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2018-2022 BUSINESS PLAN Refreshed February 2020 Healthy Cornwall Homes for Cornwall Green and prosperous Cornwall Connecting Cornwall Democratic Cornwall www.cornwall.gov.uk
Our commitment for Cornwall We all love Cornwall. Our countryside, coastline and culture are the envy of the world and every year we are the destination of choice for around five million visitors. But Cornwall faces continued economic uncertainty, And we are proud that during the last ten years of cuts cost money, but will also require the support of coupled with a rising demand for services we provide. from central Government, we have transformed our residents, businesses and national Government. That puts real strain on the services we deliver and children’s services to “outstanding”, making Cornwall means that we have to plan carefully for our future. We will continue our fight for fairer funding from Council’s services the best in the South West, and in Westminster, standing up for Cornwall and demanding With help from our residents we have set clear the top 10% nationally our residents enjoy the same opportunities and priorities for Cornwall. We put people at the heart of However the demand for our services is rising as benefits as those living in cities across the UK. every decision we take, using our resources wisely to more residents come to rely on our adult social care protect and enhance our unique environment, create services, and more children than ever need the social more jobs and homes and ensure everyone can live well and safely together. care we provide. Our promise This business plan sets out how we will do it. Our workforce includes firefighters, lifeguards, What comes next conservationists, care workers, transport operators, housing oficers, animal health inspectors, trading What we have done This year, the Government is committing to only one year of funding instead of four. We have less money standards oficers to name only a few. They are one of Cornwall’s largest workforces - and they work for you. During the years of austerity, we have revolutionised for local services than we did ten years ago. So we are Together, we will do all we can to ensure the services the way we work as a council, allowing us to make planning against a backdrop of ever more financial that matter to you are maintained and protected for £380million of savings, while protecting the services uncertainty. one and all. that people have told us are most important – such as We’ve also put in place one of the most radical action providing care for the elderly, more homes and jobs plans in the country to tackle the climate emergency. for local people, and keeping Cornwall’s roads in good repair. We are proud of our ambition to make Cornwall carbon neutral by 2030. This includes planting We have worked with communities to deliver better an 8,000 hectare ‘Forest for Cornwall’, retrofitting local library services, community spaces and leisure homes to make them energy eficient, and improving services, which are valued by the people who footpaths and cycle ways to help residents cut down Julian German, use them. on short car journeys. This vital work will not only Leader of Cornwall Council 2 Business Plan 2018 - 2022
Agan arwostel rag Kernow Kernow a geryn ni oll. Agan powdir, arvor ha gonisogeth yw avi a’n bys ha pub bledhen pennhyns a dhewis on ni rag a-dro dhe bymp milvil godrigoryon. Mes yma ansurneth erbysiethek didorr a-dherag Ha gothus on ni dres an deg bledhen yw passys trolerghow ha hynsow diwros dhe weres trigoryon Kernow, koplys gans gorholedh ow kressya rag a droghow a’n Governans kresel, y treusfurvsyn dhe treghi niver a viajys berr yn karr. Ny vydh an ober gonisyow a brovyn. Henn a worr tennans war’n agan gonisyow fleghes dhe ‘dha dres eghen’, ow kul essensek ma marnas kost, mes y fydh edhomm a gonisyow a dhelivryn ha styrya bos edhomm dhyn gonisyow Konsel Kernow an gwella y’n Soth West, hag skoodhyans an drigoryon, negysyow ha Governans towlenna gans rach rag agan termyn a dheu. y’n ughella 10% yn kenedhlek. kenedhlek. Gans gweres agan trigoryon ni re settyas ragwiryow Byttegyns, yma gorholedh rag agan gonisyow owth Ni a wra pesya agan omladh rag arghasans ewnna a kler rag Kernow. Ni a worr tus orth kolon a bub ynkressya ha moy a drigoryon a dheu dhe fydhya yn Westminster, ow sevel yn-bann rag Kernow hag erghi ervirans a wren, ow kul devnydh agan asnodhow yn agan gonisyow tevesikwith socyal, ha moy a fleghes agan trigoryon dhe omlowenhe an keth chonsow ha fur dhe witha ha gwellhe agan kerghynnedh dibarow, ages bythkweyth a’s teves edhomm an gwith socyal a lesow ha’n re usi ow triga yn citys a-dreus an RU.. gwruthyl moy a sodhow ha trevow ha surhe pubonan brovyn. dhe allos bewa yn ta hag yn salow warbarth. An towl negys ma a dhisplet fatel a wren ni y wul. Agan ambos Pyth a dheu nessa Agan mayni a syns ynno tangasoryon, gwithysi An pyth re wrussyn An vledhen ma, yma’n Governans owth omres dhe unn vledhen a arghasans hepken yn le a beder. Ni sawya, gwithoryon, mayni gwith, oberoryon karyans, sodhogyon anedhyans, hwithroryon yeghes enyvales, a’gan beus le a arghans rag gonisyow leel ages dell sodhogyon savonow kenwerth dhe henwel marnas Dres an vledhynnyow dibalster, ni re dhomhwelas an esa dhyn nans yw deg bledhen. Rakhenna yth eson nebes. I yw onan a’n brassa mayni Kernow - hag i a fordh ni dhe oberi avel konsel, orth agan gasa dhe wul ni ow towlenna erbynn kilva a brest moy ansurneth ober ragowgh. Warbarth, ni a wra oll a yllyn dhe surhe £380milvil a erbys, yn unn witha an gonisyow tus dhe arghansel. bos an gonisyow yw posekka dhywgh mantenys ha leverel dhyn bos an posekka - kepar ha provia gwith gwithys rag onan hag oll. rag an re goth, moy a drevow ha sodhow rag tus leel, Ni re worras yn le onan a’n radikalla towl gwrians y’n ha gwitha fordhow Kernow yn studh da. pow dhe strivya erbynn an goredhom an hin. Ni re oberas gans kemenethow dhe dhelivra gonisyow Gothus on ni a’gan ughelhwans dhe wul Kernow lyverva leel gwell, spasow kemeneth ha gonisyow karbon heptu erbynn 2030. Hemm a wra synsi ynno diskwithans, yw talvesys gans an dus a wra aga plansa ‘Koos Rag Kernow’ a 8,000 hectar, kilwul Julian German, devnydh. trevow dh’aga gul nerth efeythus, ha gwellhe Ledyer an Konsel Business Plan 2018 - 2022 3
Our priorities for Cornwall We will work with the people of Cornwall and use our resources wisely to protect and enhance our unique environment, create more homes and jobs for our residents, and ensure everyone can live well and safely together. Our values Our aims We listen: we will work with the people of Cornwall Ensure everyone can live well and safely together We are responsible: we will use resources wisely Create more homes and jobs for residents We act in the best interests of Cornwall: putting Protect and enhance the environment people first 4 Business Plan 2018 - 2022
Our five priority areas are: Green and Healthy Homes for prosperous Connecting Democratic Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Better health Provide 1,000 Use Council land to Improve sea, road, rail, Communicate better for everyone. homes through the create jobs. air and bus networks. with our communities. Protect and Council. Invest in skills Link bus and rail Lobby for fair funding. improve the lives of Raise standards of required by current timetables, ferries and vulnerable adults. privately rented homes. and future employers. the airport. To seek further Provide care for More apprenticeships. devolution from hospital leavers (less Bring empty properties Give communities Whitehall to Cornwall back into use. Pay the Living Wage more influence to and within the Duchy. time in hospital). Foundation living wage. improve roads. Increase the aspirations Support Land Trusts Reduce waste by Make Cornwall for our young people. and other providers to increasing reuse and Enhance Brexit ready. Children are healthy, deliver homes. recycling. broadband and mobile connectivity. Strengthen local safe and protected from Support the Lobby to protect democracy, local harm. development of residents impacted by decision making and Fewer children welfare reform. renewable energy and local service delivery. living in poverty. environmental growth. Fewer people living Aspiring to a clean in fuel poverty. Cornwall that residents and visitors are proud of. Health, Transport and Devolution Environment, social care Homes connectivity and localism and families growth and jobs Business Plan 2018 - 2022 5
Using our resources wisely We have an annual budget of £1 We don’t get all the money from council tax billion which we use to deliver services to more than half a million 1% comes from other sources residents and over five million including investment income visitors a year. 30% comes We manage 10,000 hectares of 9% comes from from Council land, employ more than 5,500 staf the services we tax and support many more local jobs charge for, like through our contracts with local planning, licensing businesses. Using our resources and parking wisely to deliver value for Cornwall is one of our core values. 41% comes from the Government but the majority of this can only be used for specific 19% comes services like schools, from Business housing benefit and Rates public health 6 Business Plan 2018 - 2022
For every £100 we receive to fund services, we spend: £25 £24 £13 caring for adults who need helping children and young people on housing benefit for people on low our help get the best start in life they can incomes, helping to prevent homelessness £10 £9 £6 £4 planning and building new collecting rubbish and fixing and maintaining running the Council and afordable homes for local recycling, and looking afer our roads, street lighting, and holding elections people, investing in Cornwall’s countryside, parks and beaches on public transport economic growth, major road schemes, schools and buildings £3 £3 £2 £1 on fire and rescue services, helping people keep well on online services to improve to run libraries, registration fighting and preventing and stay healthy customer access and ofer services and maintaining fires and keeping our diferent ways for residents trading standards communities safer to contact us Business Plan 2018 - 2022 7
The financial journey so far c £440m d an savings em More people are using our services, and c £420m t /d ion ures Infa press the costs of delivering those services have savings £m increased, as the dotted line on the chart 900 em an d /d shows. At the same time, the amount ion ures t Infa press c £350m of grant that Cornwall gets from the 800 savings Government has gone down. ma nd 700 n/de s io ure Since its creation in 2009 Cornwall Council t Infa press has delivered around £380 million of 600 Govt grant £97m eficiencies and savings to bridge the gap Govt grant £104m 500 between rising costs and demand for Govt grant Govt grant £48m Business rates services, and falling Government funding. 400 £364m Business rates £146m £155m £30m of these were delivered in 2018- Business rates £184m 2020. A further £40m savings are needed 300 by 2022. 200 Council tax Council tax £347m We pass much of our gross budget straight Council tax Council tax £292m £325m £197m on to schools and to fund housing benefit, 100 so when we look at our spending for the next four years, we focus on our net 2009/10 2018/19 2021/22 2023/24* budget which is mainly funded from business rates and council tax. * The Council’s MTFP looks four years ahead. 8 Business Plan 2018 - 2022
What are we going to do? We are determined to improve life chances for everyone in Cornwall and to close the gap for the most vulnerable members of our communities. This commitment underpins How will we all our priorities in this plan. We will: measure success? allocate money to the areas that matter most to people, including spending % of residents satisfied with the way that more on caring for vulnerable adults, building more afordable homes, and the Council runs things. making sure more people across Cornwall are paid a decent wage. % of residents who agree the Council invest in Cornwall’s future growth and prosperity by creating homes and jobs for our residents, our Devolution Deal with Government means we will keep local provides value for money. business rates, so their taxes will now benefit Cornwall rather than Whitehall. % of Council spend with local businesses. continue to find savings and eficiencies, and deliver more services jointly with our partners and through other organisations. For instance, we now have No slippage in our investment and savings a charitable social enterprise running the Council’s leisure facilities which is plans beyond agreed tolerances. improving services for residents as well as saving £3.5 million every year. invest in commercial opportunities that bring extra money into Cornwall to help fund local services. We were amongst the first in the country to create council owned companies that can trade and bring money into Cornwall. Our group of companies also manage major projects to create more homes and jobs. increase the amount we spend with local businesses and use our contracting power for the benefit of our communities wherever possible. Business Plan 2018 - 2022 9
Healthy Homes for Green and Connecting Democratic prosperous Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Our priorities for 2018-2022 Deliver better health Increase the aspirations for outcomes for everyone. our young people. Ensure people are able to Protect children from the risk leave hospital, once they are of harm. well enough, with the right Promote children’s physical care in place. and mental health. Protect and improve Reduce child poverty. the lives of our Increase the number of people vulnerable adults. taking outdoor physical activity. It is estimated that Healthy by 2028 there will be 45,000 An estimated 8,000 Cornwall more people in Cornwall, with greatest growth amongst the youngest and oldest who rely on our services most children in Cornwall live in families People have told us that local health services are their where there is top priority for Cornwall1. We will work with our NHS domestic violence2 partners to improve health and care for adults and of death and disabilty in make sure Cornwall’s children’s services are best in 75% Cornwall is due to health conditions that can result from five class. We know good health is about more than just lifestyle factors (smoking, alcohol, physical services. Our lifestyles, environment, homes and inactivity, diet and social isolation)3 communities are also important. 10
Healthy Homes for Green and Connecting Democratic prosperous Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall What are we going to do? Our children and family services are rated in the top 10% of children’s Early Help Hub Case services in the country from Ofsted. Cornwall’s pioneering integrated study We will work with our health partners Scilly to stay as healthy as possible for multi agency Early Help Hub to improve outcomes for Cornwall’s as long as possible, support people provides a single point of contact for children and families, particularly the to help themselves and each other so information, advice and guidance for increasing number living in poverty. This they stay independent and well in their children, young people and families. stage and a speedy response, which programme of work, called ‘One Vision,’ community, and provide services that Stafed by professionals from both ofen stops a problem becoming more brings together a range of people and everyone can be proud of and reduce health and social care services, the established. services to help ensure every child the cost overall. Hub is dedicated to quickly assessing The work of the Hub has been widely and young person can be safe, healthy any problem afecting a child or young praised, with 82% of parents and carers We will provide an extra £14 million and have equal chances in accessing person and ensuring they connect with who had accessed the service, saying funding to care for vulnerable adults. all available opportunities to achieve the right support. The Hub’s success is they were satisfied or very satisfied Our public health service will promote brighter futures. based on sharing information at an early with the service they had received. wellbeing and invest in helping people We know NHS and Council services of all ages to stay healthy for longer. need to be more joined up. In particular, our adults’ services face challenges. Our fire and rescue service works Success measures closely with other blue light services to Reduce the number of people staying in hospital longer than they need to While people in Cornwall live longer on help everyone in Cornwall live well and because of delays in providing care. average than elsewhere, they spend safely together, as well as providing Increase the proportion of working aged adults with a learning disability in less of their lives in good health. We will an efective response in emergencies. paid employment. work with our NHS partners to make We were first in the country to employ sure people get the health and care Reduce the need for admission to care homes for older people and younger tri-service oficers so that our rural services they need. This programme of adults with disabilities. communities have paramedic, policing work is called ‘Shaping our Future’. It will % of users who are satisfied with the Council’s children and family services. and fire support from a local oficer. help people in Cornwall and the Isles of Increase the number of disadvantaged young people in Cornwall who achieve a good GCSE pass in Maths and English, compared with all young While people in Cornwall live longer people in England. Reduce the number of children living in poverty whose families benefit on average than elsewhere, they spend from our services. less of their lives in good health Investment: £581m Capital: £77m Savings: £ 45m Business Plan 2018 - 2022 11
Healthy Homes for Green and Connecting Democratic prosperous Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Our priorities for 2018-2022 Provide 1,000 homes Bring empty properties back through the Council. into use. Raise the standards of Lobby to protect residents private rented homes. impacted by welfare reform. Support the community Reduce the number of land trusts and housing people who have to spend associations to deliver more than 10% of their homes in Cornwall. income to heat their homes. Average 36% Homes for of homes are in poor house price in Cornwall condition, linked 9x Cornwall to poor health and increased costs to the average the NHS5 wage6 Residents have told us that afordable, decent homes are one of the most important issues 13.2% 9,300 of households are for Cornwall4. We will build more homes that in fuel poverty and households need a people can aford to rent or buy and make sure struggle to aford to home and are on our heat their homes8 housing register7 that new developments protect and enhance our environment. 12
Healthy Homes for Green and Connecting Democratic prosperous Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall What are we going to do? Cornwall needs well planned growth. We will use our Local Plan, and No first night out Case communities’ own neighbourhood plans, to make sure development in Nos Da Kernow (No First Night Out) study Cornwall meets local needs and respects our local environment. project brings partners together to prevent people like Dave We need 12,000 new homes over the We are preventing homelessness rough sleeping. period 2018-2022 to meet growing through partnerships such as ‘No local demand for housing. We will work First Night Out’, which helps those Dave fell into rent arrears afer losing with housing associations and other facing pressures that would tip them his job and was at serious risk of having developers to support them to build into rough sleeping. Thanks to the to sleep rough. Nos Da Kernow (No more homes, and 1,000 homes will also Rough Sleeper Reduction Strategy we First Night Out) arranged for £300 of the arrears to be paid of by a charity be provided through the council. have fewer people sleeping rough in and then put together a manageable Joined up support Cornwall. Increasing the number of homes for repayment plan for Dave to re-pay the is already making rent is also important, so we will help charity. The landlord was happy with bring empty properties back into use. this arrangement and Dave was able to a difference to people We will also work with private landlords stay in his home. like Dave. to improve private rented homes and prosecute landlords who don’t meet their responsibilities. Too many existing homes are in poor condition or hard to heat, which impacts Success measures on people’s health and increases costs to the NHS. We will fund work to make Number of new homes provided through the Council. vulnerable residents’ homes cheaper to Number of homeless preventions. heat. We are also the landlord for over 10,000 social homes and we will reinvest Number of long term empty properties brought back in to use. their rents to improve quality. Number of homes that cost less to heat as a result of our investment. People have told us that more decent, affordable housing is one of Investment: £173m Capital: £431m their top three priorities for Cornwall. Savings: £4m Business Plan 2018 - 2022 13
Healthy Homes for Green and Connecting Democratic prosperous Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Our priorities for 2018-2022 Use Council land to create jobs, as Increase the number of part of our plan to secure 38,000 apprenticeships for people new jobs across Cornwall by 2030. in Cornwall. Ensure people in Cornwall are Invest across Cornwall to create jobs, trained with the skills that provide homes and improve lives. our current and future Reduce waste by increasing reuse employers need. and recycling. Use our contracts to ensure more Become a leader in environmental people working in Cornwall are growth and renewable energy. paid a genuine living wage. Continue to support, fund and celebrate Cornish heritage and culture. The average annual Green and wage is around £5,000 prosperous less than the national average9 37% Cornwall of our annual electricity consumption is Our productivity is We will protect and enhance our unique generated from environment and provide more jobs for 69% of the UK Cornwall’s renewable electricity capacity people in Cornwall. average10 14
Healthy Homes for Green and Connecting Democratic prosperous Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall What are we going to do? Over the last seven years, earnings in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly have Growth and Skills Hub gone up. More people than ever have NVQ Level 4+ qualifications. We have improved faster than the rest of England in these areas. The Growth and Skills Hub helps businesses work smarter and Case However, the average annual wage thrive through access to support, study in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly is skills and training. still over £5,000 less than elsewhere in England. Our productivity per job The hub ofers free, impartial and continues to be lower, with a widening independent business and skills gap between us and the rest of advice to help turn ideas and plans the country.11 into actions. The hub helps local businesses grow For example, as a result of a Growth by identifying opportunities such as We will create more jobs and increase Hub referral for an engineering funding, coaching, apprenticeships or local wages, so that residents can enjoy business, they were awarded a help with sales, marketing, leadership better living standards and people Our natural environment makes grant towards the cost of specialist and management. Support to start-up can build long-term careers here in Cornwall a fantastic place to live for machinery which resulted in the a business is also available. Cornwall. We will play our part as an over half a million people. It brings creation of two new jobs. www.ciosgrowthhub.com employer by paying Foundation Living about 5 million staying visitors to Wage, as well as investing in creating Cornwall each year, adding £1.86 and growing local businesses, and using billion to the local economy and Council land to create jobs. supporting one in five local jobs12. Success measures Cornwall is rich in renewable energy Our residents need good homes and sources, and we have made major jobs, along with the clean streets, % increase in average weekly earnings. investments in wave and geothermal well maintained roads, leisure % of planning appeals successfully defended. energy projects. We are fast becoming attractions and retail facilities, which a leader in renewable energy, which is are also important to visitors. Our % of Cornwall’s household waste sent for reuse, recycling and composting. also helping to create jobs. However, we Environmental Growth Strategy will need to improve our waste and recycling ensure development that meets these Number of spaces benefiting from environmental growth funding or rates, which are worse than many other needs also protects and enhances activities (including the Green Infrastructure for Growth Fund and Grow areas of the country. our environment. Nature Seed Fund). We are fast becoming a leader in renewable energy, which is Investment: £128m Capital: £338m also helping to create jobs. Savings: £ 9m Business Plan 2018 - 2022 15
Healthy Homes for Green and Connecting Democratic prosperous Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Our priorities for 2018-2022 Improve sea, road, rail, air and Create an integrated bus networks, working with transport system, linking our partners. main line bus and rail Give communities more timetables, ferries and influence over funding to Cornwall Newquay airport. improve roads. Provide better broadband and mobile connectivity for businesses and people. 92% We maintain over Connecting of premises now have 4,712 access to miles of roads from major roads to narrow Cornwall 30+Mbps superfast country lanes13 broadbands14 Our location and geography increases the importance Around of Cornwall having efective connections, including all forms of transport and the internet. Whether you are 17% of households 460,000 passengers passed living, visiting or working in Cornwall, it is important for have no car in through Cornwall people, places and services to be connected, within the Cornwall15 Newquay airport county and to other parts of the world, and even beyond last year with our ambition to build a Spaceport. 16
Healthy Homes for Green and Connecting Democratic prosperous Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall What are we going to do? We want to encourage more people to use less polluting options Strategic link to travel around Cornwall. Case Our devolution deal means we will strengthened study create the first fully integrated public One of Cornwall’s most important transport system outside of a big city. strategic routes was transformed by This will provide a cleaner, greener and the Council as the four lanes of dual more eficient way to travel, including carriageway between Temple and the Cornish equivalent of London’s Higher Carblake opened in Oyster card which can be paid for with July 2017. cash or our new contactless This scheme is expected to bring more payment system. than £134 million into the Cornish We will enhance Cornwall’s road economy each year, and play a key role network with major schemes like in the future prosperity of Cornwall. dualling the 8.7 mile stretch of single carrigeway on the A30 between Carland The new dual carriageway has improved traffic Cross and Chiverton. The Council remains committed to upgrading the flows, road safety and reliable journey times. A38 and will continue to urge Highways We recognise that parking is an England to provide substantial investment to enhance this key strategic important issue for residents and will develop a new parking strategy to Success measures link. We will also maintain our vast support the sustainability of our town Number of passenger journeys in Cornwall across all network of rural roads efectively, centres and improve the quality of our transport modes: bus; rail; air and ferry. including repairing potholes, and report environment. And for those who wish back to you promptly when you tell us to walk and cycle in Cornwall, we are % of reported potholes (and other category 1 highway safety about highways maintenance issues. creating safe environments to support defects) repaired within 48 hours for strategic and urban Our devolution active healthy lifestyles. roads, and 72 hours for rural roads. deal means we The internet is important to businesses Number of premises with superfast broadband coverage. and residents alike in Cornwall. We are will create the first supporting the rollout of Superfast fully integrated public Broadband to make Cornwall and the Investment: £107m Capital: £361m transport system outside Isles of Scilly among the best digitally of a big city. connected places in the world. Savings: £ 8m Business Plan 2018 - 2022 17
Healthy Homes for Green and Connecting Democratic prosperous Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Our priorities for 2018-2022 Communicate better with our communities. Seek further devolution from Whitehall to Cornwall. Lobby for fairer funding for Cornwall. Make Cornwall Brexit ready. Strengthen local democracy, local decision making and local service delivery. 40% Over Democratic of residents live in small settlements of 300 libraries and community Cornwall less than 3,00016 facilities are run locally People have told us that they are not always well informed about Council services or able to Cornwall has among the highest volunteering rates in the country influence local decisions. We are determined to - about listen to people, act in their best interests, and 1 in 3 people17 give them a greater say in decisions. 18
Healthy Homes for Green and Connecting Democratic prosperous Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall What are we going to do? Cornwall is a large county, with 40% of people living in small settlements St Austell Case of less than 3,000. Our strong, distinctive local communities are the backbone of Cornwall. takes control study We provide 21 Information Services additional funding, provided 78 new (previously one-stop-shops) in local buses, 255 new homes and support for In a ground-breaking devolution communities so people can talk to us over 11,000 local businesses to grow. deal, Cornwall Council has face to face when they need to. We will transferred a number of important Our fire and rescue service is using help more people get online, so they local community sites to St Austell the advantages of being part of These transfers follow the devolution of can attend Council meetings, have a say Town Council to secure their future Cornwall Council to create greater allotments and public conveniences to on key issues and access our services. for local residents and visitors. community resilience and strengthen the Town Council, and more recently the We will use our 19 community network The ‘total place’ devolution package devolution of St Austell Library, Priory and empower hundreds of local panels to give people more influence includes 39 diferent areas of public Car park and The House Youth Centre - communities across Cornwall. over decisions, such as how money open space, such as Poltair Park all part of Cornwall Council’s devolution to improve their local roads is spent. We will stand up for Cornwall and and Truro Road Park, as well as programme ofering local councils and We will empower communities to run lobby for more money and powers to responsibility for grass cutting communities the opportunity to take on more libraries locally and bring other be devolved, so we can continue to and planting on highway verges, services, ofen enabling a better level of community facilities back under local prosper as Britain leaves the European roundabouts and closed churchyards. local service provision. control. Union. We are working closely with local partners to speak with one voice Cornwall is the only rural authority to to Government because we know that have a devolution deal, which gives we can achieve more for Cornwall Success measures us more money and powers from together. Government. So far, our deal has given % of residents who say we got everything right first time with us local control over £568 million of regards to their most recent contact with the Council. Number of libraries run locally and other community facilities - We will help including public realm assets - that are back under local control. more people get % of residents who agree the Council is campaigning and online, so they can attend standing up for Cornwall. Council meetings, have a say on key issues and Investment: £72m Capital: £57m access our services. Savings: £14m Business Plan 2018 - 2022 19
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