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
