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Our Aims are to:

  • Have a town with a strong sense of community where residents feel supported, included and safe
  • Have a vibrant town centre, attractive to residents and visitors
  • Achieve a community with an appreciation of the countryside in and around the town and a desire to value the preservation and enhancement of this countryside
  • Have an evolving built environment which enhances and complements the distinctive existing urban and countryside setting and meets the specific needs of the town
  • Have a town where residents and visitors utilise, when possible, sustainable forms of transport
  • Have a community that recognises its impact on the wider environment
  • Have a community that values active play and recreation including engagement with local history, culture and the arts
  • Provide effective, transparent and accountable local government which offers effective leadership within the town, and effective representation on behalf of the town.

Our objectives are to:

  • Champion the Wilmslow Neighbourhood Plan and deliver on its aspirations
  • Form alliances and working partnerships with public bodies to enhance services and to address aims that are directly out of scope
  • Encourage local community Groups and organisations supporting our community to flourish by providing Community Grants and support
  • Directly deliver and encourage others to deliver community strengthening events and services throughout the year
  • Encourage the development of the Town Centre as an attractive and safe social space to complement a vibrant commercial offer
  • Encourage effective Town Centre Management through the encouragement of a Business Improvement District
  • Foster an open and cooperative relationship with Town Centre Management
  • Deliver, or support the delivery of, key Town Centre Events which encourage Town Centre Vitality and foster community spirit
  • Impact positively the physical appearance of the Town Centre through public realm enhancement
  • Both encourage the delivery of adequate long stay car parking spaces to recognize the needs of the significant office community and those utilizing Wilmslow as a hub for accessing sustainable transport links
  • Encourage projects that encourage walking and cycling into and within the town and that make alternatives to car transport more attractive
  • Support and encourage initiatives and events that highlight wider environmental impacts
  • Champion projects the celebrate our local heritage and to encourage participation and engagement in the arts
  • Support initiatives that raise an awareness and encourage interaction with our local countryside and open spaces
  • Encourage and support the preservation and enhancement of our local countryside and local green spaces
  • Encourage physical and mental health in all age categories and support the provision and enhancement of associated facilities
  • Maintain an effective awareness within the community of the activities of the Town Council and its role and of issues important to the community
  • Provide and seek officer and member training and guidance to constantly improve governance practices