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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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prosperous
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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
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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
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prosperous
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 19If you would like this information in another format or
language please contact us:
Cornwall Council, County Hall, Treyew Road, Truro TR1 3AY
Email: equality@cornwall.gov.uk www.cornwall.gov.uk
Telephone: 0300 1234 100
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