Burnley’s Burnley’sThe community strategy for Burnley 2017-2020 Introduction 2 BURNLEY : the place 3 Our Priority 5 Our Vision 6 PROSPERITY 7 current position 8 achievements and opportunities 9 1 actions 10 PEOPLE 11 current position 12 achievements and opportunities 13 actions 14 PLACE 15 current position 16 achievements and opportunities 17 actions 18 What is BAP 19 Contact 20 building our future together introduction Burnley’s This document helps ensure that the Council has Following a brief summary about the borough, the a clear vision for the future: one that is evidence strategy is divided into three main sections: based, shared by all local delivery partners, and is in tune with the aspirations of local people. It promotes • Prosperity Burnley to external funders and investors as a place This explains how we will grow the that is forward looking with a clear track record in borough’s economy. This is the partnership’s top priority; we believe it delivering transformational change through innovative Introduction 2 and effective local partnership working. underpins all efforts to improve quality of life in the borough. BURNLEY : the place 3 These are challenging times: demand for services Our Priority 5 is rising whilst budgets are being cut, and there is • People considerable uncertainty about the economy. But, as This explains how will be help people lead Our Vision 6 healthier lives and how we will help the next this document makes clear, Burnley Council and its PROSPERITY 7 partners are certain on about what we need to focus generation to realise its potential. current position 8 on to help secure our shared goal- a Burnley that is • Places an even better place in which to live, learn and work. achievements and opportunities 9 This explains how we will improving housing 2 actions 10 Burney Action Partnership (BAP) is committed to and make the neighbourhoods in the achieving a Burnley of which we can all be proud - a borough cleaner, greener and safer. PEOPLE 11 place with a diverse and united community, a modern current position 12 economy, a healthy, safe and clean environment and quality services which work together for the good of Each section will: achievements and opportunities 13 the public. actions 14 • Recall the vision for Burnley. This strategy is about improving life in the borough PLACE 15 • Set out the current position in 2016: the for all: from urban and rural, from Briercliffe to current position 16 challenges we face, the opportunities Dunnockshaw, from Worsthorne to Padiham, from available, and the progress the borough has achievements and opportunities 17 Daneshouse to Burnley Wood. It is for everyone with made. a stake in the future of the Borough. actions 18 • Set out actions we will take towards Local delivery partners are expected to align their What is BAP 19 realising the vision within the next 3 years. plans around the priorities set out in the document. Contact 20 Those plans identify in more detail the skills, resources, actions and incentives required to make the long-term vision a reality. This is the 5th update of Burnley’s Future. building our future together Burnley’s Introduction 2 BURNLEY : the place 3 Our Priority 5 Our Vision 6 PROSPERITY 7 current position 8 achievements and opportunities 9 3 actions 10 PEOPLE 11 current position 12 achievements and opportunities 13 actions 14 PLACE 15 the place current position 16 achievements and opportunities 17 The borough of Burnley is situated in Lancashire, There are two main urban settlements, focused actions 18 21 miles north of Manchester and 20 miles east on Burnley and Padiham and a number of small of Preston and covers an area of 11072 hectares villages and hamlets in the rural area. Coal Clough What is BAP 19 (42 square miles). It has a compact urban area wind farm, which is visible from many parts of Contact 20 stretching along the two river valleys of the Brun Burnley dominates the skyline to the south east of and Calder, and is surrounded by open countryside the town while, nearby, the landmark panopticon, with the South Pennines to the east and the the Singing Ringing Tree, overlooks the town from gritstone outcrop of Pendle Hill dominating the the hills at Crown Point. northern skyline. building our future together Burnley’s Introduction 2 BURNLEY : the place 3 Our Priority 5 Our Vision 6 PROSPERITY 7 current position 8 achievements and opportunities 9 4 actions 10 PEOPLE 11 Burnley is a significant town in Lancashire, and areas, such as the borough’s fine formal parks. current position 12 along with Blackburn, Blackpool and Preston, is one achievements and opportunities 13 of the key centres for shopping, leisure, services Some parts of the borough exhibit social-economic and public administration in the county. It serves trends which are commonly characteristic of actions 14 metropolitan inner areas. The borough is continuing a wide catchment that includes parts of Pendle, PLACE 15 Rossendale and Calderdale. to address challenges in relation to educational attainment, poor health, and low housing values. current position 16 Padiham town centre is much smaller, reflecting its achievements and opportunities 17 role as a market town with a local retailing function The local economy has a significant reliance on that serves a wide rural hinterland. the manufacturing sector, whose performance is actions 18 generally strong. Business start-ups are at a healthy What is BAP 19 Much of the borough’s character and distinctiveness level, as is their survival rate. Whilst the borough today derives, not only from its attractive Pennine has a high level of benefit dependency, the overall Contact 20 setting, but also from its development during the outlook for the resilience and competitiveness of Industrial Revolution. This gave the inner parts of the economy is a healthy one, with the proportion of the urban area their distinctive terraces, built of local private sector jobs growing at a faster rate than the stone in grid-iron street patterns, close not only to national average in recent years. dominating mill buildings but also to attractive open building our future together Our top priority Burnley’s EDUCATION Underpinning the whole approach to addressing this socio-economic context is the recognition that educational attainment Introduction 2 and skills development, in support of the current and future labour market, is our BURNLEY : the place 3 number one priority. To this extent, the Our Priority 5 borough has undergone a comprehensive Our Vision 6 renewal of its educational infrastructure over the last 10 years. This encompasses nursery, PROSPERITY 7 primary, secondary, further and higher current position 8 education. achievements and opportunities 9 5 This agenda is unconditionally supported by actions 10 local business, all arms of the public sector and the voluntary, community & faith sector. PEOPLE 11 current position 12 achievements and opportunities 13 actions 14 PLACE 15 current position 16 achievements and opportunities 17 actions 18 What is BAP 19 Contact 20 building our future together our vision Burnley’s In 2032: The borough is a place of choice. Its excellent road The borough is a desirable place to live offering and rail links to Manchester, Preston and Leeds and a choice of affordable high quality homes as well its attractive countryside setting have encouraged as a diverse range of high quality, employment people to remain and to move into the borough. opportunities. The Burnley Bridge Business Park, It is a place where businesses want to invest the Knowledge Park and a vibrant cultural and because of its skilled workforce, entrepreneurial educational offer have secured Burnley’s reputation culture, its competitive highly productive economy as an important employment centre for Pennine Introduction 2 and its reputation for advanced manufacturing Lancashire. Education and training has been key BURNLEY : the place 3 and engineering. Burnley town centre has firmly to this. The borough has established itself as a hub established itself as a vibrant retail and service of educational excellence with attainment levels Our Priority 5 centre for much of Pennine Lancashire. It is above the national average and quality training Our Vision 6 complemented by the more specialist independent and apprenticeship opportunities at the secondary PROSPERITY 7 retail and leisure offer provided by the attractive schools, Burnley colleges and the University of historic market town of Padiham. Central Lancashire. current position 8 achievements and opportunities 9 The borough’s rich industrial heritage and attractive 6 countryside and recreational offer have helped it actions 10 become firmly established as a prime residential PEOPLE 11 location. The Leeds & Liverpool Canal is now current position 12 flanked, in the regenerated Weavers’ Triangle, by contemporary houses and bars. Fine historic achievements and opportunities 13 parks form part of a well-connected network of actions 14 greenspaces, including the Brun Valley Forest Park, linked to the wider countryside and the South PLACE 15 Pennine uplands. This network has significantly current position 16 improved the health and wellbeing of residents and achievements and opportunities 17 the quality of the environment, extended the range of visitor opportunities and helped Burnley adapt to actions 18 climate change. The borough’s heritage is a source What is BAP 19 of pride that runs alongside the celebration of the Contact 20 multicultural and diverse nature of its communities that