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The Council's Strategic Plan 2012-15

The Council's Strategic Plan

Welcome to Colchester Borough Council's Strategic Plan 2012-15. This Plan was published in February 2012. Our Strategic Plan is the council's most important document because it sets out how we will play our part in making Colchester a place where people want to live, learn, work and visit.


The Strategic Plan 2012-15 has an overarching vision for the borough:

Colchester, the place to live, learn, work and visit


It has a number of broad aims:

Colchester as a vibrant borough with a bright future wants to be known for:

  • Leading for the future
  • Creating opportunities for all its residents
  • Inspiring and innovating
  • Being cleaner and greener
  • Listening and responding.

And a number of priority areas in two categories as below:

Leading our communities

  • Regenerating our borough through buildings, employment, leisure and infrastructure
  • Improving opportunities for local business to thrive including retail
  • Giving local people the chance to improve their skills
  • Promoting sustainability and reducing congestion
  • Showing tolerance and changing behaviours to create better local communities
  • Supporting tourism, heritage and the arts
  • Bringing investment to the borough
  • Working in partnerships to help tackle health and crime issues.

Delivering high quality, accessible services

  • Delivering an efficient benefits service
  • Reducing, reusing and recycling our waste
  • Providing more affordable homes across the borough
  • Improving our streets and local environment
  • Tackling anti-social behaviour and using enforcement to support priorities
  • Enabling local communities to help themselves
  • Supporting more vulnerable groups
  • Providing sport and leisure for all, alongside good quality green spaces and play areas
  • Engaging with the voluntary sector.

These reflect local residents' priorities, and we will continue to listen to what you have to say about what matters to you and your community. 

pdf icon Click here for a copy of the Strategic Plan 2012-15 [3Mb] 

Information about the consultation which was undertaken is show here. with a summary here..

The report which was presented to Council in February 2012 is shown here.

There will be an action plan to go with this to set out our vision, specific actions and outcomes for each priority area.

The action plan is presented to the Cabinet each year. This is a working document, and progress against these actions is reported on a six-monthly basis to the Cabinet and to the Strategic Overview and Scrutiny Panel.

The council prepares and 'equality impact assessment' of policies, procedures and practices which have an impact on local people. This is part of the council's commitment to equality and diversity.

pdf icon Click here to read the equality impact assessment [114kb]

For more details please e-mail strategicplan@colchester.gov.uk