Creating a city of opportunity
Our Corporate Strategy, which was agreed by Full Council on 19 February 2025, follows consultation with residents, businesses and other stakeholders.
It builds on our successes to date and will play a key role in service delivery over the next few years, guiding where we spend our time and money to create a city which offers opportunities for all.
We cannot deliver everything we always have and that is why this updated Corporate Strategy makes it clear where we will focus our efforts.
First and foremost, this is protecting and supporting the most vulnerable in our city. We must also continue to strive to make Peterborough even more attractive as a place to invest in for businesses and developers, to create more and better opportunities for all our residents.
Our core priorities are:
- The Economy and Inclusive Growth - we will increase the wealth of our residents by creating more and better paid jobs and opportunities for skills development, whilst delivering major growth and additional new homes in a planned way, and a focus on continuously improving our city centre. Our net zero ambitions will underpin everything that we do.
- Prevention, Independence and Resilience - we will support residents to be healthy and independent, focusing on every aspect of their lives from debt management to housing crisis, support for young people entering adulthood to care for the elderly and vulnerable, and from loneliness to raising levels of good health. We will use technology to modernise all our services.
- Sustainable Future City Council - a strong focus on financial sustainability, which will include maximising use of our land and buildings and reintegrating services back into the council where appropriate. We will invest in our staff so that we have the best people and the right skills to provide services, with a focus on improving our use of digital, data and analytics.
- Children and young people - we will provide the best support possible for vulnerable children and young people, including those in our care, which will include keeping them safe from harm and providing school places for everyone who needs one including those with special education needs (SEND). We'll ensure every child in our care receives the same high-quality support and opportunities that we would all strive to achieve for our own children and we'll reduce reoffending by supporting children to make positive changes.
It is essential that we continue to find ways to transform our services and deliver savings wherever possible. Our workforce is integral in this transformation process, and we will continue to work hard to make sure we are attracting and retaining good quality staff who represent our communities. We remain committed to developing and growing a workforce which is representative of the communities that we serve.
We know the value of having good relationships with our partners, to provide the best services possible for residents. Strengthening these relationships will remain a priority across all our services.
We will continue to work closely with the Government, to support its priorities set out in the Devolution White Paper and to move towards a fairer funding model for local government.
As reflected in our values, we are committed to being bold and innovative, we respect our people and communities, and we keep our promises.