Strategic Plan 2020-2023 Strategic Plan 2020-2023 1 “I want to see my hometown do much more and become the Foreword staggeringly successful centre it deserves to be. We can In brief, my priorities are: definitely make this happen!" People Tackling crime and anti-social behaviour head on Ensuring Middlesbrough has the very best schools Ensuring our town is an absolute leader on environmental issues Transforming our town centre with Place new buildings that inspire awe Building more town centre homes – and protecting our green spaces Making Middlesbrough look and feel amazing Business Winning investment and creating jobs Introducing a new era of Council transparency and openness Creating positive perceptions of our Andy Preston, Elected Mayor of Middlesbrough town on a national basis Middlesbrough's a fantastic town, with a proud Some of these priorities can be achieved quickly and history, great people and a desire to succeed. changes will already be visible – while others will take longer – needing massive amounts of work and time. But I want to see my hometown do much more and become the staggeringly successful centre it deserves In all cases we'll need to work together, combining our to be. We can definitely make this happen! knowledge, talents and resources. Teamwork will be key – so I'm really pleased that since my election I've been As Mayor of Middlesbrough, I want to reverse years of impressed by the spirit, dedication and positivity everyone decline by tackling our challenges head on and installing a has for making Middlesbrough truly amazing. belief that all of us have the most exciting and prosperous future – starting now. It won’t be easy – but together we can reverse decline, inspire success and set standards for others to follow. I have identified nine key priorities for Middlesbrough that will do everything possible for our great town's residents, communities and businesses. Andy Preston Elected Mayor of Middlesbrough 2 Strategic Plan 2020-2023 Strategic Plan 2020-2023 3 Introduction As a Council we understand the importance of delivering improvements in our residents' lives and our physical environment and in being as effective as we can be to support growth in Middlesbrough. Of course, this is against a backdrop of continued financial uncertainty for public services and a likely Brexit, which will undoubtedly bring us new challenges, but also great new opportunities. What we do is important, but how we do it is equally so. Transforming our approach to community engagement is one of our key priorities and we will be undertaking a significant amount of work on this in the coming year. Tony Parkinson, Chief Executive I am delighted to introduce our revised It is vital that we transfer the lessons we take from this strategic plan for 2020-2023. work into the way we do things within the Council itself, with our delivery partners, and most importantly, our It is vitally important that we update our plan to ensure communities, to ensure that all play a full and proper role that we have a roadmap for the delivery of the priorities in delivering this plan and contributing to Middlesbrough’s of the newly Elected Mayor of Middlesbrough. future growth and success, with a focus on local delivery and priority setting. By now many of you will have personally witnessed “What we do is important, but Andy’s passion and energy for improving life for local Our values, launched last year, underpin the way we work communities, which is mirrored by the Council’s as an organisation and describe the behaviours that are how we do it is equally so. Executive and senior management team. expected and needed to help us thrive and deliver our Transforming our approach shared ambitions. This plan sets out clearly how the Mayor’s agenda will be to community engagement is supported and delivered over the coming three years, and you will see the strategic priorities set out here reflected one of our key priorities and we clearly in our other plans. will be undertaking a significant Tony Parkinson Chief Executive amount of work on this." 4 Strategic Plan 2020-2023 Strategic Plan 2020-2023 5 Education Middlesbrough 24,000 5,000 18,000 2,000 at a glance School pupils College students University students Adult learners Pupils achieving Schools rated 'Good' Teesside University ranked in % required GCSE or better by Ofsted top 50 for graduate prospects 5/7 56 standards’ 50 Our town Visitors Most urban and per annum Environment densely populated % local authority area 10million x7 11 in North East City centre of Tees Valley Parks and green spaces in receipt Sustainability of a Green Flag Award for quality Analysis suggests People – the most in the Tees Valley Middlesbrough also needs to do more to Local Median Estimated 32,000 improve air quality and people served resident age population by 2026 young people Proportion of waste to increase the use 140,000 >155,000 % Tree cover 40% less recycled below the of public transport, 108,000 40 than national average national average cycling and walking adults 36 % % % We protect and support: Economy 12 30 67 2,000 local children People from a black People who live in areas Two thirds of early deaths in % and minority ethnic ranked among the 10% Middlesbrough are avoidable % Jobs in background most deprived in England through addressing health 9,500 vulnerable adults 56 7 59,000 Middlesbrough Local inequalities and better Jobs undertaken unemployment engagement with services by local people rate Crime Overall crime Current top three sectors: Expanding into rate is more Local Employees in other growth than double the Public administration, x businesses % Digital business sectors including 2 national average 40 education and health >4,000 sector advanced 7,000 manufacturing TS1 x2 % Distribution and and leisure Anti-social 18 hospitality behaviour Twice the average more than 3x TS1 has particularly national rate of Highest rate of x3 % the national high concentrations treatment for business startups in 12 Financial services average rate of crime and ASB opiate misuse North East region 6 Strategic Plan 2020-2023 Strategic Plan 2020-2023 7 Our Aims We have three simple, Housing and infrastructure interrelated aims: Owner 19% Social housing Households occupied housing 70% privately rented waiting list 62,000 Council Tax % Band A-B 34% 4,800 57 social housing People Direct rail link Teesport Durham-Tees Working with communities and to London third largest Valley Airport other public services to improve 2020 port in UK 20m away 1 the lives of our residents. Investment Middlesbrough 5,000 Top 10 in small investment new jobs Business prospectus 10 cities in Europe Place Promoting investment in 5,500 for investment Securing improvements in Middlesbrough’s £625m Middlesbrough’s economy new homes housing, infrastructure and attractiveness, and making sure we work improving the town’s reputation, creating as effectively as possible to opportunities for local people and improving support our ambitions for our finances. People and Place. 2 3 1-2-3 Everything we do supports one or more of our aims. This strategic plan sets out our priorities under each of the aims over the next three years. 8 Strategic Plan 2020-2023 Strategic Plan 2020-2023 9 Priorities of the Elected Mayor of Middlesbrough The Elected Mayor of Middlesbrough Andy Preston has identified nine key priorities for 2 Middlesbrough for his 2019-2023 term of office: Place Ensuring Middlesbrough has the very best schools – “The best schools don’t only achieve great results – they do a lot more. Our schools and colleges 4 People will be challenged to inspire confidence, create leaders and instil huge ambition in students." Transforming our town centre with new buildings that inspire awe – “Our once fantastic Business 1 town centre has been allowed to decay and become 3 a pale shadow of its former self. While many of the 7 Tackling crime and anti-social behaviour head challenges it faces are national issues, it also has unique Ensuring our town is an absolute leader on problems due to the massive issue of drugs and addiction on – “Crime and anti-social behaviour are unacceptably – “We environmental issues – “Resulting in lower emissions, in Middlesbrough. New street wardens with increased Winning investment and creating jobs high and Middlesbrough has one of the UK’s worst crime will attract and retain thousands of new jobs across all cleaner air and healthy living, with specific schemes to powers will be employed to enforce a Public Spaces rates. The ravages of drug addiction and its effects are sectors, making Middlesbrough an attractive investment plant 10,000 trees, create orchards, a community farm and Protection Order in the town centre – this will reduce destroying lives and communities – and are killing parts proposition. We’ll work to make all sectors thrive and also set national standards in sustainable living. all forms of anti-social behaviour. Funds will be invested of the town. Bad behaviour will no longer be tolerated. focus on our existing digital expertise – on a mission to in a new Cleveland Police scheme to strengthen police We will step in and act fast, working closely with Cleveland make Middlesbrough THE UK’s digital city." presence in central Middlesbrough." Police to protect decent people and sort out those involved in crime and damaging communities. Using new powers, trouble-causers who refuse to conform 5 8 will be kicked out of their homes and moved on." Building more town centre homes – and Introducing a new era of transparency and protecting our green spaces – “There will be a openness – “Council activities will be opened up to strong focus on building thousands of high-quality new Middlesbrough residents.