consultation period will run from Thursday 15 June until Friday 15 July 2011.
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Sutton Council regularly consults with local residents, partners and other stakeholders. This enables customers and other interested parties to have opportunities to be involved in planning, prioritising and monitoring of services.
Sutton Council is committed to asking local people and service users for their views and opinions on particular services in order to diagnose problems, assess service standards and check performance. These views can then be used to inform the decisions...More
The London Borough of Sutton is intending to purchase new prevention services to support vulnerable adults in Sutton to remain living independently.
The 'Outcome Prospectus for Prevention' details what Sutton is looking to achieve as well as the outcomes the new services are expected to deliver.
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A survey of 80 households on Durand Close. This is a specific consultation for those households, so we are not seeking a response from you unless a member of the Housing Team has been in touch.
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Roundshaw Downs is Sutton’s largest Local Nature Reserve and site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation. We are proposing to introduce conservation grazing as site management tool improve the nature conservation value of the grassland at Roundshaw Downs. This involves installation of a permanent fencing enclosure.
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In recent years there has been a marked upturn in the numbers of children born in the Borough, we have already had to increase capacity during the last two years to meet the additional demand for places at reception year. This increased demand is projected to continue at least up to 2013 and probably beyond. The Local Authority has a core duty to ensure there are sufficient places to meet the needs of its children and families and therefore it is obliged to plan for the expansion of its...More
Sutton is reviewing all its current polling districts and also the location of polling stations for use at both national and local elections. Local political parties, MPs and councillors are being consulted.
Views are also invited from residents and any person or body who has expertise in accessing buildings by persons with any type of disability. The formal consultation period will run from Thursday 15 June until Friday 15 July 2011.
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We want local people who live, work, shop or go to school in the Worcester Park and North Cheam areas to tell us their issues and ideas for improvements.
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This will be an initial consultation to find out about local aspirations for transport in Worcester Park, a secondary consultation on any scheme designs will follow in 2012.
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Following the completion of improvement works to Wallington Town Centre we would be interested in hearing your views. We would be grateful if you could take 5 minutes to complete this online questionnaire.
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Background to the Strategic Partner Programme
The Strategic Partner Programme began in April 2009, with the aim of investing in a small number of third sector partners. These partners work collaboratively with Sutton Council to develop capability and capacity in the third sector. The funding provided contributes to the organisations' core costs and is not intended for investment in specific projects.
Current strategic partners are:
Sutton Centre for the Voluntary...More