At the Heart of the Vale - Our Plan for 2024-28

Overview

At the heart of the Vale of White Horse, the Council is making a place that our residents feel proud to call home. It’s not just our mission for today. We want to secure a vibrant, inclusive and happy place for this generation and generations to come. This clear purpose guides how we serve our residents and the Vale today to ensure a bright future.

The Vale is a great place to live, work and thrive. But like you, everyone at the council wants our district to become even better. Right now, we are going through a process of working out what ‘better’ looks likes, and identifying how we can help achieve this.

We are developing a new plan and want you to help us. It will drive everything we do over the next four years.

What is the Vale's Plan?

It sets out a strategic vision along with our ambitions and priorities for Vale of White Horse District Council. The idea is for us to have a number of common themes that run throughout everything we do - we call that our 'golden thread'.

Background

Our current four-year plan began in 2020 and runs until October this year so we're now setting our priorities for the next four years.

Draft themes for our new plan

We’re proposing the following themes to guide our aspirational plans for the Vale:

Theme 1: Providing the homes people need.

Theme 2: Supporting climate and nature recovery.

Theme 3: Creating healthy, sustainable & inclusive communities.

There is a bit more detail later in the survey about how we might achieve our objectives under these themes. There are also three questions based on ways we want to work, including showing openness and accountability, providing stable finances and supporting local businesses. 

The plan for the next four years will be rooted in hearing what a better Vale means for you. We are not presenting you with a polished plan to rubber stamp or reject, rather we are starting to develop it. We want to work out the details with you.

We would like to invite your comments on our core themes from Tuesday 16 April until 11:59pm on Tuesday 14 May 2024.

If you have any questions about this survey or require it in an alternative format (for example large print, Braille, audio, email, Easy Read and alternative languages) please email jointheconversation@southandvale.gov.uk or call 01235 422425.

Drop-in Event

We are holding a drop-in event at Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Rd, Didcot OX11 7JN on Thursday 18 April anytime between 15:30-17:30.

This drop-in event will give you the opportunity to talk to council officers about our proposed future plan for the district.

If you can't attend our drop-in event, you can take part in our Vale virtual exhibition here. 

If you are happy for the councils to use your data and special category data (equality questions) for this consultation, please click the link in the box below to provide your response.