Council 2018-2022 Business Plan
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2018-2022 BUSINESS PLAN Refreshed February 2019 Healthy Cornwall Homes for Cornwall Green and prosperous Cornwall Connecting Cornwall Democratic Cornwall www.cornwall.gov.uk Our commitment for Cornwall Our commitment Cornwall is a fantastic place to live, but faces a time of However, Cornwall and the Council are under increasing unprecedented change and pressures. It is crucial that the pressure. We have less money for local services than we did in is to work with the Council works with its partners across and beyond Cornwall 2010. More people are living longer and have complex health to improve the areas that are most important to over 550,000 needs. Increasing regulations and demands put pressure people of Cornwall residents. on our services. Some areas face continuing deprivation and poorer households find it hard to make ends meet. We and use our resources In our 2017 survey of over 11,000 residents of Cornwall, also have a degree of uncertainty about what Brexit will people told us that their top priorities are affordable decent wisely to protect and mean for our tourism, agriculture and fishing industries, and housing, hospital and GP services, and care for the vulnerable investment in Cornwall’s future growth. enhance our unique and elderly. People would also like to see improvements in environment, create road and pavement repairs, wage levels, job prospects, and cost of living and public transport. You have told us what you Where are we headed? more homes and jobs think. This plan explains how we will deliver. If we are to improve life in Cornwall, we need to encourage for our residents, and sustainable and inclusive growth that focuses firmly on ensure everyone can people, place and prosperity. Our priorities are summarised Where are we now? on the next page and outlined in more detail in the remainder live well and safely We know how much residents love Cornwall. In the 2017 of the plan. together. resident survey, 82% of people said they were satisfied with living in their local area. Our children’s services are amongst the best in the country. We have many small and mighty businesses. Our communities are amongst the safest places to live, and our natural environment is world class. Over five million choose to visit Cornwall every year. Adam Paynter, Leader of Cornwall Council 2 Business Plan 2018 - 2022 Agan arwostel rag Kernow Agan arwostel yw oberi Kernow yw tyller bryntin ynno dhe vewa, mes yma Byttegyns, yma Kernow ha’n Konsel ow perthi ynniow usi a-dheragdhi termyn a janj hag ynniow na veu prevys kyns. ow kressya. Ni a’gan beus le arghans rag gonisyow leel ages gans pobel Kernow Troboyntel yw an Konsel dhe oberi gans y gesparow a-dreus dell esa genen yn 2010. Yma moy tus ow pewa dres termyn ha dres Kernow rag gwellhe an arenebedhow yw an posekka hirra hag y’s teves edhommow yeghes komplek. Rewlys ha devnydhya agan dhe voy ages 550,000 a drigoryon. ha gorholethow usi ow kressya a worr ynniow war agan gonisyow. Yma dherag nebes ranndiryow esowyow a bes ha asnodhow yn fur rag Y’gan arhwithrans 2017 a voy ages 11,000 a drigoryon Kernow, kales yw rag tiogethow boghosekka dyghtya aga bojet yn tus a leveris dhyn bos aga ughella ragwiryow treven kavadow, gwitha ha gwellhe agan sewen. Ni a’gan beus ynwedh nivel a ansurneth a-dro dhe’n gonisyow klavji hag MO, ha gwith a dus woliadow ha koth. pyth a wra styrya Brexit rag agan diwysyansow tornyaseth, kerghynnedh unnik, Tus a garsa gweles ynwedh gwellheansow dhe ewnheansow ammeth ha pyskessa, keffrys ha kevarghow yn tevyans fordh ha kons, nivelyow gober, chonsyow ober, kost bewa ha gwruthyl moy anedhow devedhek Kernow. karyans poblek. Hwi re leveris dhyn an pyth a dybowgh. An ha sodhow rag agan dowl ma a glerha fatel wren ni delivra. trigoryon, ha surhe may Ple’th eson ow mos? hallo pubonan bewa yn Mar mynnyn gwellhe bewnans yn Kernow, res yw dhyn Ple’th eson lemmyn? kenertha tevyans sostenadow ha dalghus, hag a fogel yn fyrv ta hag yn salow war- Ni a wor yn ta myns may kar trigoryon Kernow. Y’n arhwilans war dus, tyller ha speda. Berrskrifys yw agan ragwiryow war barth. a drigoryon 2017, 82% a’n dus a leveris aga bos kontent ow an folen a sew ha manylyes pella yns yn remenant an towl. pewa y’ga ranndir leel. Yma agan gonisyow fleghes yn-mysk an gwella y’n pow. Ni a’gan beus lies negys byghan ha meur. Yma agan kemenethow yn-mysk an salowa tylleryow ynna dhe driga, ha’gan kerghynnedh naturel yw a vri dreusvysyek. Moy ages pymp milvil a dus a dhewis vysytya Kernow pub bledhen. Adam Paynter, Ledyer an Konsel Business Plan 2018 - 2022 3 Our priorities for Cornwall We will work with the people of Cornwall and use our resources wisely to protect and enhance our unique environment, create more homes and jobs for our residents, and ensure everyone can live well and safely together. Our values Our aims We listen: we will work with the people of Cornwall Ensure everyone can live well and safely together We are responsible: we will use resources wisely Create more homes and jobs for residents We act in the best interests of Cornwall: putting Protect and enhance the environment people first 4 Business Plan 2018 - 2022 Our five priority areas are: Green and Healthy Homes for prosperous Connecting Democratic Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Better health Provide 1,000 Use Council land to Improve sea, road, rail, Communicate better for everyone. homes direct by the create jobs. air and bus networks. with our communities. Council. Protect and Invest in skills Link bus and rail Lobby for fair funding. improve the lives of Raise standards of required by current timetables, ferries and vulnerable adults. privately rented homes. and future employers. the airport. To seek further Provide care for More apprenticeships. devolution from Bring empty properties Give communities Whitehall to Cornwall hospital leavers (less Pay the Living Wage time in hospital). back into use. more influence to and within the Duchy. Foundation living wage. improve roads. Increase the aspirations Support Land Trusts Reduce waste by Make Cornwall for our young people. and other providers to increasing reuse and Enhance Brexit ready. Children are healthy, deliver homes. recycling. broadband and Strengthen local safe and protected from mobile connectivity. Lobby to protect Support the democracy, local harm. residents impacted by development of decision making and Fewer children welfare reform. renewable energy and local service delivery. living in poverty. environmental growth. Fewer people living Aspiring to a clean in fuel poverty. Cornwall that residents and visitors are proud of. Health, Environment, Transport and Devolution social care Homes connectivity and localism and families growth and jobs Business Plan 2018 - 2022 5 Using our resources wisely We have an annual budget of £1 We don’t get all the money from council tax billion which we use to deliver services to more than half a million 1% comes from other sources residents and over five million including investment income visitors a year. 29% comes We manage 10,000 hectares of 9% comes from from Council land, employ more than 5,500 staff the services we tax and support many more local jobs charge for, like through our contracts with local planning, licensing businesses. Using our resources and parking wisely to deliver value for Cornwall is one of our core values. 43% comes from the Government but the majority of this can only be used for specific 18% comes services like schools, from Business housing benefit and Rates public health 6 Business Plan 2018 - 2022 In 2019, for every £100 we receive to fund services, we will spend: £25 £23 £16 caring for adults who need helping children and young people on housing benefit for people on low our help get the best start in life they can incomes, helping to prevent homelessness £10 £7 £6 £4 planning and building new collecting rubbish and fixing and maintaining running the Council and affordable homes for local recycling, and looking after our roads, street lighting, and holding elections people, investing in Cornwall’s countryside, parks and beaches on public transport economic growth, major road schemes, schools and buildings £3 £2 £2 £1 on fire and rescue services, helping people keep well on online services to improve to run libraries, registration fighting and preventing and stay healthy customer access and offer services and maintaining fires and keeping our different ways for residents trading standards communities safer to contact us Business Plan 2018 - 2022 7 The financial journey so far More people are using our services, and c £415m the costs of delivering those services savings £m have increased, as the dotted line on the 900 chart below shows. At the same time, the Inflation/demand c £350m pressures amount of grant that Cornwall gets from 800 savings the Government has gone down. 700 Since its creation in 2009 Cornwall Council Inflation/demandpressures has delivered around £350 million of 600 efficiencies and savings to bridge the gap Govt grant £72m 500 Govt grant between rising costs and demand for Govt grant £48m services, and falling Government funding. £364m Business rates 400 £152m Business rates Further savings of around £65 million will £184m 300 be needed over the next four years. We pass much of our gross budget straight 200 Council tax Council tax Council tax £321m on to schools and to fund housing benefit, £292m so when we look at our spending for 100 £197m the next four years, we focus on our net budget which is mainly funded from 2009/10 2018/19 2021/22 business rates and council tax.