Lancaster City Council's Corporate Plan 2010-13
Lancaster City Council has published its corporate plan for the next three years.
The plan sets out the council’s priorities and how it will deliver them in the context of the current financial climate.
The key priorities for the council over the next three years are:
• Economic regeneration – supporting our economy
• Climate change
• Statutory services – meeting our responsibilities
• Partnership working and community leadership
The details are set out in more detail in the corporate plan, which can be accessed from the council’s website at www.lancaster.gov.uk/corporateplan
Coun Stuart Langhorn, leader of Lancaster City Council, said: “As with all public bodies Lancaster City Council faces a number of enormous challenges with the very real prospect of a reduction in the money we receive from the Government to help run our services.
“Given this context the corporate plan focuses on those areas which we believe that are of the greatest benefit to the community.
“Our challenge now is to ensure that the council is structured in the right way to deliver these priorities, whilst responding to the financial difficulties ahead.
“While much has already been done to achieve this aim, we must and will go further to ensure we continue to provide good value for money services to our communities.
“Striving to be more efficient has already meant some tough decisions and a reluctant acceptance that the city council simply can’t do everything that it currently does.
“We fully appreciate that some of the decisions we have taken, and will continue to take in the coming months and years, may be controversial and disappointing to those who have previously benefited from those services which have been affected.
“These decisions are not taken lightly, but they are necessary given the financial circumstances in which the council, and the country, currently finds itself.”
Date Published: 08/06/10