Your Council Working for Swindon 2020 2021 - Swindon Borough Council

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Your Council Working for Swindon 2020 2021 - Swindon Borough Council
Your Council          2020
Working for Swindon   2021
Your Council Working for Swindon 2020 2021 - Swindon Borough Council
Introduction                                                                      A flavour of what we
Welcome to this year’s council tax booklet
                                                                                  delivered last year
which gives an overview of where the Council’s
money comes from and how it is used to serve
Swindon and the borough’s 220,000+ residents.
                                                                                  News
The figures opposite give a sense of the scale
and breadth of council-delivered services.                Councillor
Read on to find out how our efforts are paying
                                                          David Renard              Over 8 million        469 hours a week         580 restaurants and
off to ensure that Swindon continues to thrive            Leader of the Council   waste and recycling     spent keeping the        cafés were inspected
and benefit from well-managed growth,                                                 collections       town centre, car parks       for good hygiene
investment and regeneration. This includes                                                              and public toilets clean
attracting millions of pounds of government
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We are proud that Ofsted rated our Children’s Services as ’Good’ last
year. An ever-increasing level of demand for services to support our
vulnerable children and adult social care means more of our budget is
                                                                                   300 new school         Gritted over 7,000          5,543 school
spent in these areas, accounting for over 80% of the Council's budget
                                                                                   places created           miles of road          admissions managed
this coming year. We also have to meet the ongoing challenge of
providing our services with less money which is why you will see
your council tax bill going up this year.

In the following pages you can find out about the progress made by
the Council last year towards delivering what we said we would back in
2015. I'd welcome your feedback on this booklet via this online survey:
smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ctaxbooklet
                                                                                    1,320 planning       Fixed 6,257 potholes         Issued 1,804
                                                                                     applications            and damaged                 licences
This booklet costs 14p per household to produce. Switch to digital bills today       determined             patches in roads             for taxis
to reduce that cost. Visit swindon.gov.uk/annualreport to find out more.                                     and footpaths
Email customerservices@swindon.gov.uk if you require this booklet in
a different format.
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Overview                                                                          £36m                 £4.3m grant from
                                                                                                       government
                                                                                                                          From you
                                        In recent years the amount of           business                                  (£108.8m council tax)
                                                                                   rates

of the
                                        money we get from government
                                        hasn’t kept pace with demand                                                      From businesses
                                        and the rising cost of services.                                                  (£36m business rates)

Council’s                               In recognition of the demand
                                        pressures facing local authorities,                    Where the
                                                                                                budget
                                                                                                                          Grant from

budget
                                        the Government has given                                                          government
                                        councils an additional social care                      comes                     (£4.3m)
                                        grant for 2020/21 and allowed                            from
                                        councils to raise extra council
                                                                                                                          Total – £149.1m
Our net budget for 2020/21              tax through the adult social care
is £149.1m. This is funded by           precept you will see on your bill.
council taxpayers, a share of the
business rates collected locally        To keep our budget balanced,                               £108.8m
and government grants.                  which is required by law, over                             council tax
                                        the last two years we have saved
We use our budget to provide            £30m. We will have to save a
hundreds of services to the             further £11.3m in 2020/21 to
residents of the borough, some          keep our budget balanced.
of which are seen daily, such                                                                                             Vulnerable adults
as waste collections and road           This year’s average council tax                                 £3.3m
maintenance. Other services often       has increased by 3.99%. This                   £3.5m           £0.2m              Children, families and
go unseen, such as providing            includes a rise of 1.99% for                   £5.7m                              community health services
foster carers for children in crisis,   general funds (which can be                                              £71.9m
                                                                                                                          Waste collections, country
caring for older people, carrying       spent on any service) and 2%                                                      parks and tree maintenance
out food hygiene inspections and        which can only be spent on            £18.1m
supporting rough sleepers.              adult social care.                                                                Economy, skills and libraries
                                                                                               Where the
Over 80% of the budget this year                                                                budget                    Keeping people safe
                                                                                                                          (including community safety,
will be used to help vulnerable
                                        For more detailed                                        goes                     emergency planning and
adults and children. However,
the demand for these statutory          information on your                                                               trading standards)
services continues to increase
meaning a lot less can be spent on
                                        bill please visit:                                                                Highways and buildings

many services residents are used to.    swindon.gov.uk/annualreport              £46.4m                                   Planning, regulatory and
                                                                                                                          heritage services
Your Council Working for Swindon 2020 2021 - Swindon Borough Council
Why do you keep                        How can you afford                   Why don’t you spend
Budget                            building more houses                   to spend millions on                 more money in my
Q&A –                             in the borough?
                                  Swindon needs to build 20,450 new
                                                                         some projects but
                                                                         then reduce other
                                                                                                              local area?
                                                                                                              Many of the services we provide

helping you
                                  homes by 2036 to meet the demand                                            are required by law, such as
                                  of a growing population. House
                                                                         services?                            caring for vulnerable adults and

understand
                                  building targets are set by central    The money we have to spend is        children which takes up over 80%
                                  government and we decide which         split into two main pots which       of our budget. The rest of our

local
                                  sites are available to developers to   have very different rules on how     budget is then spent on a range
                                  build new homes. We make sure          they can be used:                    of different services which are

government
                                  the right infrastructure is in place                                        either prioritised by councillors
                                  first. For example in Wichelstowe,                                          based on need or are split evenly
                                                                         Capital funding
finance
                                  we have led on making sure new                                              across the borough, like waste
                                  roads and community amenities                                               collections. If you identify a
                                                                         Many of our big projects receive
                                  are in place to support thousands                                           priority in your area you can
                                                                         external funding through grants,
                                  of new homes.                                                               speak to your local councillor.
Have you ever wondered why                                               which we work to obtain from
we spend money on certain                                                the government. This money
things and not others?                                                   is often paid as a one-off sum
                                                                         and can only be used on specific
Local government finance can
                                  Why don’t you                          schemes. It cannot be used for
                                                                                                              Why aren't you
be complicated but we want to     spend more                             other services. If we did not        investing more in
be as transparent as possible.                                           bid for this type of funding we
                                  repairing roads?                       would be unable to make these
                                                                                                              the town centre?
We asked local people what they   Funding for roads is partially         big improvements to Swindon.         When it comes to the town centre,
wanted to know and here are       given to us by government,                                                  we play an important role in bidding
the answers to some of the most   while the rest comes from the                                               for government funding to improve
commonly asked questions.         money we have to allocate
                                                                         Revenue funding                      local infrastructure and bringing
                                  across all of our services. This                                            local landowners together to get
                                                                         Our day-to-day spending on other
                                  means our spending on roads is                                              large investment projects underway.
                                                                         services comes from a separate
                                  limited. We maintain 500 miles                                              We help to facilitate and attract
                                                                         pot of money. This is money raised
Got a question                    of road and have just under
                                                                         from council tax, other charges
                                                                                                              new investment into the town
                                  £3m to spend repairing them                                                 centre such as the new Zurich office
about our budget?                 in 2020/21. Councillors have
                                                                         (such as planning applications
                                                                                                              block, while also working to keep
                                                                         and garden waste collections)
Drop us an email at:              also agreed to spend an extra                                               it clean, safe and tidy to make it a
                                                                         and government grants.
communications@swindon.gov.uk     £100k on repairing potholes.                                                welcoming place for people to visit.
Your Council Working for Swindon 2020 2021 - Swindon Borough Council
How you
help                                                                  815                                322
change                                                                Children with additional needs
                                                                      given support and transport to
                                                                                                         Children, who have either
                                                                                                         lost or can no longer live

the lives of
                                                                      school throughout the year.        with their parents, placed
                                                                                                         with foster families.

those most
in need
When you pay your council tax,
you are funding services which
support vulnerable people
                                     988
                                     Older people given daily help
across the town including the
                                     to live independently at home.
elderly, people with disabilities
and children without families.

Without these vital safeguarding
services, which we are required to
provide by law, many adults and
children would not be able to

                                     1,601 2,158 888
live their lives independently
in a supportive environment.

Only a relatively small proportion
of people need these services but
they are incredibly important for
                                     People supported to return       Children and young people          Residential or nursing care
those who depend on them.
                                     home from hospital.              supported with an Education,       placements provided for adults
In 2019, your council tax helped
                                                                      Health and Care Plan to support    who are too vulnerable to live
to provide:
                                                                      their special educational needs.   by themselves.
Your Council Working for Swindon 2020 2021 - Swindon Borough Council
Making our fleet
Taking                                                             sustainable
action to                                                          We are looking to replace our fleet of vehicles
                                                                   with sustainable alternatives. We've already

improve
                                                                   brought in the first four electric vehicles to
                                                                   help reduce our carbon footprint.

our                                                                Powering our facilities
environment                                                        through renewable energy
                                                                   Our solar farm at Barnfield provides 60% of
                                                                   the energy needs of our waste processing
As your local council, we play
                                                                   plant, at Cheney Manor, which turns the
a role in supporting central
                                                                   borough’s non-recyclable waste into an
government to tackle some of
                                                                   alternative to fossil fuels.
the important environmental
issues that affect us all today.

This includes encouraging local
businesses and residents
                                    Using solar                    Electric charging points
to change behaviour, and            energy to power                as standard
making sure the Council is
as environmentally friendly
                                    the borough                    We are looking to introduce a requirement for
                                                                   electric vehicle charging points to be installed
as possible.                        Over the past five years we
                                                                   as part of all new residential developments to
                                    have encouraged investment
                                                                   help encourage electric vehicle use.
We have also committed to           in solar power across the
making the Council and all of its   borough.
assets carbon neutral by 2030
which will be an important step     We set ourselves a target to
in improving our environment.       produce enough renewable       Using LED lighting to
                                    energy every year to power
On this page you will find          the equivalent of every home
                                                                   save energy
some examples of how we are         in the borough. We are up      We're replacing approximately 28,000 street
trying to improve Swindon’s         to 97.5% of that target.       lights which will reduce electricity usage by
environment.                                                       around 65%, saving us almost £800k per year.
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Artist's impression of
                                  Zurich's new office

Regenerating                                                                                                                   Major new
                                                                                                                               office space
our town                                                                                                                       Leading employer Zurich is
                                                                                                                               working with us to build a

centre                                                                                                                         new state-of-the-art office in
                                                                                                                               Swindon’s town centre. This is
                                                                                                                               part of a major development of
                                                                                                                               the site opposite Debenhams.
Our role in improving the town
centre is to use land we own
to encourage redevelopment,
attract external investment for
new development and influence
how other landowners use town
                                      Turning Fleming Way
centre property.                      into a transport hub                          A new theatre, art gallery and museum
                                      We're putting together a business             We are proposing to build a new cultural quarter in the town centre
Here are some of the ways
                                      case to turn Fleming Way into                 to attract investment and provide Swindon with a top class cultural
we’re doing that:
                                      a town centre hub for national                offer. Proposals include redeveloping the Wyvern Theatre and creating
                                      and local bus services, replacing             a new museum and art gallery. We're working with a range of experts,
                                      the old bus station. We are in the            local businesses and community groups to explore how we can
                                      next stage of bidding for a £25m              progress these plans.
                                      grant and expect to hear later this
                                      year if we have secured this.

                                                           Artist’s impression of
                                                                     Fleming Way
                                                                                    Bringing more people
                                                                                    to the town centre
                                                                                    We have agreed a £17m development
                                                                                    of the former Aspen House site,
                                                                                    opposite The Savoy pub in Regent
                                                                                    Street. It will be turned into a Premier
                                                                                    Inn hotel, along with a steakhouse
                                                                                    restaurant, to help bring this area
                                                                                    of the town centre back into use.
Your Council Working for Swindon 2020 2021 - Swindon Borough Council
Protecting                                                                         Keeping
                                             We care about Swindon's rich
                                             heritage so we are working with                                 Wichelstowe tunnel
                                             landowners and investors to

Swindon’s                                                                          Swindon
                                                                                                             A tunnel is being built
                                             protect key heritage buildings. The
                                                                                                             underneath the M4 to
                                             Swindon Heritage Action Zone is
                                                                                                             provide access to the housing

heritage                                                                           moving
                                             bringing additional funding and
                                                                                                             development at Wichelstowe
                                             expertise from Historic England
                                                                                                             and to relieve traffic elsewhere.
                                             to help us deliver these projects.
                                                                                                             The tunnel, known as the
                                                                                                             Wichelstowe Southern Access,
                                             Carriage Works                                                  has been allocated £22.9m
                                             Over £6m is being invested into                                 from the government.
                                             the former GWR Carriage Works,
                                             offering a modern office space
                                             for start-up businesses. The Royal
                                                                                                             Improving
                                             Agricultural University will open                               Mead Way
                                             a Cultural Heritage Institute there
                                                                                                             Improvements will be made to
                                             later this year.
                                                                                                             increase capacity on Mead Way
                                                                                                             to reduce congestion and improve
                                             Health Hydro                                                    journey times in the local area.
                                             We are investing £1.5m to
                                             upgrade the iconic Health Hydro
                                             on Milton Road.
                                                                                                             New Moonrakers
                                                                                                             junction
                        Carriage Works       Corn Exchange                                      Mead Way
                                                                                                             This summer, we will be making
                                             While we don't own the Locarno                                  improvements to Moonrakers
                                             building, we have been in                                       junction to reduce congestion
                                             conversation with the owner over                                following a public consultation
                                             a number of years regarding the                                 last year.
                                             future of this Old Town landmark.

                                             Mechanics’ Institute
                                             We are bringing together local                                  To stay up-to-date with all of our
                                             groups and heritage specialists to                              road improvement schemes,
                                             survey the building and work out                                sign up to Highways News at:
                                             how it can be brought back to life.                             swindon.gov.uk/newsletter
                  Mechanics’ Institute
 Credit: Local Studies (Swindon Libraries)                                             Moonrakers junction
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New                                    White Hart junction
                                       Improvements to this key gateway
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Piccadilly
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           roundabout
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Gablecross roundabout
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              This improvement scheme will

Eastern                                into Swindon include increasing
                                       the number of lanes on the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Capacity will be increased
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           at Piccadilly roundabout, on
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              involve making the roundabout
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              larger and adding traffic signals to

Villages
                                       roundabout and improving slip                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          provide sufficient capacity to cope
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Dorcan Way, by the Messenger
                                       roads. We have received £29m                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           with existing and new demand.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           pub. Changes include wider
                                       of government and developer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            This scheme will receive £8m of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           roads on the approaches and
                                       funding for this scheme.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               investment from government
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           improved road markings.
The New Eastern Villages (NEV)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                and developer funding.
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Your Council Working for Swindon 2020 2021 - Swindon Borough Council
Swindon is                                                                                           Food waste trial
                                                                                                     We are trialling a weekly

recycling
                                                                                                     food waste collection to
                                                                                                     11,000 properties across
                                                                                                     Swindon. Thanks to
                                                                                                     those taking part we have

more
                                                                                                     managed to recycle over
                                                                                                     380 tonnes of food waste so
                                We have made it our mission
                                                                                                     far. A decision will be made
                                to improve Swindon’s recycling
                                                                                                     later this year by Cabinet
                                rate. Thanks to your dedication
                                                                                                     on the future of food waste
                                over the last year we have seen
                                                                                                     collections in Swindon.
                                non-recyclable waste decrease
                                across the borough, which is
                                fantastic news.                   Your recycling guide
                                But we can’t stop there.          Our website has plenty of useful resources to help you
                                In order to meet government       make the most of our waste and recycling services.
                                targets we need you to            If you aren’t sure where to dispose of an item
                                continue recycling as much        you can use our handy A-Z guide. For updates
                 News           of your waste as possible and     on the status of your missed recycling
                                encourage your friends and        collections visit:
                                family to do the same.            swindon.gov.uk/bins

Compulsory recycling                                This
to be enforced in 2020                          booklet is
                                             made from 100%
Last year we made recycling compulsory       recycled paper.
in Swindon. This year, our Waste Wardens      Please recycle
will be out providing support to residents     it after you
who do not recycle. As a last resort, the     have finished
team may be required to issue residents           with it.
with an enforcement notice.
Priority one
Progress                        Improve infrastructure and
                                                                                                    Improving
                                                                                                    Mannington
on our
                                housing to support a growing,
                                low-carbon economy.                                                 roundabout

priorities
                                                                                                    We made upgrades to
                                                                                                    Mannington roundabout to
                                                                                                    improve traffic flow and
                                Building a new                                                      reduce congestion.
We are committed to making
Swindon a fantastic place
                                community in
to live, work and play.         Wichelstowe
                                We are playing a key role in the
Significant progress is being
                                4,000 new homes being built at
made on realising our vision
                                Wichelstowe. We also invested
                                                                   Building affordable
and priorities for Swindon.
Visit swindon.gov.uk/vision
                                £2.5m in restoring part of         homes for
                                the Wilts & Berks Canal and
to find out more.
                                opened a new bridge which
                                                                   vulnerable people
                                connects Waitrose to the new       Our housing company built 14
This is a snapshot of what
                                district centre. September         new adaptable bungalows fitted
we have achieved over
                                2019 also saw the opening of       with specialist equipment to
the last year:
                                a new secondary school, The        help vulnerable adults to lead
                                Deanery Academy.                   independent lives.

                                                                                                    Rejuvenating
                                                                                                    Wellington Street
                                                                                                    This key gateway between
                                                                                                    the railway station and the
                                                                                                    town centre was transformed.
                                                                                                    Improvements included separate
                                                                                                    paths for cyclists and pedestrians
                                                                                                    and a new zebra crossing.
Priority two                           Priority three                    Priority four
Offer education opportunities          Ensure clean and safe streets     Help people to help themselves
that lead to the right skills and      and improve our public spaces     while always protecting our most
right jobs in the right places.        and local culture.                vulnerable children and adults.
                                                                                                               Support for
                                                                                                               rough sleepers
Institute of                           Art on Tour                       Looking after                         Over 25 rough sleepers have
Technology                             We launched a new touring         older people                          been supported back into
                                                                                                               accommodation as a result of our
                                       art exhibition to bring some of
We supported Swindon College                                             Our two care homes, Whitbourne        homelessness support programme.
                                       Swindon’s most treasured pieces
with its successful bid to become                                        House and Fessey House, were          At our last count, the number of
                                       of art to a wider audience.
an Institute of Technology which                                         rated ’Good’ by the Care Quality      homeless people has reduced from
will provide high level technical                                        Commission.                           45 in November 2017 to 20 in
training to more than 1,000            Collecting your                                                         November 2019.
students every year.                   household waste                   Good Ofsted rating
                                                                         Ofsted judged our Children’s
                                                                                                               Beat the Street
School results                         Following improvements, we
                                       successfully completed 99.9%
                                                                         Services department to be             The popular walking, cycling and
                                                                         providing children and families       running game Beat the Street
Improvements were made                 of the 6.8 million kerbside
                                                                         in Swindon with a ’Good’ service,     returned in autumn 2019 and saw
in Maths and English among             waste collections between
                                                                         replacing the previous ’Requires      nearly 26,000 residents clock up
Swindon’s GCSE students. In            April and December 2019.
                                                                         Improvement’ rating from 2015.        an impressive 252,127 miles.
August, 64% of pupils attained a
Grade 4 (equal to the old Grade
C) or above in both subjects,       The Deanery Academy School
compared to 61% in 2018.

New schools
Last September, three new
schools opened in Swindon,
meaning we have secured
over 300 new school places
for children in the borough.

                                                                                                             Children’s Services staff celebrating Ofsted rating
Where your money goes
                Your council tax bill 2020/21

       Where every £1,000 of your council tax goes

       Vulnerable adults ................................................. £482

       Children, families and
       community health services .................................. £311

       Waste collections, country parks
       and tree maintenance ......................................... £121

       Economy, skills and libraries .................................. £38

       Keeping people safe (including
       community safety, emergency
       planning and trading standards) ............................ £24

       Highways and buildings ......................................... £22

       Planning, regulatory and
       heritage services ...................................................... £2

       TOTAL ................................................................ £1,000

       The figures are provided for illustrative purposes. They do not
       include services provided through Housing Revenue Account,
       Dedicated Schools Grant or Public Health Grant as funding
       for these is separate to the general fund services. For further
       information, please search 'open data and transparency' on
       the Council's website.

Information in this booklet correct as of 21/02/2020                        D2812/FOI 4151/20
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