Goal 6: Everyone in our growing community feels welcomed and included
Achieving this ambition would mean our built environment promotes health and physical infrastructure, activity reflects local need, and encourages integration with the wider community.
Commitments
Continue working with partners to meet the needs of those who live, work, and move to Cherwell through well planned community and leisure facilities, open spaces, and cultural and social activities.
Continue to work with partners to develop specific initiatives which meet the needs of individual communities such as young people, older residents and resettled communities.
Harness the extensive experience of the healthy place shaping model gained from Bicester and Kidlington across the district to enable communities to develop healthier habits.
Continue to use the planning process to ensure new developments are integrated into the fabric of the district from the start and deliver new facilities that can be managed and sustained appropriately.
Suggested Measurements
Annual Community Connectiveness Survey which identifies the needs and challenges of those who live, work, and move to Cherwell to identify areas to enhance inclusivity.
The Council and its partners will develop and deliver realistic plans for specific projects and actions and to direct resources to make Cherwell a welcoming place to live and work in; making best use of the existing asset base.
Number of new developments that adhere to integration guidelines or strategies set by the Council.
Achieving this ambition would mean our built environment promotes health and physical infrastructure, activity reflects local need, and encourages integration with the wider community.