The Corporate Plan will consider several important existing strategies and plans, including:

• Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS)
• Local Plan
• Asset Management Strategy
• Future High Streets Fund (FHSF) Programme
• Financial Resilience Plan
• Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Business Plan
• Net Zero commitments
• Biodiversity and nature recovery
• Social Housing Regulatory Programme (SHRP)
• Equality & Diversity Strategy
• Digital and Technology Strategy
• People and Organisational Development Strategy
• Customer Service & Access Strategy
• Community Safety Partnership Plan
• Corporate Peer Challenge Action Plan

In October 2024, we asked the Local Government Association to help us identify key issues and challenge our approach, especially around communication and community engagement. The actions from this review will run alongside the Corporate Plan, as well as our response to the 

We are also working on several new or updated strategies and plans to help achieve our corporate goals, including:

• Asset Management Plans
• Communications & Engagement Strategy
• Town Centre Regeneration Strategy
• Local Development Scheme and updated Local Plan
• Community Cohesion Strategy
• Succession Planning Policy
• Review of the Constitution
• Government’s plans for devolution and local government changes

We have a huge opportunity to challenge the status quo, to find new ways of doing things, to look outside the borough and learn from others, and to genuinely work with our communities to co-design solutions to the things that matter most and that will work in our local context. 

Shared services – collaborating with other local councils

We work closely with nearby councils, including sharing an internal Audit Service with Lichfield District Council. Lichfield also hosts our shared Health and Safety team, Building Control Service, and Joint Waste Service, which covers both areas for waste and recycling.

Additionally, we work with South Staffordshire District Council, which provides the South Staffordshire Legal Service for Tamworth and Lichfield, giving us access to specialised lawyers we couldn’t afford on our own. We also receive support from Nuneaton & Bedworth Council on conservation issues.

At a regional level, we are in discussions with other Staffordshire councils to explore government plans for local government devolution. Working together on shared services could help address longer -term budget challenges and staff retention issues faced by many councils.