The Strategic Plan 2020-23

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Delivering homes for people who need them

Priorities Goals
Increase the number, quality and types of homes​
  • Deliver 30% affordable housing across all our own housing sites.
  • Deliver 380 affordable homes.
  • Improve existing Council homes to keep them in good repair and improve energy efficiency​.
  • Build new Council homes for our residents​.
  • Ensure all new homes are designed to a high quality across all tenures​.
  • Continue to improve and modernise available housing for older people​.
Prevent households from experiencing homelessness​
  • Work with partners to Implement the 2020-23 Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy action plan​.
  • Intervene early to prevent homelessness and work in partnership with other organisations to sustain people's accommodation​.
  • Tackle rough sleeping​ in the borough.
Create new communities and adopt a new Local Plan that delivers jobs, homes and the infrastructure to meet the borough’s future needs
  • Create a Development Plan Document for Tendring Colchester Borders Garden Community.
  • Establish a Delivery Vehicle and investment package for the next phase of the Tendring Colchester Borders Garden Community.
  • Develop the Colchester Northern Gateway as a sustainable place to live, work and play​.
  • Ensure the Council has a good supply of land available for new homes​ and business.
  • Create great places to live through the provision of new homes with infrastructure and facilities that support sustainable living and promote health and wellbeing.

Page last reviewed: 28 October 2020