Is your council going to use the Act? - this map will tell you
You can only use the radical new bottom-up powers in the Sustainable Communities Act if your councils (district/borough/city and county) choose to use it too! See the map and list below for those who have. If your councils have not already done so please write to them (and urge others to write too!), this sample letter will help you.
The following councils have resolved to use the Sustainable Communities Act, meaning their communities will be able to as well:
Bath and North East Somerset
Birmingham City
Blackpool Borough (Unitary Authority)
Bradford Metropolitan District
Brighton & Hove City
Bristol City
Cambridge City
Chelmsford Borough
Eastbourne Borough
Exeter City
Hounslow Borough
Islington Borough
Kingston upon Thames Borough
Leicestershire County
Lewes District
Lewisham Borough
Luton Borough
Mendip District
Mid Devon District
Newcastle City
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough
Norfolk County
Norwich City
Oxford City
Preston City
Richmond-upon-Thames Borough
Sheffield City
Solihull Metropolitan Borough
South Gloucestershire
South Somerset District
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough
Southampton City
Stockport Metropolitan Borough
Surrey Heath Borough
Sutton Borough
Trafford Borough
Warrington Borough
West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Wiltshire County
Woking Borough
Worthing Borough
York City