Blaby District Plan 2021 – 2024 Our Priorities for Glen Parva Nature Reserve

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Blaby District Plan 2021 – 2024 Our Priorities for Glen Parva Nature Reserve Blaby Town Centre New Lubbersthorpe Blaby Planning Department Everards Meadows Stoney Cove Nautilus Narborough Train Station Fosse Shopping Park Blaby District Plan 2021-2024 Contents Introduction 2 Introduction Our Vision 3 Welcome to our Blaby District Plan for the This Blaby District Plan has been developed Our Values 4 period 2021 to 2024 which sets out how we, with against the difficult backdrop of the global Our Priorities 5 support from our close partners, will ensure COVID pandemic and we acknowledge that About the District 6 that Blaby District is a place where people are our residents and businesses face additional happy to live, work and visit. We want to build and challenges because of this. We will continue A Place to Live 7 maintain vibrant communities, where people are to support our communities and the business A Place to Work 8 safe and healthy, businesses are successful and economy on the road to recovery. We will A Place to Visit 9 offering quality employment, innovate and transform our own services by and where opportunities exist to develop our working differently and, we will support the Our People Strategy 10 local attractions for the benefit of all. We want incredible work that has taken in place within Our Financial Plans 11 Blaby District to be a place with excellent communities by local groups over the past services and outstanding public spaces for twelve months. We want to increase the sense Contact Us 12 everyone. We want all of our residents to have of wellbeing in the district by delivering on our access to great opportunitie and be able to live ambitions around walking and cycling and, we healthy, safe, independent successful lives. will be clear about how we will continue to invest in the green spaces within our district. We aim to put the customer at the heart of everything that we do which is why in drafting Growth within the district will be carefully this plan, we have listened to residents, planned, meaning the right housing in the right Cllr Terry Richardson community leaders, businesses and places based on the needs of our residents staff and this document reflects their and, we shall focus on delivering well against ambitions and priorities. our climate change ambitions which will be championed at every level and, in every service. Jane Toman Thank you for taking time to help us develop and shape this plan, we will continue to do all we can to support the overall vision to enable Blaby District to flourish. 2 Blaby Plan 2021 – 2024 Our Vision Blaby District is made up of thriving and vibrant communities where people are happy to live, work and visit. Blaby Stakeholder, Beat The Street Blaby staff member Fosse Fox Braunstone Community Life Rapid Covid Testing 3 Everards Meadows Blaby Volunteers Blaby Staff Member Marriot Hotel Beat The Street Our Values • Put the customer at the heart of everything that we do • Listen, learn and make a positive difference • Build and maintain strong partnerships to Enderby Leisure Centre meet the needs of the district • Be ambitious, creative and resourceful 4 Blaby District Plan 2021 – 2024 Our Priorities for Glen Parva Nature Reserve El Blaby District ectric vehicle charging p • A Place to Live oint • A Place to Work • A Place to Visit • Our People Strategy Blaby Staff Member • Our Medium Term Financial Strategy Green spaces in the district Home Care Fosse Park Food Central Beat The Street Blaby District Plan 2021 – 2024 5 About the District • Population is 101,526 (ONS 2019 est.) • There are good transport links to M1, M69, Railway Station with routes to Birmingham and Leicester and easy travelling distance to 2 major airports Glenfield • The average house price in the District is £249,050 (HM Land Registry: M1 January 2021) • Leicestershire is the 26th Healthiest Area in the UK (ONS Health Index for Kirby Muxloe England 2015-2018) • Unemployment is currently 3.9% in the District (ONS Claimant Count: Leicester Braunstone Forest East February 2021.) Town Leicester • Blaby is ranked as the 281st least deprived district in England (out of Forest West 317). (DHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation 2019) Lubbesthorpe J21 • Ethnicity – 11.5% of residents identify as from a Minority Ethnic Enderby Glen Parva Group Thurlaston • There are approximately 43,440 households in Blaby District Narborough • The Roman Centre of England, known as High Cross, is Huncote Blaby situated at the junction of Watling Street (A5) and The Whetstone Fosse Way Potters Marston • The district covers 129km2 Elmesthorpe Croft Countesthorpe Kilby Stoney Cosby • There are 39 councillors who represent 18 Wards in Stanton the District M69 M1 Sapcote • Fosse Shopping Park is one of the busiest out-of-town shopping centres in the country attracting 11 million Aston shoppers a year Flamville Sharnford • The Motto of the Coat of Arms for Blaby District is – ‘In Terra Divitiae’ - In The Earth Riches Wigston • The district traces its origins to the Blaby Poor Law Union, Parva which was founded in 1834. 6 Blaby PlanDistrict 2018-2021 Plan 2021 – 2024 Blaby District... Cycling in Blaby District A place to Strong, healthy, safe, sustainable communities where the most vulnerable are supported. New Lubbersthorpe We will: • Deliver our Climate Change Strategy and champion the - Promote the use of the Green Agenda in all we do district’s leisure facilities - Continue to reduce our own carbon footprint • Help people to help themselves and - Encourage residents and businesses to embrace the green live independently agenda and implement green initiatives - Continue to invest in local voluntary and - Champion environmentally friendly travel community groups • Deliver the right housing in the right places - Continue to work closely with our Parish and Town - Agree a Local Plan for Blaby District Councils - Aim to deliver all new housing in accordance with the Blaby - Review services to ensure we are providing the right Growth Plan support to help residents to lead healthy and independent - Deliver housing of a type and tenure that people within the lives district need • Deliver services which are ‘digital by choice’ • Work in partnership to keep our communities safe - Review our customer service delivery model to ensure that and healthy those who can access services digitally choose to do so and, - Continue to ensure the success of the Community Safety those that can’t have suitable alternative options Partnership - Understand the needs of our community by using - Support Health partners to provide a holistic and preventative information, data and local knowledge well joined up service to residents - Work in partnership to deliver the Leicestershire - Promote and deliver health and physical activity programmes ICT Partnership Digital Strategy. Blaby District Plan 2021-2024 7 Blaby District... Blaby Town Centre A place to A thriving, prosperous, innovative local economy with a skilled and healthy workforce contributing to the local community. We will: • Support businesses in our district, - To work with key partners to deliver an encourage investment and growth and integrated works and skills service respond to evolving challenges that they - Work closely with partners to ensure that may face opportunities arising from the new prison - Provide support to businesses to aid project are realised recovery from the COVID19 pandemic • Promote a healthy workforce and work - Review, relaunch and deliver the agreed Fosse Shopping Park places across Blaby District Economic Development Strategy to help create a sustainable and vibrant economy - Work with businesses to ensure that that works for all wellbeing at work is promoted • Work with partners to deliver accessible, • Promote ‘think local’ in everything that local employment and training we do opportunities - Support local business with advice, - Keep local businesses informed and guidance and signposting encourage them to provide opportunities - Support stakeholders to maintain and supported by government such as enhance their local amenities apprenticeships and training - Encourage businesses to work with - To continually review and enhance our their local communities to be socially offer to businesses through the support accountable in their planning and supplied by our business hub operations. Blaby staff members’ 8 Blaby District Plan 2021 – 2024 Blaby District... A place to Stoney Cove Nautilus A strong leisure and tourism sector and well maintained and accessible attractions available in the local area encourage Glen Parva Nature Reserve visitors to the district. We will: • Promote Blaby District as a tourism • Continue to promote and focus on our destination ambitions for Walk / Ride Blaby District - Support the delivery of the Blaby District - Improve options for travel for leisure Tourism Growth Plan and work - Play an active part in the Blaby District - Consider innovative ways to help Tourism Partnership contribute to the improvement of air Kirby Muxloe Castle - Deliver strategic projects that enhance quality and traffic congestion the district and encourage people to visit - Encourage and promote use of Blaby - Work with groups and businesses that District footpaths and cycle ways manage historic sites and green spaces • Provide desirable, accessible green to provide the infrastructure to enhance spaces for our visitors and communities their places. - Develop, agree and commence delivery - Support stakeholders to encourage Cosby Air Show of a Green Space Strategy promotion of their sites - Maintain our green spaces to benefit residents and visitors
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