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Background Resources
This section contains summaries of key Council strategic planning or performance documents together with links to full documents or specific areas of the Doncaster Council web site where more detailed information can be accessed.
The Borough Strategy
The Borough Strategy (Doncaster’s Community Plan) provides a five-year plan of action towards achieving a 10-year vision developed by the Doncaster Strategic Partnership and local people. The overall vision is:
“By 2010 Doncaster will be a major contributor to regional and national prosperity. The borough will enjoy a high growth economy, supported by a substantial increase in educational attainment, the consolidation of commercial strength and widespread improvements in quality of life. Our communities will be safer, vibrant and sustainable and Doncaster will be able to offer everyone living and working here the opportunity to achieve their full potential.”
The Borough Strategy outlines how this vision will be achieved. Underlying the vision are seven Transformational Goals which provide a comprehensive programme for change and development which will result in real and lasting improvements in the quality of life for those who live and work here.
Best Value Performance Plan 2004/05
The plan outlines the Council's performance over the previous year and what we hope to achieve in the next three years. It includes our progress and plans towards national priorities, and many other key planning documents.
Mayor’s Budget Proposal
Doncaster MBC’s Council Tax for 2005/06 will be frozen at the 2004/05 level (i.e. £929.47 for a Band D property).
The key messages underpinning our 2005/06 budget are:
- A clear emphasis on outcomes for people
- An emphasis on Local Area Agreement and Borough Strategy Themes, which are:
- Children and Young People
- Safer and Stronger Communities
- Healthier Communities and Supporting Vulnerable People
- Sustainable Communities
- A clearer commitment to delivering services to neighbourhoods and making the whole of Doncaster a place we can be proud of
- Making the Council as an organisation more efficient and more responsive to its customers
- Continuing our performance from Good to Excellent
- Overall, making sure Doncaster is a Winning Council.
The Council’s net budget requirement will be £341.755m in 2005/06, which is £1.805m (0.5%) below the Council’s Formula Spending Share (the spending level that the Government assumes in its overall management of the economy).
The table below shows the 2005/06 budget for each theme:
| THEME | 2005/06 Budget (£) |
| Children and Young People | 185,976,000 |
| Safer and Stronger Communities | 16,448,000 |
| Sustainable Communities | 48,062,000 |
| Healthier Communities and Supporting Vulnerable People | 50,361,000 |
| Delivering a Winning Council | 40,908,170 |
| TOTAL COUNCIL EXPENDITURE | 341,755,170 |
| Contribution to/Use of Reserves | 0 |
| BUDGET REQUIREMENT | 341,755,170 |
Mayor’s Priorities
Doncaster’s Green and White Papers work on the same system as national Government. The Mayor issues Green Papers when he wants to consult with citizens on issues where he intends to introduce new policies and legislation. When he has decided changes need to be made, a White Paper is issued.
This clearly signals the Mayor’s intentions to the Borough and gives stakeholders the opportunity to comment on the more detailed proposals. The system provides for inclusive, transparent and decisive leadership of the Council and Borough.
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