POSITION STATEMENT 2019 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT

Introduction - The The New Forest is an area of southern of ponies, cattle, pigs and donkeys in the open District Council authority area in a number of within the district. The council works closely with the which includes one of the largest remaining tracts forest by authorised local inhabitants known as medium sized towns. To the south and east of the New Forest Business Partnership and ‘Helping local of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest Commoners. These unique agricultural commoning district border there lies 40 miles of coastline. business grow’ is a priority. in the heavily populated south east of England. It practices are administered by the Verderers. The broad range of organisations and community Average earnings are low with 60% of the working covers south west and extends into The district council was created on 1 April 1974 and groups that exist means that the council works population earning less than the UK average. south east Wiltshire and towards east Dorset. It is a was a merger of the borough of , New collaboratively with and in the community to deliver This, and the high average house price, results unique place of ancient history, fascinating wildlife Forest Rural District and part of and solutions. in significant cross-commuting between those and stunning beauty and was established as a royal Rural District. The district is one of the The New Forest is home to the third largest who work in the forest but can’t afford to live hunting preserve. most populated non-unitary authorities in England economy in Hampshire, with a total Gross Value there, and those who can afford to live within the The local government administrative area of New (179,236) and within its boundaries there are 37 Added of £4.4bn. The district contains just under district but work elsewhere. The district council is Forest District Council (290 square miles) includes active town and parish councils. Hampshire County 8,000 businesses in total, which is more than any located between the two major conurbations of the New Forest National Park (206 square miles). Council are responsible for upper tier services. other local authority in Hampshire, including the Southampton and Bournemouth. Within the district there are 145 square miles of Operating within the heart of the district council cities of Southampton and Portsmouth. 89% of The very special nature of the New Forest makes it Crown land, managed by Forestry England. area is the National Park Authority established in businesses in the district are micro in size employing an extremely attractive place to live; both for those The New Forest is a working forest that has 2005. The National Park is the planning authority fewer than 10 people. Self-employment is relatively in work and those wishing to retire (28.4% of the prospered for nearly 1000 years. Many of the for its area. In other service areas there are shared high at over 11.6% and unemployment is consistently population is over 65). Housing development is agricultural practices conceded by the Crown in responsibilities and close collaborative working lower than in the rest of the country. Leisure, tourism made more difficult by many of the environmental historical times to local people are still retained. with the district council. Approximately 70% of the and marine along with their associated supply chains constraints of the area. The most significant of these is the depasturing population of the district live in the New Forest are significant employment and economic sectors

1 Council on securing purchasing opportunities with the Housing, and particularly affordable housing for district council and the inaugural Local Business Village at the New Forest and Hampshire County local people is a particular issue in the district. The Town district council manages its own housing stock Show. Martin National Park (5,054 properties) and there are in excess of 3,000 Hale The new Housing Strategy sets out a vision to people on the housing waiting list. create balanced communities with a range of Furzley housing options that are affordable and sustainable. The New Forest district local plan review provides Godshill Ashford Winsor Fordingbridge Totton Alongside objectives to accelerate market housing Brook the opportunity to shape the district over the next Frogham Bartley delivery and increase services for those in greatest twenty years and this will be an important process Hyde Eling

North Gorley Woodlands need, the strategy includes council plans to support for the council to complete. The public examination Ashurst of the Local Plan Review 2016 – 2036 is underway, Linwood a strong high quality private rented sector, plus the

Emery Down development and construction of at least 600 new with hearing sessions taking place in June/July Ellingham Lyndhurst

Bank Hythe council-owned affordable homes for rent and shared- 2019. The plan provides for 10,500 new homes to ownership by 2026. be built in the district, whilst protecting the district’s Ringwood Hardley Fawley unique natural environment and minimising the Burley To improve the wellbeing of our community, we Beaulieu loss of land from the Green Belt. Blackfield delivered a summer Activity Roadshow to encourage Langley East The vast majority of services are provided by Thorney Hill families to play together in their local parks. 1,661 Sway Lepe Avon Boldre residents took part in activities in five parks around in-house teams. This includes the operation of Tiptoe Norleywood five high quality health and leisure centres, a Bashley East End the district. A further 1,260 took part in summer park activities delivered by funded partners in the Housing Maintenance team as well as Refuse and Hinton Lymington Waterside area. Recycling, Grounds Maintenance and Street Scene. Everton Downton The council employs 780 FTE with a small number The ‘leave nothing but footprints’ anti-litter drive of services provided by third parties or through Milford-on-Sea © Crown copyright and database rights 2017 was continued with the New Forest National Park Ordnance Survey 100026220 shared service arrangements. Authority and Forestry England this year, and the annual community litter pick (annual spring clean) This is the last updated position statement aligned has set about rebalancing its expenditure and relationships between members and officers and was supported by 1,200 volunteers taking part in 50 to the current Corporate Plan, the priorities of which income in light of the significant reduction in central that Task & Finish groups are used to engage a wide events. are: government funding. During this period services range of members in developing the council’s future £361,500 in community grants was approved this • Helping local business grow have maintained a consistent level of delivery. direction. year for 14 local not-for-profit organisations. £86,000 • More homes for local people There is recognition that despite these changes the Our performance highlights 2018/19 was also awarded to local community organisations organisation needs to ensure that it has the capacity • Service outcomes for the community New Forest District Council remains committed to for capital projects. to deliver on its priorities. • Protecting the local character of our place. delivering the priorities set out in the 2016-2020 In achieving a balanced budget for 2019/20, savings These priorities were underpinned by: In February 2019 the council invited the original Corporate Plan: Helping local business grow, More and improved income generation totalling £2.288m peer review team to make a follow up visit on the homes for local people, Service outcomes for the • Living within our means absorbed pay and price increases across the back of the 2017 Corporate Peer Challenge in order community, Protecting the local character of our Portfolios totalling some £1.009m. This contributed • Working with others to achieve more to assess progress against the recommendations place, Working with others to achieve more and towards new requirements of £1.359m and have Work will be undertaken during 2019/20 by the made. The peer review concluded an impressive Living within our means. also made an important contribution towards new administration to develop the Corporate Plan pace and extent of change since the original visit, Our Economic Development Service continues to offsetting the reductions in government resources. 2020-2024. with particular emphasis on the priority given to the work with a variety of partners to deliver a range The residual required increase in council funding In the last two years, significant change has taken Local Plan, the development of housing strategies of information and advice, and has organised and to address the net increase in costs and reduction place within the organisation and in the way in which and the investment made in ICT infrastructure. led 35 events during 2018/19. Examples include in government funding has been achieved by an the council goes about its business as the council The team also highlighted the positive working provision of dedicated 1-1 business clinics, a seminar increase in council tax. 2 9,293 UNDERSTANDING private Leisure, tourism, care, retirement and marine rented are significant employment sectors within the OF THE LOCAL 8,440 district. We work closely with the New Forest socially Business Partnership to boost the economic PLACE AND rented Helping local viability of the area. 76,839 business grow PRIORITY households

SETTING SALISBURY 57,603 We grant planning permission to over 1,000 owned planning applications for new dwellings per year, and around 320 new homes are built here Average earnings (full time) for those every year, 75 of them being affordable new who work in the New Forest are homes. With 1,800 new applications for social More homes housing each year and over 3,000 people on £550 per week for local people SOUTHAMPTON the Homesearch register, ‘more homes for local people’ is one of our key priorities. People make 13.5m day trips to the New Forest each year generating £120m and supporting more than NFDC area We provide over 100 local services that 2,500 jobs 290sqm our residents value, including refuse, street National Park NATIONAL PARK cleaning, benefits, health and leisure, and area housing advice. We regularly review our 9,000 businesses 206sqm Service services to understand how we can improve outcomes for and what our customers want. We receive 2,000 approaches for the community housing advice and assistance per year. We rehomed or prevented the POOLE We recognise the area’s unique qualities homelessness of 321 households BOURNEMOUTH and characteristics - our Local Plan shapes development in the area, and we work to keep 5,054 council houses 85+ the area a clean, green, and safe place. NFDC is 5% Protecting the 0-14yrs responsible for areas outside the National Park, Inactive local character and outside Forestry England Crown Lands. 142,564 district residents are 15% /other 65-84yrs 6% of our place eligible to vote 24% 15-24yrs 9% 9,000 households are supported 179,600 population Retired Employed with housing benefit and/or council We have a role to play in protecting and 34.5% Economy 46.5% tax reduction 45-64yrs 25-44yrs improving the New Forest. We know that we 28% 19% can’t realise our ambitions in isolation and work closely with the National Park Authority, Self Working with Forestry England, town and parish councils, employed others to local businesses, and numerous local groups. 13% achieve more

We continually review activities and services to identify opportunities for savings and opportunities to generate income to address significant reductions in government funding, Living within whilst at the same time maintaining services our means that are important to our customers.

3 HELPING LOCAL MORE HOMES FOR SERVICE OUTCOMES FOR BUSINESS GROW LOCAL PEOPLE THE COMMUNITY

Our Economic Development Service continues to The new Housing Strategy sets out a vision To improve the wellbeing of our community, we work with a variety of partners to deliver a range to create balanced communities with a range of delivered a summer Activity Roadshow to of information and advice, and has organised and housing options that are affordable and sustainable. encourage families to play together in their local led 35 events during 2018/19. Examples include Alongside objectives to accelerate market housing parks. 1,661 residents took part in activities in provision of dedicated 1-1 business clinics, a delivery and increase services for those in greatest 5 parks around the district. A further 1,260 seminar on securing purchasing opportunities need, the strategy includes council plans to support took part in summer park activities delivered by with the district council and the inaugural a strong high quality private rented sector, plus the funded partners in the Waterside area. Local Business Village at the New Forest and development and construction of at least 600 995 people with long term conditions were Hampshire County Show. new council-owned affordable homes for rent supported back to health through our activity by 2026. We were involved in the New Forest Partnership and shared-ownership referral programme Active Lifestyles. Awards, and the New Forest Brilliance A new Allocation Policy was developed in Business Awards 2018, celebrating to ensure those in the most housing need In total, over 9.5 million waste and recycling businesses that achieve outstanding results were allocated social housing properties in the collections were made during the year, with which benefit their workforce, their local district. Following public consultation, this was only 2% of waste being sent to landfill. Our community and the New Forest economy as a approved and will be implemented in 2019/20. public conveniences at Sea Road, Milford- whole. The overall winner of the awards was We allocated 372 social housing properties to on-Sea are being refurbished, and in order to Forest Foot and Health Clinic in , who applicants on our housing register. improve our carparks we are nearing completion of the refurbishment and modernisation of have demonstrated an outstanding level of The Housing Options service launched a new Fordingbridge car park. customer care to their patients over the past 23 Homelessness Strategy, aspiring years. to reduce homelessness, end rough sleeping We completed food hygiene inspections for over and the use of B&B accommodation as well as Our specialist team have been closely engaged 380 (98%) of our high risk food businesses. delivering our own emergency accommodation. with the Solent Local Enterprise 72% of food businesses in the New Forest now The service was awarded a grant from Partnership to develop strategies which will have the highest food hygiene rating of 5. central government of to provide seek to deliver business growth, appropriate £55,000 resources to end rough sleeping. In 18/19 we Over 8,000 fitness and swim members use one inward investment and greater access to secured permanent accommodation for or more of our five Health and Leisure Centres. business support services. 320 households who were either homeless or at risk Recent improvements to our centres included We continue to grow our relationship with of homelessness. a new studio at Applemore and a dedicated free weights area at New Milton, with virtual Creative England to encourage filming The public examination of the Local Plan Review group fitness introduced at three of our in the district and this project has now 2016-2036 is now underway. The Local Plan sites (Applemore, Totton and Ringwood). All five delivered just under £3m of local economic guides future development within the district of our Health and Leisure Centres have achieved benefit to local businesses. This was recognised in the area outside of the National Park, and and maintained the CIMSPA Pool Water Quality by the Federation of Small Business in their Most provides for new homes to be built in 10,500 Award for the third consecutive year. Innovative Programme category at the annual the district, whilst minimising the loss of land FSB Local Authority Awards. from the green belt. Around 320 additional homes were built this year, with 75 of these being affordable. 4 PROTECTING THE LOCAL WORKING WITH OTHERS LIVING WITHIN CHARACTER OF TO ACHIEVE MORE OUR MEANS OUR PLACE £361,500 in community grants was approved In achieving a balanced budget for 2019/20, savings and improved income generation The ‘leave nothing but footprints’ anti-litter this year for 14 local not-for-profit organisations. absorbed pay and drive was continued with the NPA and Forestry £86,000 was also awarded to local totalling £2.288m price increases across the Portfolios totalling England this year, and the annual community community organisations for capital projects. some £1.009m. This contributed towards new litter pick (annual spring clean) was supported by The first conference Safer New Forest requirements of £1.359m and have also made 1,200 volunteers taking part in 50 events. was held in November 2018, where over 200 an important contribution towards offsetting local professionals with a shared interest in Work to deliver the Hurst Spit defence project the reductions in government resources. The community safety gathered. Delegates were from alongside the Environmental Agency has residual required increase in council funding to a wide variety of organisations including New continued, and the coastal protection address the net increase in costs and reduction Forest District Council, Hampshire Fire & Rescue, scheme is set to benefit communities in the in government funding has been achieved by an housing associations, secondary schools, local area. increase in council tax. and charities. Guest We continue to work hard to remove abandoned speakers and workshops covered a wide range of The council utilised its available cash balances vehicles, with 100 being removed this year topics such as drugs and alcohol education and and increased Treasury Management compared to 54 last year. modern day slavery. Investments to £1.148m in 2018/19, an The New Forest Healthy Walks increase of £478k from the equivalent figure In February, we received confirmation that the in 2016/17. Air Quality Final Plan had been approved by programme is run in partnership with New Forest the Secretary of State. The plan details how National Park and Community First New Forest. During 2019/20, the council will continue to compliance with the EU Ambient Air Quality In 2018, we saw over 400 walkers taking implement its commercial and residential Directive for nitrogen dioxide will be delivered in part across the year with 654 volunteer property strategies, set to provide employment the New Forest in the shortest possible time. walk leader hours recorded. opportunities and homes within the district for We continue to work with the charity Energise rent, whilst making a valuable return to the The Milford-on-Sea beach hut replacement Me to encourage people to become more active. council to support front line service delivery. project has been successful in receiving We have run a number of targeted programmes a number of awards, including a British Net savings, efficiencies and improved income including a Boxing Satellite Club which engaged Construction Industry Award for in services in the year were £1.039m and a Climate 27 young people at risk of offending. Resilience Project of the Year. one-off business rates refund of£720,000 We have an ongoing partnership with the was received. Retained business rates were National Parks Authority and Forestry £602,000 ahead of the original budget. Commission and work together on initiatives Overall the net savings enabled a transfer into such as litter picking, and were recently involved the Capital Programme Reserve of in a multi-agency approach to improve safety and £1.044 million (a difference of £1.748 licensing of local vehicles million from the £704,000 originally anticipated to be utilised from the Capital Reserve).

5 Summary Balance Sheet 31/03/19 January £’000 Corporate Overview Council Dwellings 370,038 FINANCIAL Panel 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 Other PPE 84,028 Council Tax per Band D - £ 155.76 155.76 158.36 163.36 168.36 173.36 Investment Properties 5,181 PLANNING AND Annual % change 0.0% 0.0% 1.7% 3.2% 3.1% 3.0% Other Long Term Assets 30,154 Current Assets 43,244 VIABILITY Total Assets 532,645 General fund budget - £m Current Liabilities -18,420 Government Determined Resources 20 HRA Settlement -135,708 Current position Other Long Term Liabilities -94,876 Net Assets 283,641 The Capital Programme delivered for 10000 Transition Grant

£m 2018/19 totalled £22.617m. This New Homes Bonus Usable Reserves 55,137 included major repairs to New Forest 8000 Revenue Support Grant Unusable Reserves 228,504 Business Rates Above Baseline 283,641 District Council’s housing stock, over 15 6000 Business Rates Baseline 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 £11m spent on additional council houses, the replacement of vehicles and 4000 February Summary Usable Reserves 31/03/19 plant, accommodation and ICT changes in Budget & GF HRA Total £’000 £’000 £’000 2000 Council Tax Set line with the Smarter Working project and Working Balance 3,000 1,000 4,000 Decmber April coastal monitoring. Earmarked 4,439 20,719 25,158 0 Financial 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 Financial Capital Programme 12,558 12,558 Treasury Investment income totalled Monitoring Monitoring Capital Receipts 3,730 2,071 5,801 , £478,000 up on 2016/17. 23,727 23,790 47,517 £1.148m CIL / DCs 7,620 2023 position 55,137

Further anticipated funding reductions November Living within July and pay and price increases currently MTFP our means Annual Report exceed £4m, however, there are plans in place to deliver a balanced budget. Band D Council Tax: Hampshire Districts & Parish/Town Savings New Req. Rephasing Total September August 300 2019-20 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 Financial Initial MTFP Original Budget April 2018/19 17,243 250 Parish & Town Monitoring Variations agreed in September -577 102 606 131 District Transfer from Reserves in September 0 0 -606 -606 200 Variations agreed in December -351 50 240 -61 150 Variations agreed in April -1,418 1,299 -814 -933 Transfer from Reserves -102 -102 100 Budgeted Expenditure 2019/20 £’000 Transfer to Reserves 75 814 889 Provisional Outturn 31/3/19 16,561 50 (Exc. Housing Bens)

0 462 Hart alle y Havant Gosport

st V Capital Financing Fareham Eastleigh 2,700 Rushmoor Te Winchester New Forest East Hampshire District average Support Services Basingstoke & Deane 7,324

Supplies & Services

24,761 2,217 Transport

4,266 Premises October September Employees Budget Task & Corporate Overview 6 Finish Group Panel CAPACITY TO Organisation 2018/19 DELIVER FTE 780 Budget £17.493m Current position Reserves £52.9m Staff turnover26% Workforce data by service FTE 2018 Use of Band D Council Tax 2019/20 budget (£s) 84% of vacancies are filled first time 150 35 30 5 apprentices and 17 management development 120 25 apprenticeships 20 90 Training spend per employee £205 15 10 Organisational strategy 60 5 0 Future position 2022 30 e olic y Other

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collaboration Open Spaces Ta ste and T and transform service delivery Electoral Services Corporate Support Customer Services Health and L Planning and Po Wa Development Control and Enforcemen t Housing Maintenanc Continuing on our path to act more business- Housing and Property Finance and Coastal and Public Facilities Community Grants and Service Le

with targeted additional Environmental Health Services (E xc like income Environmental and generation Aiming to maximise income from local Technology government finance reform Risk/Opportunity Encouraging smarter working and the use of digital interaction, transforming our approach to Customer Expectations customer services Organisation 2022 Opportunities for improvement identified by the LGA Corporate Peer FTEs Varied Budget Challenge less than 780 mix of service requirement 1 Clarity on what the council of the future looks delivery 10% less like 2 Identifying the next steps for ICT and smarter working arrangements 3 Ensuring council priorities reflect those of the local community through engagement with Helping local More homes Service Protecting the residents business grow for local outcomes for local character 4 Performance management framework and people the community of our place approach 5 Commercial and residential property investment strategy 6 Staff engagement 7 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE DEMOCRATIC STRUCTURE (as of May 2019) (as of May 2019) ORGANISATIONAL Council 60 members

LEADERSHIP AND Cabinet Overview & Scrutiny Committees GOVERNANCE Chief Executive Leader and Corporate Corporate Overview & Appeals Committee Affairs Scrutiny Panel Member Task & Finish groups report Bob Jackson Chairman: Cllr Barry Rickman Chairman: Cllr Alan Alvey to Overview & Scrutiny panels on Cllr Alexis McEvoy significant projects and processes Executive Heads Budget (annually) Coastal Colin Read – Operations and Deputy Chief Executive Deputy Leader and Community and Leisure Audit Committee Customer Leisure Review Grainne O’Rourke – Governance & Regulation & Housing Portfolio Holder Overview & Scrutiny Panel Chairman: Citizens Advice (Monitoring Officer) Planning & Infrastructure Chairman: Cllr Alan O’Sullivan Council Tax Reduction Claire Upton-Brown - Chief Planning Officer Cllr Edward Heron Cllr Geoffrey Blunden Community Grants (annually) Manjit Sandhu - Resources Private Sector Housing Portfolio Holder Environment Overview HR Committee Recreation Management Housing Services & Scrutiny Panel Chairman: Strategy Head of Finance Cllr Jill Cleary Chairman: Cllr Barry Rickman Alan Bethune Cllr Steve Rippon-Swaine Communications Regular Chief Executive messages to all Service Managers Portfolio Holder Housing Overview & General Purposes & Community Affairs Scrutiny Panel Licensing Committee staff, staff briefings, communications Steve Jones (Open Spaces) Cllr Diane Andrews Chairman: Chairman: bulletins and employee forum Steve Cook (Building & Coastal Services) Cllr Steve Davies Cllr Steve Clarke Important documents and Rob Lane (Street Scene) links Chris Noble (Waste & Transport) Portfolio Holder Member Task & Finish Planning Committee Joanne McClay (Environmental & Regulation) Informal Engagement Cabinet/EMT Finance, Investment & Groups Chairman: Strategic Risk Register Ritchie Thomson (Housing Maintenance) Corporate Services Cllr Christine Ward Louise Evans (Policy & Strategy) Cllr Jeremy Heron Annual Governance Statement Matt Wisdom (Democratic & Member Support) Portfolio Holder Constitution Rebecca Drummond (Elections & Business Improvement) Leisure & Wellbeing Andrew Kinghorn (Legal) Cllr Mark Steele Medium Term Financial Plan Andrew Smith (Estates & Valuation) Brian Byrne (Estates Mgmt & Support) Annual Audit Letter Richard Knott (Housing Options) Portfolio Holder Organisational Strategy Joanne Bailey (Health & Leisure) Environment & Regulatory Services Heleana Aylett (Human Resources) Organisational Structure Cllr Alison Hoare Rob Beere (ICT) Democratic Structure Ryan Stevens (Revenue & Benefits) Portfolio Holder Economic Development Cllr Michael Harris

8 LEADERSHIP

OF PLACE HAMPSHIRE NEW FOREST 37 TOWN AND PARISH COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT COUNCIL COUNCILS PARTNERSHIP ARRANGEMENTS Responsible for education, children and Responsible for planning, housing, Responsible for representing adults services, highways waste collection, tax and benefits, communities and delivering services Provided to HR (NPA) Financial 78 elected members, 10 members coast, health and leisure, environment and facilities, not provided by the Services and Internal representing the New Forest area and regulation county or district councils that meet (NPA) local needs Audit Customer 7 NFDC Members 60 elected members Services (Hythe PC) Traffic 320 elected members Management (HCC) Grounds NFALC attended by Chief Executive Maintenance (various) Provided from Treasury Governance of the New Forest Management (HCC) (Totton TC, Customer Services NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY THE COURT OF VERDERERS FORESTRY ENGLAND Fordingbridge PC, Fawley PC) Responsible for ensuring that the Responsible for managing the Responsible for looking after nearly half Internal Audit (Southern national park is safeguarded for people traditional activity of communing (the of the New Forest national park area Internal Audit Partnership) to enjoy now and in the future right for landowners to let their ponies, including its trees, landscapes and the Planning Trees and 22 elected or appointed members donkeys, cattle, pigs or sheep run free) natural environment Conservation (NPA) 4 NFDC Members 10 elected or appointed verderers Private/public 1 NPA Member Dibden Golf Centre Shared projects Hampshire Based at the channel coastal County Council Brockenhurst CCG New Forest observatory we are the lead Hampshire & Totton Business authority for the regional coastal Fire & Rescue Safer College Partnership Project Integra monitoring programmes. Directly New Forest Go New Board (waste) managing the south east region Hampshire Partnership Forest SMEs Supporting and co-ordinating the programmes Constabulary Hampshire & Isle families HCC for the entire English coastline (six of Wight local regions) including funding bids of £23 authorities Safeguarding children million to 2021. Key partners include New Forest District Council Hampshire Environment Agency, Canterbury, Solent Working with Alliance Rural Health & Worthing & Havant Councils to deliver Local Economic others to Housing Wellbeing achieve more the programme. Partnership NPA Partnership Plan Local Economic New Forest Hampshire Voluntary Other Ringwood Gateway Partnership Partnerships Forestry Community Grants awarded for Urban England Leadership County Council & Community £447,000 South Group Services Community Government partnerships Hampshire Natural National Park CAB First Disabled facility grant England Authority and community housing funding 9 Key performance measures

TARGET 2018/19 2017/18 Non Domestic Rates - gross rateable value NA £169.863m £169.169m

Helping local TARGET 2018/19 2017/18 business grow Business count1 NA 7,905 7,930

TARGET 2018/19 2017/18 Successful homeless prevention outcomes2 NA 58% NA

More homes TARGET 2018/19 2017/18 for local people Total number of additional homes NA 323 (draft) 266

TARGET 2018/19 2017/18 Completed high risk food hygiene inspections above 95% 98% 99%

Service TARGET 2018/19 2017/18 outcomes for Residual household waste per household the community below 465kgs 472.25kgs 490kgs

TARGET 2018/19 2017/18 Amount sent for reuse, recycling and composting above 35% 33.6% 34%

Protecting the TARGET 2018/19 2017/18 local character Processing of major planning applications within 13 weeks of our place above 90% 96.31% 95.71%

TARGET 2018/19 2017/18 Other Council tax percentage collected above 98.9% key 98.97% 98.8% measures NATIONAL 2018/194 2017/18 Median Gender Pay Gap AVERAGE3 3.9% -6.12% (-65p) -9.48% 1 Business start up 2016 (805), 2017 (815), 2018 (awaiting figures) 2 First year of measurement, 50% working target which will be increased year on year 3 Figure based on average of all local authorities in England 4 Percentage represents the difference between the average of men and women’s pay. A negative figure represents the female average being higher 10