Corporate Plan - Introduction
At Dover District Council we recognise our district is on the
brink of transformational regeneration that will affect every
resident and visitor. Our top priority, working with partners, is
to regenerate our district in a sustainable way that gives our
residents a world-class future. Releasing our district’s potential
will need to be built on innovative service delivery so that we
continue to strive for excellence.
This Plan is outward looking and sums up our vision and
ambitions and will drive our internal service plans. Progress will
be reported in our Annual Plan and service specific targets will be
set in our Chief Executive Organisational Targets document. Our
Corporate Plan identifies how we will work to further improve your
quality of life, whether as a resident, someone who works in the
district or as a visitor. To achieve our vision, we will work hard
with partners to meet some really stretching targets under the
following key themes, to take us to 2020:
A World-Class Town
- Dover, a ‘Gateway to Europe’, building on Dover Pride’s
regeneration vision
- An attractive Dover town that complements and supports the
whole District.
World Class Heritage and Leisure
- High quality leisure facilities covering a range of sports
- Realises and promotes the full potential of its heritage and
natural assets
- A popular short-break destination supporting fun for all
residents and visitors.
World-Class Economy and
Environment
- A wide range of good quality and accessible housing that meets
the needs of the whole community
- Maximises the level of retail spending kept within the
District
- Has excellent strategic transport links to London, Europe and
within the district
- Maximises our international gateway status
- Has employment opportunities and access to learning for
all.
World-Class Communities
- That are strong and safe with a sense of identity, the envy of
the world
- That are self-reliant and prosperous demonstrating self belief
and selfconfidence to meet our world class aspirations
- Where children and young people matter.
- These themes are underpinned by our plans to drive radical
service transformation to achieve:
- The lowest 10% of regional service costs
- The highest 10% of national performance outcomes
- The highest 10% of national customer satisfaction levels
- Maximum self-service within self-reliant and prosperous
communities
- Local and accessible services that benefit all
communities.
We will work with others to deliver this transformation and
underpin our targets with sensitivity to sustainability, diversity,
equality and crime prevention.
Corporate Plan pages:
Contact
Email: policy@dover.gov.uk
