Corporate Plan
Summary
The Council is here to deliver the services you need now and to plan for the future, protecting and enhancing the special qualities of South Norfolk that make it one of the best places to live and work in the country.
Remaining focussed on customers, and agreeing with you the level of service that matters, will ensure we continue to deliver value for money and change with the times.
In the last two years, we have streamlined the Council and made efficiency savings of £ 2.75 million without cutting frontline services. Living within our means, and challenging ourselves at every step, will ensure we continue to provide what matters locally to you.
Our strategy is to focus on 4 key priorities, improve efficiency and share services, where appropriate, to continue to deliver what matters to you.
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Summary of the Plan
Our Vision
Our Vision is “to retain and improve the quality of life in South Norfolk, for now and future generations, to make it one of the best places to live and work in the country.”
This vision is based on our priorities below and, if you download the full Corporate Plan, you will see what we plan to do and how much we have achieved already.
Our Priorities
Enhancing our Quality of Life and the Environment we live in
We will develop South Norfolk’s potential in a way that protects its quality of life but ensures its future prosperity. We will publish soon our plan for housing and employment growth up to 2026.
Meeting 1,000 residents on our road shows last autumn, and receiving 6,020 representations since, will help shape final decisions about where jobs and homes will go. Keeping the balance between the need for growth and safekeeping our environment will sustain and improve the attractiveness of South Norfolk for now and future generations.
Promoting a thriving local economy
For future prosperity, it’s important we create the right conditions to foster economic success. We will stimulate existing businesses to develop and grow, and attract new jobs through inward investment and business start-ups.
Developing the economy means having a good supply of land and premises, a skilled workforce and improved employment opportunities. We will do this by leading the coordination of major development and investment opportunities in key sectors such as Health and Life Sciences at Norwich Research Park and advanced engineering, particularly the development and expansion of Hethel Engineering Centre.
Our plans strike a balance between the larger growth we need to accommodate nearer Norwich and the action plans we are developing with you for our market towns, to ensure they remain the backbone of our local economy and rural areas.
Supporting Communities to realise their potential
We want communities to shape the places where they live and how they lead their lives. We know real money at a very local level can make all the difference and local people know where best to spend it.
Since 2007, we have funded 270 projects through our Neighbourhood Grants scheme, channelling £ 427,188 into issues that local people have determined and resolved. This is our “Big Society” in action.
We have funded scouts and guides, toddler groups, youth clubs and parish councils for a vast range of projects from start up costs and sports kit to youth shelters and village halls
Driving services through being businesslike, efficient and customer aware
The Council is in a strong financial position because what drives us above all else is our need to deliver services customers need at a price they can afford.
Challenging ourselves at every step, and without cutting frontline services, we have made efficiency savings of £ 2.75 million in the last two years
We will work with other councils more if this means better value.
With further reductions in government grant, we face even more challenges but we believe the changes we have already made and our plans for the future place us in a strong position.
Contact us
| contact officer/team: | Performance and Strategy Manager |
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| web: | online enquiry form |
| email: | performance@s-norfolk.gov.uk |
| telephone: | 01508 533982 |
| minicom/textphone: | 01508 533622 |
| address: | South Norfolk Council South Norfolk House Swan Lane Long Stratton Norwich NR15 2XE |
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Last updated on: 11 November 2011