The Government has selected Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to be part of its Devolution Priority Programme. This means county and district councils joining together to create larger, unitary councils.
New priorities – to help us deliver change
Our cabinet has recently agreed this delivery plan for 2025/26. The new delivery plan is due to be considered by our Council in the coming weeks. In the meantime you can see what is planned to be in the delivery plan on these pages.
The Council believes that the best deal for residents, the sense of place, and the economic geography of the area favours a North Hampshire unitary council. It will engage with residents and businesses about the new unitary council and Rushmoor’s legacy.
It also needs to make sure services and activities are affordable as well as of a good quality. The Council will be delivering against the financial recovery plan and will put in place clear ways to monitor and improves its activities.
We are committed to tackling climate change and will be implementing a more ambitious climate change action plan.
This theme's priorities
- Achieve for the best outcome for Rushmoor residents and business from Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation
- Deliver a refreshed and more ambitious Climate Change Action Plan
- Implement processes and monitoring to ensure accountability for the Delivery Plan is clear and that progress is regularly reviewed, with actions taken to manage any variances
- Achieve financial sustainability through delivery of the Financial Recovery Plan
- Ensure a culture of continuous improvement through delivery of the Corporate Peer Challenge recommendations and actions
Action plan for these priorities
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Achieve the best outcome for Rushmoor residents from Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation by:
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Deliver a refreshed and more ambitious Climate Change Action Plan by:
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Implement processes and monitoring to make sure accountability for the plan is clear and progress is regularly reviewed, with actions taken to manage any variances through:
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Achieve financial sustainability through delivery of the Financial Recovery Plan• In October 2024 the Council agreed the Financial Recovery Plan, which is a high-level plan to address the budget deficit over four years. |
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Ensure a culture of continuous improvement through delivery of the Corporate Peer Challenge recommendations and actions by:
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Our delivery plan
This page is part of our delivery plan, where we have five priority themes for 2025/26.
Please see our delivery plan for 2025/26 page for more information.
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