Breckland Corporate Plan 2024 to 2028

In 2021 the Council concluded one of its biggest-ever pieces of planning work, looking at the next 10 years' priorities for each of our Market Towns and their surrounding areas, based on the specific tangible projects our communities want to see brought forward.

Building on this, we are now developing a wider suite of plans and commitments, intended to set - and work towards - a bold and positive vision for the future of the District where:

• There are sufficient homes, of different types and tenure, to meet the diversity of needs of our community - and homes which are good quality, and provide beautiful places for our communities to live in
• Everyone has access to quality healthcare and local services, which are designed to keep up with expected population growth
• Young people have a diversity of career options locally, and are well prepared to access these through quality education and training
• People can access the things that are most important to them - education, work, leisure - easily and effectively through a range of transport options
• Our Towns and villages are truly sustainable, because they can meet the changing needs of local populations, with vibrant high streets and local centres catering to a new model for leisure and retail offer
• We're predicting - and planning for - major infrastructure needs
• We're able to accommodate major shifts in land use, and land needs, whilst preserving the historic characteristics that make Breckland unique
• We're able to understand and respond to the needs of our changing population, and provide effective provision and support, especially for those who need our help the most

We know that in setting this priority, we are choosing to take on something far more difficult than required from us by Law. However, we do so because we feel it's the right thing to do for our residents - and the right challenge to set ourselves to make sure we are on track to realise greater, long-term benefits for our District.

The next building blocks in assembling this vision will include; the Council's refreshed Local Plan (due 2026), the Council's refreshed Housing Strategy (due 2024) and an interconnecting long-term vision for the District to 2050. These will be delivered alongside continual refreshes of our Future Breckland Town Delivery Plans and District Wide Prospectus.