Our corporate priorities
A city that is strong and prosperous
We will power economic and community recovery to help our communities thrive. We will make Southend-on-Sea a strong and prosperous city.
Our objectives are to:
- support economic regeneration and business development
- use our spending power wisely
- bid for funding opportunities and attract inward investment
- sustain and grow digital investment and inclusion
- deliver our city centre strategy and investment plan
- enhance our tourism, cultural and leisure offer
- support community recovery
- improve community safety
A city with a good quality of life
We will work hard to ensure people have a good quality of life.
Our objectives are to:
- achieve a city where all children achieve success
- ensure children and young people, including those in care, feel and are safe at home, school and in their communities
- enable and provide opportunities for the best start in life
- enable people to age well, live well and care well
- ensure that health and care services meet the needs of all
- ensure services are diverse, sustainable, and high quality. This includes those who pay for their own care
A city rising to the climate change challenge
We will tackle climate change. We will become a greener city. We will make Southend-on-Sea a national example of good flood and coastal erosion risk management.
Our objectives are to:
- become net zero by 2030
- prevent waste
- promote re-use
- increase recycling
- develop an active and sustainable travel network
- enhance, promote and protect our natural environment
- undertake flood and coastal erosion risk management
A city delivering genuinely affordable housing
We will deliver and increase the supply of safe, well managed and affordable housing
Our objectives are to:
- address local housing need
- prioritise the supply and quality of safe, genuinely affordable homes
- make any instance of homelessness brief and non-recurrent. We are aiming for functional zero homelessness
- maximise environmental sustainability of homes
- ensure good quality housing design, management and maintenance
- reduce the number of empty homes
- deliver the Local Plan