1. Recommendations for responding to changes in population

We recommend addressing the impact of the changing population in the following way:

• Capacity for universal services such as general practitioners, schools, leisure and cultural facilities, public transport should be increased and pressure on roads considered. But the uncertainty about population projections means that there will need to be flexibility in planning these services.
• The greater diversity of the population needs to be reflected in how services are delivered and additional support offered to those who need it.
• The growing black and ethnic minority population should be involved in the development of an action plan and multi-culturalism should be promoted in North Somerset.