2 Policy Context
2.1 Our Corporate Objectives
Four objectives set the long term direction of the Council for the next 5-10 years.
OBJECTIVE 1:
HIGH QUALITY, ACCESSIBLE, VALUE FOR MONEY SERVICES
THE VISION
The Council will work to ensure that it provides the services that people expect, delivered in a way that is convenient and relevant to their needs. The Council’s aim is that people should be able to contact the Council in a range of ways (telephone, face to face or electronic) at a convenient time of day; receiving a helpful and courteous reply; and being assured that the Council will do what it says. The Council wishes to use innovative means to bring it closer to people. No one should find it difficult to access Council services through disability or any form of disadvantage. We will also work to ensure that the public’s money is well spent and constantly seek more efficient ways of working.
OBJECTIVE 2:
QUALITY VILLAGE LIFE
THE VISION
The village is the cornerstone of life in South Cambridgeshire. The Council aims to help achieve quality of life through a quality environment and sense of community – both important in a period of change. The Council will work to preserve and enhance the natural and built environment, blending rural, traditional, modern and high tech development, and support projects to enrich community life for everyone. The Council will look to help communities to identify their needs and aspirations and to address those needs.
OBJECTIVE 3:
A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE
THE VISION
One of the fundamental aims of the Council is to hand over to the next generation a South Cambridgeshire, which is in good shape for the future. The Council will work to ensure that development plans and other policies drawn up in the next five years will lead to a quality of life which is supportable in the long term and will encourage and enable all its residents and businesses to live and work more sustainably, taking a lead with its own operations.
OBJECTIVE 4:
A BETTER FUTURE THROUGH PARTNERSHIP
THE VISION
The Council aims to be seen as a full participant in the Local Strategic Partnership, working with a range of organisations to set and achieve a vision for a better future, through the Community Strategy. The Council will be open in its decision-making and responsive to the views of others. As a democratically elected council, South Cambridgeshire has a responsibility to provide a voice for its population. The Council will be working to ensure that people have better opportunities to make their views known and that the Council represents their case.