Lewes corporate plan
Introduction
Our corporate plan reflects what our residents told us is important. It means the work the council is doing in local communities, is the work residents asked us to do.
Introduction from the Leader, Councillor Zoe Nicholson
We have five key areas to focus on over the next four years and in the following pages you can read about the action we are taking and how success will be measured.
We know that providing good quality frontline council services is so important to our residents and visitors to the district. Councils don't receive government funding for these services anymore, so it doesn't get any easier, but we've made big improvements in our customer service, not least in the way we engage with people online.
Top of our list is also continuing to support people who are struggling with the cost of living crisis. We know the most vulnerable people in the district live day to day, often unable to pay their bills, afford the most basic items and worrying about keeping a roof over their heads. During the pandemic we learned a lot about helping people in this situation and I'm most grateful to local charities, voluntary organisations and other council partners for the vital role they play too.
We will also be doubling down on our efforts to tackle the climate and nature emergencies. We have a wide ranging and exciting programme of work ahead of us. The challenge is considerable, but we are making good progress and have a long list of brilliant partners that share our determination to deliver the change that is needed.
Building our Communities' wealth and wellbeing is really important and we know it's making a big difference. It's basically about how we prioritise the local economy in our buying decisions. We want to keep the 'council pound' in the Lewes district, helping local businesses to keep employing local residents. And we want our partners in the district to adopt the same approach.
Providing decent, warm and affordable homes is a top priority for so many. We need more social and affordable homes built in the right place and to high standards, including energy efficiency and climate resilience. Since 2019 we've been bucking the trend by building council homes, but we need more of them that local people can afford. Our four-year target is 500 new affordable and council homes.
In addition to all the above, we will continue to provide good quality frontline council services to our residents and visitors to the district and help make sure our District continues to be a vibrant and attractive place to be.
Our focus
In partnership with you, over the next 4 years we are focusing on:
- Delivering high quality, responsive services to local people
- Supporting local people through challenging times
- Tackling the climate and nature emergencies
- Creating sustainable community wealth
- Building genuinely affordable homes
Here we are setting out our target ambitions for the coming four years. Detailed work programmes will be developed, showing how we will deliver on these ambitions.
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