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Warwickshire Blueprint

Background

Early in 2009, the Observatory was asked to join a small project team set up to consider the impacts of social, economic, and demographic changes taking place in the County over the long term. The project considers the spatial dimensions of these trends, and also the infrastructure developments that could assist and facilitate change in the future. This became the ‘Blueprint’ project.

The ‘Blueprint’ will present the key demographic, economic, social, environmental and transport related trends facing the County over the next 25 years or so.

It will address a range of key issues including population growth, demographic change, migration flows, skill levels, job growth, health and social care provision and the spread of knowledge intensive industries.

Recognising that no-one can tell the future, it will provide an evidence base for future strategic planning and public sector service delivery in the County.

More information on the Warwickshire Blueprint is available on the Commentary page of the microsite.

Analysis

The project takes the form of a series of visual map-based presentations to show analysis for a range of existing datasets. A further set of slides then detail some of the key future issues and challenges based on projected and forecasted data analysis. These help to highlight possible future implications for the County’s infrastructure and also how collectively our services are delivered across the public sector.

Analysis has been carried out at both District/Borough and Locality level. A composite Countywide picture has also been developed to show inter-relationships between the variables and the geographic spread of potential future issues.

Please use the links below to view the analysis:

County Analysis
District Analysis
Locality Analysis

A master spreadsheet of data used to carry out analysis is available by clicking on the link on the right hand side of the page.

How to Use the Blueprint

The Blueprint work should be seen as an important tool to form part of the future evidence base which Warwickshire County Council and partners will need to inform and underpin key future public sector strategies such as the Sustainable Community Strategies, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and other key strategic planning work.

If you are developing an existing or new strategy, policy, programme or project, we advise you to consider the Blueprint analysis to better understand the inter-relationships between a range of socio-economic, demographic, transport and environmental issues and the impact this may have on your particular service. In this way, we hope to assist the integration of policy and actions which lead to a more efficient and effective delivery of public services.

Disclaimer

This analysis has been prepared by the Warwickshire Observatory and Warwickshire County Council, with all reasonable skill, care, and diligence. The list of datasets analysed is not exhaustive but is intended to act as a starting point for debate. Users should be aware that the future analysis is based on past trends continuing and obviously there is some degree of uncertainty surrounding this. We accept no responsibility of any nature to any third parties to whom this analysis, or any part thereof, is made known. Any such party relies on the report at their own risk.

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