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View Our Corporate Business Plan 2016 Corporate Business Plan 2016-2020 www.runnymede.gov.uk Contents 3-5 Forewords 6-10 Current position: - About Runnymede - About Runnymede Borough Council: Our Mission and current situation including our current services 12 Where we want to be: - Our Vision 13-23 How we will get there: - Our Corporate Values - Our Corporate Goals - Our Corporate Themes - Our Corporate Priorities - Key strategies/plans which will help achieve our Corporate Themes and Corporate Priorities - Resourcing the delivery - How we will monitor our performance Runnymede Borough Council Corporate Business Plan 2016-2020 3 Forewords Foreword from the Leader Runnymede is a flourishing, vibrant community. It is a mixture of high tech industry and green space which makes the Borough the envy of many others. The Council’s task is to maintain the balance between employment, good quality housing of all descriptions and our open spaces. Enjoying a vibrant economy is a privilege but we also have to manage the impact of success, whether protecting Green Belt, tackling congestion, tackling air quality and noise issues or meeting the greater demand for homes. These are not easy challenges but in this Corporate Business Plan we try to set out what your Council will try to do to meet the key challenges in the next four years. We will continue to regenerate our town centres. You have told us through consultation exercises that this is important to you. Next year will see the completion of the Addlestone One development bringing new life to Addlestone and facilities such as a cinema and new gym. Shortly, we will be appointing a preferred developer to work with us on the Runnymede Regeneration programme where a number of regeneration schemes in Egham are planned together, including a brand new leisure centre and swimming pool. We hope to bring forward a second phase for Addlestone and continue to work towards a solution to regenerating Chertsey. We also want to refurbish and provide better facilities at Runnymede Pleasure Ground. We continue to work with partners and particularly the County Council. Within the next two years a major scheme is expected to be delivered to improve traffic circulation on the Runnymede Roundabout. We were all devastated by the floods of 2014 and the Council is working with partners to find a way to fund the River Thames Scheme which could benefit over 6,000 homes and businesses in Chertsey and Egham. We are also seeking a devolution deal to bring more resources under the control of authorities in Surrey, East Sussex and West Sussex in order to enable us to collectively bring forward infrastructure schemes to maintain the necessary balance between the economy and protection of our environment. There are service improvements we want to make, particularly in environmental services, and we are working hard to find new resources which will enable us to invest on your behalf. Finally, it is important in a digital age, that we make our services more accessible and open up new channels to make life easy for you to interact with us. We are always interested in hearing your views so please contact us with your thoughts about the next four years. We hope you like our plans to improve the quality of life in Runnymede. With best wishes, Cllr. Peter Waddell Leader, Runnymede Borough Council. Runnymede Borough Council Corporate Business Plan 2016-2020 4 Foreword from the Chief Executive As the face of the Borough changes, the Council must too. To improve services further, we need to raise additional income by taking a more commercial approach. Our workforce will be trained and developed to meet this challenge whilst never forgetting that we are here to serve the community. The Council has placed great emphasis on improving its customer service and this will be a feature throughout the life of the next Corporate Business Plan. In the modern world, where time is precious, we understand residents want to access services any time of the day or night. We are therefore investing in our IT systems to give you more and easier access to our services, to enable you to find the information you need, or to pay for services quickly and easily. We hope that we can interest you in some of the services that are relatively new such as a GPS tracking service to help locate vulnerable persons, or a daily check-up call service to assist those requiring a bit of extra support, but who wish to stay in their home. Regeneration offers a fantastic opportunity for the Borough but it is also important that we look to find the resources to keep our town centres and villages clean and safe. In addition, we need to add vibrancy and ensure our towns are interesting to all age groups. We must never forget the contribution of the business community and Runnymede’s economic prospects give cause for optimism. But growth has to be managed so we will work towards supplying a wide range of homes which meet our residents’ and business needs. Dealing with congestion and air quality are of paramount importance too so as well as supporting road improvements, we will be looking for opportunities to improve public transport and encourage cycling and walking. In 2014, the Borough experienced significant flooding. We are working hard with partners to ensure that measures are in place to deal quickly with flood warnings and ensure the Borough is as well prepared as possible. In the longer term, we want to deliver the River Thames Scheme which will reduce the risk of flooding significantly to households in Chertsey and Egham. This scheme will cost in the region of £450m at current prices and although government will find the lion’s share, we will have to find some of the resource through our own efforts or through business contributions. We hope you are supportive of our business plan. We are always happy to hear your views, so please write to me or my colleague Sarah Walsh if you would like to comment. Paul Turrell Chief Executive, Runnymede Borough Council Runnymede Borough Council Corporate Business Plan 2016-2020 5 Current position About Runnymede Runnymede has 7,804 hectares, of which 6,078 hectares are green belt (Census, 2011) and it includes the settlements of: • Addlestone • New Haw • Chertsey • Ottershaw • Egham • Row Town • Englefield Green • Thorpe • Longcross • Virginia Water • Lyne • Woodham Key demographic statistics related to the population of Runnymede can be seen below. SOUTH EAST RUNNYMEDE ENGLAND REGION 2011 Population: All Usual Residents 80,510 8,634,750 53,012,456 2011 Population: Males 39,148 4,239,298 26,069,148 2011 Population: Females 41,362 4,395,452 26,943,308 2011 Age Structure: 0- 17 years 19.3% 21.5% 21.4% 2011 Age Structure: 18- 44 years 38.7% 35.2% 36.9% 2011 Age Structure: 45- 64 years 25.2% 26.1% 25.4% 2011 Age Structure: 64+ years 16.8% 17.1% 16.4% Mean Age 39.7 40.0 39.3 2011 Density (number of persons per hectare) 10.3 4.5 4.1 All Households 32,714 3,555,463 22,063,368 All households who owned their accommodation outright 33.1% 32.5% 30.6% All households who owned their accommodation with a mortgage or loan 36.4% 35.1% 32.8% Very Good Health 51.3% 49% 47.2% Good Health 34.1% 34.6% 34.2% Day-- to Day Activities Limited a Lot 5.9% 6.9% 8.3% Economically Active; Employee; Full- Time 41.3% 40.4% 38.6% Economically Active; Employee; Part- Time 12.1% 13.8% 13.7% Economically Active; Self- Employed 10.7% 11% 9.8% Economically Active; Unemployed 2.7% 3.4% 4.4% People aged 16 and over with 5 or more GCSEs grade A- C, or equivalent 14.4% 15.9% 15.2% People aged 16 and over with no formal qualifications 18.3% 19.1% 22.5% Office for National Statistics, 2011 Census. Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics. Downloaded from: http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=283572&c=chertsey&d=14&e=62&g=49134 4&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1447068577497&enc=1. This information is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open- government- licence/version/2. Runnymede Borough Council Corporate Business Plan 2016-2020 6 About Runnymede Borough Council Our Mission: “To deliver services, enhance our environment, and improve the economy by working with local people and partners for the greater good of the community.” Current situation There has been a huge amount of change in Runnymede over the past four years and just as much in Local and Central Government as a whole. Through predicting the likely changes early, the Council has sought to fill the funding gap through a Property Investment Strategy; making efficiencies (which included £5.5m of savings and a reduction of 16% in the workforce); and sharing or expanding services. As a result, we have not had to stop any of our services in totality, discretionary or statutory to date. There is still pressure from Central Government for further self–reliance. The election of a Conservative Government in May 2015 led to further rounds of quite radical legislation and policy development, particularly in the areas of welfare, housing, planning, Revenue Support Grant, Business Rates and New Homes Bonuses. Our main grant from Central Government, the Revenue Support Grant (RSG), is being phased out and it will not exist beyond 2018/19. Another significant source of income for the Council, the New Homes Bonus, is also being reviewed by the Government as part of its austerity measures and will reduce, but as yet we do not know by how much.
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