Colchester City Council

The Strategic Plan 2020-23

Growing a fair economy so everyone benefits

Priorities	Goals
Enable Economic Recovery from Covid-19 ensuring all residents benefit from growth	Ensure our borough becomes stronger post Covid-19 by supporting businesses to recover, adapt and build resilience. Work with partners to facilitate a high skill, high wage, low carbon workforce. Develop opportunities to ensure the new economy is greener, sustainable and more resilient. Work with our partners to enable Colchester town centre to be a more vibrant, resilient and adaptable to future change. Transform the Northern Gateway as a hub for improved wellbeing, physical activity, jobs, housing and renewable energy. Address the inequality of access to Gigabit Broadband in communities. Tackle local skills shortages working with businesses, University of Essex, Colchester Institute and other partners.
Work with partners to deliver a shared vision for a vibrant town	Agree a Town Deal with partners and the Government to attract significant new investment. Collaborate with the town centre Business Improvement District (BID). Continue to regenerate Colchester Town Centre using Council assets, aligned private investment, the Town Deal and Town Investment Plan.
Create an environment that attracts inward investment to Colchester and help businesses to flourish	Ensure our strategy for inclusive economic growth supports the ambitions outlined in the North Essex Growth Strategy, the Local Industrial Strategy and our Town Deal. Ensure a good supply of employment land and premises to attract new businesses and allow existing firms to expand and thrive. Encourage green technologies and innovative solutions to the Climate Emergency. Maximise the Social Value benefits derived from third party contracts. Ensure the Council’s assets continue to contribute to economic growth and opportunity.

Page last reviewed: 28 October 2020