As well as continuing to strive to improve what we do, we will be delivering against our financial recovery plan, also putting in place clear ways to monitor activities so that we can be publicly accountable.
We are also committed to playing our part to tackle climate change and will be publishing a more ambitious climate change action plan, involving our residents more, particularly young people.
The government’s plans for devolution and local government reorganisation are set to bring about major change to how councils are structured and run, with new unitary authorities in place by April 2028. Over the next year, we will continue to put the needs of local people forward, as discussions continue. We will also support our staff through these major changes.
This theme's priorities
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Achieve financial sustainability through delivery of the Financial Recovery Plan
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Achieve the best outcome for Rushmoor residents and business from devolution and local government reorganisation
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Become a greener and more sustainable borough
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Put in place ways to monitor and review regularly the progress of this Delivery Plan, so that we are publicly accountable to residents, acting where needed to bring it back on track
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Support staff and councillors through structural changes and local government reorganisation - setting teams up for success in the new unitary councils
Action plan for these priorities
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Achieve financial sustainability through delivery of the Financial Recovery Plan
- Delivery of the Financial Recovery Plan, which is a high-level plan to address the budget deficit over four years
- Implement a new Asset Management Strategy to make sure the council manages its property portfolio well and that it only retains commercial property if it delivers a good return on investment
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- The right commercial property and land is disposed of to reduce costs and free up funds
- Longer leases are negotiated
- Service reviews are carried out
- Budget reviews are carried out
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Achieve the best outcome for Rushmoor residents and business from devolution and local government reorganisation
- We are committed to working with other Hampshire councils to form a new unitary authority following the government’s expected decision in March 2026. The new unitary authority is planned to be operational by April 2028
- Increased communications and engagement to make sure residents, businesses and our partners are aware of the changes to local government and how it may affect them, while at the same time making sure that we continue to deliver our
commitments in the Delivery Plan
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- A new unitary authority is operational by April 2028, including effective local democratic representation
- Local government reorganisation communications plan developed and delivered
- Communications and engagement activity and materials in place and being delivered
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Become a greener and more sustainable borough
- Engage young people through the Youth Climate Ambassadors Group.
- Organise and deliver debates on climate change for young people.
- Encourage and promote active travel and the use of green spaces to improve health and wellbeing.
- Introduce climate change impact assessments to decision-making.
- Continue to support the work to reflect the ambition of the 10 priority actions from the refreshed 2025-28 climate change action plan.
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- Annual climate change report is produced
- Rushmoor Climate Community Group meetings are held
- Youth Climate Ambassador Forums are held
- Eco Festival is held
- Climate Change Impact Assessments are carried out
- Green spaces map/resource is produced
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Put in place ways to monitor and review regularly the progress of this Delivery Plan, so that we are publicly accountable to residents, acting where needed to bring it back on track
- Embed the refreshed Performance Management Framework and continue to develop the council’s approach to performance
- Improve how the council communicates its performance against the Delivery Plan to promote transparency and accountability
- In addition to the quarterly monitoring, investigate the introduction of Portfolio or service area dashboard
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- Quarterly monitoring
- Delivery Plan performance reviewed by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee
- Portfolio / service dashboards produced
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Support staff and councillors through structural changes and local government reorganisation - setting teams up for success in the new unitary council
- Support the local government reorganisation programme and the transition to the new unitary
- Continue with Staff Connect sessions to provide updates, Q&A, and build transparency
- Launch career conversations (Your Skills, Your Future) to help staff identify transferable skills and explore career pathways
- Implement actions from the 2025 staff Health and Wellbeing Survey to strengthen resilience and morale
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- Staff Connect programme delivered
- Your Skills, Your Future conversations held
- Wellbeing action plan implemented
- Change and resilience toolkit for leaders and staff
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Our delivery plan
This page is part of our delivery plan, where we have five priority themes for 2026-28.
Please see our delivery plan for 2026-28 page for more information.
