Breckland Corporate Plan 2024 to 2028

Breckland Council will support positive growth in the local economy, and through its Future Breckland programme bring forward and shape large-scale projects and activities, to unlock employment and housing opportunities. By listening to people, by understanding what they need, and by working together, we can shape what we have to offer in our places to benefit those who are already here and those who choose to come - to live, work, visit or do business.

We will work with communities, partners, and businesses to continue to set - and deliver - a long-term vision for how we want our places to be shaped and thrive, as we continue to respond to 
the changing world around us.

What we will achieve

Through this plan we will deliver on the following key outcomes:

• To help Towns and villages thrive, helping them achieve their unique potential and support their positive growth in the future
• To help our high streets and local businesses succeed through continued collaboration and further proactive engagement
• To secure or attract investment for local priorities and make the district an attractive place for businesses and residents - both current and new.

How we will do it

To achieve these outcomes, we will:

• Deliver on the mandate set to us through the 'Future Breckland' Programme - bringing forward priority projects across the District, both big and small, and continuing to work with communities to ensure plans are delivered;
• Proactively work with partners at a local level to deliver Breckland's priorities;
• Improve the volume and value of local job opportunities, helping grow the number of jobs available to residents in the District;
• Lead a new local skills agenda, bringing partners together to target local priority needs, and set an agenda for long term change;
• Help bring more activity and creativity into high streets and locations across the District, helping drive footfall and attract new visitors;
• Work through the planning system, and with partners, to help increase the supply of housing, particularly in areas of priority need;
• Use our enforcement powers to support confidence in the businesses that operate in Breckland, and protect the quality of our places;
• Focus on the support we provide to our businesses, new and old;
• Work with partners to ensure Breckland's strategic infrastructure needs - transport, digital, walking and cycling - are understood and being supported;
• Attract new investment and Government support and funding for key programmes.
• Shape our planning service and the Local Plan to deliver our sustainability goals;
• Deliver a strategy for electric vehicle charging across the district that will increase the number of locations where there are charging points.