Priority Aims
Environment
Aim
Secure and enhance an attractive environment that is clean, green and safe, managed to enhance biodiversity, and is readily accessible and valued by the community.
Outcomes and Objectives
Natural Environment
1. To protect and enhance the natural environment and its biodiversity, including sensitive and appropriate development of urban and brown field sites.
2. To protect and enhance the quality of watercourses, open water and coastal waters and their margins and minimise the risk of flooding to people, property and buildings from the sea, rivers and sewers.
3. To increase awareness and understanding of the natural environment.
4. To allow opportunities for the natural environment to adapt to the consequences of climate change.
5. To improve equality of access to high quality local environments where public and community open spaces are clean, green and safe.
6. To minimise all forms of pollution, make better use of natural resources, reduce the generation of waste, and maximise recycling.
Built Environment
7. To enhance the built environment & transport corridors and promote good urban design, and sustainable construction, while conserving areas of townscape, coast and assets with archaeological, architectural or historic significance.
8. To ensure that the built environment is responsive to long-term climate change impacts through the effective design, location and adaptation of buildings.
9. To record, enhance and raise awareness of the towns' heritage and ensure it is safeguarded for future generations.
Provide a sustainable, safe, efficient, effective and accessible transport system
10. To promote social inclusion by ensuring that everyone can access the key services and facilities that they need.
11. To improve the overall safety and security of the transport system for everyone.
12. To ensure that traffic congestion does not hinder continued economic growth and regeneration.
13. To minimise the adverse impacts of transport on air quality and climate change.
Global Environment
14. To prepare for the impacts of and secure local and global action to tackle Climate Change.
15. To reduce and adapt to the effects of climate change by minimising energy use and by increasing the use of alternative and renewable energy sources.
16. To promote community involvement in positive action to reduce world poverty through fair-trade, promoting peace and security.