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Devon County​ Council Strategic plan 2021 – 2025

Devon County​ Council Plan 2021 – 2025Best place

Our plan focuses on how we will help the county to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, build on the resilience of local people and communities to create a fairer, healthier and more caring place, and grasp the opportunity to create a greener, more prosperous and inclusive future for all.

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  • A mother and father with their young daughter

    Grow up

    We are committed to being a child friendly Devon where all children and young people are safe, healthy, ambitious, and can fulfil their potential

  • A smiling lady in her garden

    Live well

    We are committed to being a fairer Devon: inclusive, compassionate and caring, where everyone is safe, connected and resilient

  • A young boy helping his grandad water plants in an allotment

    Prosper

    We are committed to being a greener and prosperous Devon, with opportunities to create a sustainable future for all

Challenges


Devon is already a great place to live and work but we do have some real challenges
Our context

Quote from John Hart

Councillor John Hart

My priority is to ensure Devon enjoys a strong recovery from the pandemic so we can improve the health, incomes and opportunities of our residents. We will focus on a clean, green recovery to renew and regenerate our economy and bring greater prosperity and opportunity for all our communities.
John Hart, Leader of Devon County Council

Our plan for recovery and renewal

Our priorities​ are…

Respond to the climate emergency

Lead on helping Devon respond to the climate and ecological emergency, and work to protect and improve our natural environment

Making Devon greener

Be ambitious for children and young people

Work together to ensure all children are safe, healthy and can thrive with opportunities to fulfil their potential

Making a child friendly Devon

How we will work

How we will work
with each other, our partners, and with citizens and communities


We are committed to being:

  • a trusted council

    a trusted council

    that leads and collaborates well, makes good decisions, uses resources effectively and is financially resilient

  • a trusted council

    an inclusive council

    that is intolerant to prejudice and discrimination, invests in, develops and nurtures our workforce, and hears the voices of all our communities

  • a trusted council

    an innovative council

    that listens and learns, uses data well and transforms the way we work in order to improve our services to the people of Devon

Our plans for the Council


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