How was the Community Plan developed?

Watford’s first Community Plan was due to come to an end in April 2006.

To prepare for the development of a new plan, and to ensure that the partnership would genuinely add value to work already going on in the town, One Watford partners began working on a new vision for the town in April 2005.

The vision, and objectives (or areas of work) went out to public consultation for 12 weeks from August 2005.

This included specific consultation with members of Watford Borough Council’s Citizens’ Panel and community groups, an ‘ask the audience’ style interactive session with stakeholder groups and members of the public, and general comments invited from anyone with a view on Watford’s future.

In the light of the responses to our consultation, One Watford refined the vision and objectives, and published the new Community Plan in February 2006, with a launch at West Herts College’s Watford Campus.