How we reached our priorities

The Corporate Strategy priorities are based on a detailed understanding of the needs of the county's communities and supported by effective partnerships. Through our market research programme, we have listened to what residents of Hampshire have to say and what their priorities for improvement are. These have been considered alongside a wide range of other information which has also helped shape our priorities, including the demography of Hampshire and factors such as the financial resources and constraints of the Council.

Strong links have been made with partners with mutually supportive priorities across a number of key partnerships including the Local Area Agreement, Hampshire Strategic Partnership (Community Strategy) and the Children and Young People Plan among many others.

Priorities Timeline

In 2004 the Hampshire community strategy was published and work began on the partnership Local Public Service agreement Two (LPSA2); follow this link to view them both. We also revised the Corporate Strategy to make a clearer link to the issues highlighted in the community strategy, LPSA stretched targets, Cabinet priorities and the Hampshire Improvement programme. A further MORI residents survey was also carried out.

In 2005 following the election, work was carried out with the new Cabinet to understand the priorities for the new administration and we began to discuss the priorities and process for the Local Area Agreement.

During 2006 the Local Area Agreement and LPSA2 were signed as separate agreements and then brought together in a single performance process. In parallel the new corporate priorities were developed and published. These provide us with a clear vision for the four years of the administration and priorities to help develop service planning through high level outcomes measures and longer term targets. It gives a clear message to Hampshire residents of what they can expect from the County Council.

In 2007 the Corporate Business Plan was published, which can be viewed on these pages.

In 2008 the new LAA has been agreed as well as the move to the new 198 National Indicators against which we will set targets and monitor our performance.