Our Vision for the Future

Corporate Plan 2015-2019 Delivering a Financially Sound and Well Genuinely Affordable A Fantastic Place to Live Improving Local Transport Improving Infrastructure New Jobs and Funding Managed Council Housing

(1) A customer driven efficient Council with a 'can do' (2)Genuinely affordable housing by local (3)Making East an even better (4)Making it easier to get around the District (5)Appropriate developments with better (6)Driving economic success by attitude and pro business approach and commercially people for local people. place to live. and do business. infrastructure and improving Planning Service. creating the infrastructure to attract

focused to ensure financial self sufficiency for the taxpayer. businesses and create jobs. Priorities

 Freeze the East Cambs element of Council Tax in  Support delivery of the first Land  Aim for a 60% recycling rate and put bins  Ensure the Southern Bypass Ely is built.  Offer genuinely affordable housing-by local  Promote apprenticeships with local 2016/17. Trust homes in . back tidily. people, for local people. businesses.  Keep free parking in our city and town  Customer driven Council with a “can do” approach  Continue to support trusts in  Deliver the cinema and leisure centre on centre car parks.  Work with partners to help secure a new  Use the business rate retention fund which exists to “serve you”, our customers. Prior, and Downham road, Ely. railway station in Soham. on business development, creation of Stretham and .  Seek to increase car park spaces to new jobs and opportunities for young  Replace automatic pay increases with performance  Review and improve sports and leisure service Ely and railway stations.  Push to ensure the Ely Bypass is built. people. related pay.  Encourage other places to consider services throughout the District. Community Land Trusts.  Mark out new lanes on key roundabouts  Work with partners to support the  Prioritise and improve 'front line' services through to improve traffic flow. development in North Ely. Promises commercialism and reduction in management and administration costs.

 Keep a firm grip on waste and unnecessary bureaucracy.

 Local residents will continue to receive high quality  The community-led, Stretham and  The Council will achieve a 60% recycle rate  The Southern Bypass in Ely will be  The District has a Local Plan which will  8 new apprentices will have Wilburton Community Land Trust will through the “It Pays to Recycle in East completed which supports the local ensure the efficient use of land and secures improved routes to employment by Council services without the increase in Council Tax during 2016/2017. increase infrastructure to include; the Cambridgeshire” campaign and ensure our economy, eases congestion and reduces future development which is sustainable and March 2016. completion of 15 affordable homes, streets are left tidily after bin collections. waiting time for motorists. delivers what our communities want to see. a new GP surgery and business  Our Investment Programme, funded  The Council will deliver a programme of work to ensure premises etc. by the Business Rates Retention customers receive high quality services to meet your  The Council will work with partners to build  The Council will guarantee free car parking  Residents and visitors to Soham have a

expectations. a new Multiplex cinema in Downham Road, in the city and town centre car parks, station which supports the local economy, Scheme, will provide new  The community-led Swaffham Prior Ely. encouraging more visitors to the district and reduces congestion on roads and increases opportunities which supports  The Council will deliver a self-sufficiency programme Community Land Trust will build 8 continuing to help increase the local employment opportunities. economic growth in our District. with a balanced budget and efficiency savings. affordable homes and will identify  A new District leisure centre will be built economy. additional infrastructure to sustain which supports the health and well-being of  An improved Station Gateway in Ely will  Performance Related Pay will be implemented by 2016 healthy and economically diverse our customers.  The Council will complete the feasibility reduce waiting times for visitors and along with proposals to encourage innovation and high communities led by local residents. study and funding strategy at Ely and commuters, increase employment quality services.  We will work with three existing Community Littleport stations ensuring commuters have opportunities, provide economic growth,  The Council will support local Leisure Trusts to develop performance sufficient parking. improve customer satisfaction levels and  The Council will establish a Local Authority Trading Community Land Trusts to scope improvement plans to support the delivery encourage more people to visit the district. Our commitment and Actions and Our commitment Company. community-led development of a district wide indoor sports facility  The Council will work with partners to opportunities through a dedicated strategy. identify potential roundabouts and where  The development in North Ely will ease  The Council will carry out a review to ensure policies programme delivered through the appropriate new lanes for improvement to housing shortages, increase economic and procedures are streamlined and efficient. Council’s Trading Company. support traffic flow and reduce congestion. growth and employment opportunities.

 The Council has frozen the East Cambs element of  The Stretham and Wilburton  The Council is currently achieving a 57%  The Council has been the driving force in  The Council will be consulting with the  The Council has been proud to Council Tax for the third year in a row. Community Land Trust (CLT) has recycle rate through the “It Pays to recycle progressing the Southern Bypass in Ely. public on the draft Local Plan. The have supported 8 new apprentices built 15 affordable homes and in ” campaign and The tender has been awarded, the grant development of the Local Plan will be a with routes to employment. The  By valuing feedback and implementing new processes residents are currently in the process continues to ensure that bins are put back from Central Government has been priority for the Authority moving forward, scheme will help them to develop to meet your needs, we can truly say we are customer of moving in to their new homes. tidily. approved and works will begin on the with the final document set for adoption by key skills in order to secure driven. Recent projects include: a new self-service bypass in 2017. the autumn of 2018. employment in the future. section on the Councils’ website and providing a more  Building works have started on the new accessible Planning Service.  The Swaffham Prior CLT has built 8 Multiplex cinema in Ely. The Council  The Council has enshrined its  The Council has been continuing to work  The Investment Programme has affordable homes and they are now continues to work closely with the commitment for free car parking in the closely with Network Rail and now successfully completed. The  The Council continues to present a balanced budget. all occupied. developers by offering support such as Cambridgeshire County Council to help Council has delivered: city in the constitution. planning advice and we are looking forward progress the Soham Railway Station  The Council is proud to say that to the site being opened in 2017.  The Council has replaced automatic pay rises with  The Council has acquired land at Angel development. A GRIP 3 Study has now  Securing Enterprise Zone there are now a total of 7 CLT’s performance related pay. commenced. status for Lancaster Way within East Cambridgeshire:  The Council has committed £13 million to Drove in Ely to increase the number of business park in partnership to to date parking spaces near the railway station  The Council has established the East Cambs Trading Kennett, Haddenham, , the new District leisure centre. Planning Outcomes and we have secured a site to increase  The Council continues to work with key with Grovemere Property Company Limited to support the financial sustainability Soham, Stretham and Wilburton, permission has been agreed, a contractor parking spaces in Littleport. stakeholders to bring about the ambition  A new economic of the Authority. Swaffham Prior and Fordham. and operator have been appointed and we of developing the Station Gateway site. are on track to open the site in 2018. development website for the  The Council continues to work with District, Enterprise East  The Council has reviewed its policies and will continue  The East Cambs Trading Company  The Council has been continuing to support Cambridgeshire County Council to to ensure that they meet the needs of our customers, Limited has set up “Palace Green  The development in North Ely has been Cambridgeshire Community Leisure Trusts in Soham, increase the flow of traffic around the whilst being efficient and streamlined. Homes” which will continue to offer granted outline planning permission and  Skills development in support, advice and guidance to any Burwell, and The Paradise District’s key roundabouts. the Council has completed a Section 106 partnership with the Greater local communities looking to develop Centre, Ely, to help develop improvement agreement to help provide new public Cambridgeshire, Greater plans and long term sustainability. CLT’s. open spaces. Peterborough LEP and Ely Chamber.

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