Update on the Council’s Corporate Plan
Progress is being made on the Council's new five-year Corporate Plan.
The Plan, which has set out priorities around housing, the environment, young people and connected and resilient communities, will improve the lives of residents with a proposed investment of £135 million.
The two programme boards responsible for monitoring the Corporate Plan have both met: the Connected & Resilient Communities and the Environment Board, and the Young People and Housing Board and plans are now being drawn up with a number of projects set to be announced in the coming months.
Councillor Hugh Evans OBE, Leader of the Council, said: “We are gearing up to start announcing projects that will help ensure our new corporate priorities will be met over the next five years.
“These priorities will improve the lives of our residents and continue to make Denbighshire a great place to live, work and visit.
“Implementing this plan requires an additional £135 million of investment. At a time of continuing reductions in budgets this is an ambitious amount, but we believe ambition is important. Our ability to attract funding, pool resources with partners and harness the capacity within our communities will give us a good chance of success.”
The priorities are that everyone is supported to live in homes that meet their needs; communities are connected and have access to services and goods locally, online or through good transport links; the Council works with communities to build independence and resilience; the environment is attractive and protected, supporting well-being and economic prosperity and younger people want to live and work here and have the skills to do so.
The priorities were drawn up after the County Conversation consultation with residents and discussions with Council staff and elected members, as well as colleagues from other organisations.
The priorities were then presented to elected members and were adopted by the Council.
The ‘Corporate Plan, Working Together for the Future of Denbighshire’ document outlines the five key priorities for 2017-2022 and you can visit www.denbighshire.gov.uk/corporateplan for more information.