Our vision and ambitions

"A healthy, prosperous and greener future for everyone"

For the next ten years, we’ll focus on:

improving health and wellbeing in all our communities
growing our economy and improving living standards
reducing the County’s impact on the environment
helping everyone access the best of Nottinghamshire.

Altogether, we’re working towards a stronger, more prosperous Nottinghamshire for everyone. While many residents enjoy the best that Nottinghamshire has to offer, health and prosperity are spread unevenly, and some residents miss out. We must create places which make that fairer. We’ll reduce inequality and support vulnerable and disadvantaged communities, because that’s how we’ll create a better future for us all.

Ambitious for our future

Through the Big Notts Survey, our residents told us what matters to them as we recover from the pandemic and look to the future. These hopes are at the heart of our plan. We want to make sure Nottinghamshire comes out of the pandemic stronger and more resilient than it was before. This means creating the best opportunities for our residents and improving quality of life across the County, and we'll look to secure greater investment to make this happen. By securing a devolution deal from the Government, not only will we tap into more funding, but we’ll have more powers to make a real difference. This will shape areas like education, skills, the economy, transport, and a greener environment. It will also help us deliver our major infrastructure projects, like HS2 and the East Midlands Freeport. And finally, it will give everyone in Nottinghamshire more say in the big decisions that affect our County.

We'll also make sure our core Council services are sustainable and future-proof. We're prioritising our social care services to meet demand and give the best support to those who need it most. But we know that we need to do all of this in a way that protects our environment and natural resources for future generations. So, we've declared a climate emergency in Nottinghamshire and have committed to making all Council activity net carbon neutral by 2030.

Our ambitions

Overall, we’re working towards a healthier, more prosperous and greener future for everyone. We’ve split our vision into nine ambitions, which describe what we want for all our communities:

These ambitions will shape our actions over the next four years. We provide a wide range of services that will help us achieve them, including:

Schools and education
Children’s social care, including fostering and adoption
Children’s centres and youth services
Adult social care services
Public health, including mental wellbeing
Registration of births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships
Adult education
Libraries and archives
Roads, bridges, street lighting, public rights of way
Public transport
Trading standards and consumer advice
Heritage and countryside management
Disposal and recycling of household waste
Planning for minerals and waste issues
Emergency planning.

Visit nottinghamshire.gov.uk to learn more about what we do.