SLP KDBH Extracts - Flipbook - Page 23
Vision
Council Plan (2020 to 2025)
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The Council Plan (July 2020) sets out the Council’s direction in the five year period to 2025.
It is a basis for engagement with Solihull residents and businesses and is therefore a good
starting point to develop a vision that can be used to shape the local plan. The Council Plan
vision is one:
‘Where everyone has an equal chance to be healthier, happier, safer and more
prosperous through growth that creates opportunities for all’.
40.
The Plan has been developed in the context of the Solihull Health and Wellbeing Strategy
and the Covid-19 Economic Recovery Plan.
41.
The basis of the Plan is that economic development, environmental sustainability and health
and wellbeing must move forward together so that sustainable inclusive economic growth
and opportunity for all can be realised.
42.
The Plan identifies five building blocks of inclusive economic growth:
Building a vibrant economy (including social economy),
Promoting and delivering social value
Enabling communities to thrive
Actioning the Council’s climate change declaration
Improving skills and access to good work.
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Everything that the Council does aims to contribute to one or more of these. The Council
Plan identifies a number of priorities and component activities to be done by 2025. The
local plan makes a contribution (at least in part) to the following priorities.
Economy
Revitalising our towns and local centres
UK Central (UKC) and maximising the opportunities of HS2
Increase the supply of housing, especially affordable and social housing
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The outcomes from this will be that town and local centres have stable or growing
economies, people, business and the environment benefit from UKC and HS2, including
increased access to good work, and there is more affordable and environmentally
sustainable housing.
Environment
Enhance Solihull’s natural environment
Improve Solihull’s air quality
Reduce Solihull’s net carbon emissions
45.
The outcomes from these activities will include an enhanced, well connected natural
environment, more people walking, cycling and using public transport, improvement in air
quality with clear progress toward achieving net zero carbon – the Council by 2030 and the
Borough by 2041.
People and Communities
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