Calderdale’s Local Area Agreement contains the detail of local priorities that are identified in the Sustainable Community Strategy.  Local Area Agreements provide a means of improving some of the key long-term challenges faced by local authorities and their partners which need to be addressed if we are to improve the sustainability of communities.

Local Area Agreements (or LAAs) are three-year agreements that are developed by local councils with their partners in a Local Strategic Partnership. Each area’s LAA is negotiated with the Government Office for the region, before being agreed and signed off by the Secretary of State.

Calderdale’s Local Area Agreement is based on, and helps to deliver the Sustainable Community Strategy. LAAs are updated, or refreshed, annually to allow for changes.

Calderdale's LAA2 covers the period 2008 – 2011 and has been refreshed for 2010. To view the document click here.

The refreshed LAA was approved by Calderdale Council and was signed off by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government at the end of March 2010.

Local Area Agreement Indicators: A list of current LAA indicators, with a brief description of their current definitions, is available here

Local Area Agreement End-of-Year Report: for the 2009/10 end-of-year report on Calderdale’s second Local Area Agreement (LAA2) click here

Calderdale Forward has also developed Calderdale’s Story of Place which sets out the District's opportunities and challenges, ambitions and vision. The Story of Place has being embedded in the narrative of the Sustainable Community Strategy.

A Local Area Agreement allows funding to be used flexibly between services in delivering outcomes that benefit the local community. Three main areas for improvement in Calderdale have been identified: safeguarding Calderdale’s future, both in terms of the economy and the environment, fostering economic prosperity, narrowing the gap between the deprived and better off parts of the district on issues such as health, housing, educational attainment and opportunities, and economic well-being.

If you would like to know what other areas have included in their Local Area Agreement click here.

How will we know that the LAA is making a difference? - find out more