Your Neighbourhood Your Area

Area Committees - local democracy, local decision making in action

• To make Neighbourhood Management work for you as a citizen and for your neighbourhood we need to make it real, relevant and working effectively alongside the local Area Committee.
  
  
• Area Committees involve local councillors Councillors play a lead role as 'champions' for their areas and neighbourhoods. As elected representatives they can shape, influence and highlight local issues, policies and service standards.
  
  
• Nottingham's Area Committee and Neighbourhood Management structures will support this process, turning local representation into real decision making over local services, budgets and plans. Placing a focus on the neighbourhood will enhance the role of the Area Committee as a local democratic body, and the authority of the Neighbourhood Manager to get things done.
  
  
• Area Committees meet every two months. Representation includes local councillors, local tenants and residents, local area partnerships, voluntary and community organisations, health services, Police service, Fire & Rescue service, local businesses and other organisations.
  
  
• Area Committees are decison makers, discussing and deciding on a range of local issues with a local dimension and local impact. These include:
  
  - Housing and environmental improvement schemes
  - Combatting crime and improving public safety
  - Traffic and Road Safety Schemes
  - Street and Neighbourhood waste and cleansing services
  - Monitoring and reviewing performance of local services
  - Local planning decisons, including investment decisions from planning permission
  - Awarding small grants to develop local projects and initiatives
  - Attracting regeneration funding to invest locally
  - Promoting equality, fairness, and social justice
  

For more information on the role of Area Committees click on the 'Terms of Reference' option in the left hand menu box

To find out more about your local area, click on the relevant area shown in the left hand menu box.