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Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Low Carbon Economy -Local Context
ESP Board, 19 February 2015
Jane Wildblood
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
ESP Low Carbon Economy Work-stream
• Encourage renewable energy development, retention of local economic benefit and community ownership
• Facilitate domestic energy efficiency & tackle fuel poverty
• Facilitate skill development to enable local people to benefit from transition to low carbon economy
• Develop local food policy & strategy• Influence West of England economic strategy• Inform B&NES Economic Strategy, Transport
strategies & Public Service Board Vision
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Energy at Home
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Energy at Home
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Community Energy
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Sustainable travel
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Local Food
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Local Food
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Green & Grow
• LCEGS – growing 4-5% pa
• Retrofit market in B&NES: £10 to £20 million; 200 to 400 new jobs
• Renewables: potential 2000 new jobs in long-term
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Bath and North East Somerset - The place to live, work and visit
ECONOMIC STRATEGY REVIEW 2014 - 2030
PROMOTING A
SUSTAINABLE LOW CARBON ECONOMY
THEMESVALUES
AMBITIONS
Background
Health & Well-Being and Sustainability cross cutting core values
“As resources become more expensive businesses with lean manufacturing methods will be at an advantage and residents that reduce their energy consumption will be better placed to benefit from the economic recovery. Promoting local production and purchasing will help to create a more sustainable economy”
BUSINESS PLACE PEOPLE
Our three themes
Our overall GROWTH AMBITION
overall number of jobsin B&NES by 11,500
average productivityGVA output
OUR OBJECTIVES.
MEASURING SUCCESS
• How will we know when we have got there?
Jobs Priority Sectors
Jobs Environmental and Low Carbon sectors
CO₂ Emissions across B&NES
Ratio House Price Affordability
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Next: PSB - Sarah Brown
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Bath & North East Somerset Public Services Board
Purpose:
The Board is the coming together of key local public sector agencies to provide leadership and set the strategic direction across Bath & North East Somerset partnership arrangements.
» Cllr Paul Crossley (Chair)» Jo Farrar – Bath & North East Somerset Council» Caroline Peters – Avon & Somerset Police» Mick Dixon, Avon Fire & Rescue» Tracey Cox & Dr Ian Orpen – Clinical Commissioning Group» Victor Da Cunha – Curo» Bernie Morley & Neil Sammells – Bath & Bath Spa Universities» Jilly Edwards – Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise Sector representative» Steve Fuller – Business representative
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Public Services Board
Bath and North East Somerset will be internationally renowned as a beautifully inventive and entrepreneurial 21st century place with a strong social purpose and a spirit of wellbeing, where everyone is
invited to think big – a ‘connected’ area ready to create an extraordinary legacy for future generations’.
2025 onwards
2015
Supported by 3 themes
Living Working Getting Around
Health & Wellbeing Strategy Economic Strategy Transport Strategy
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Work Programme & Priorities
» Growing & integrating communities – A co-ordinated response from the Public Sector in the face of significant on-going and forthcoming developments, particularly planning for infrastructure to support this growth.
» Ensuring that everyone has a good network – Work Stream led by the
Health & Wellbeing Board and focusses particularly on tackling isolation and loneliness.
» Managing our environmental & natural assets – Work Stream to become part of the ESP work programme focussing on better understanding of the value of the natural environment.
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Work Programme & Priorities
» Opportunities for local people – Tackling the issue of young people leaving education with little or no employability skills.
» The economy – An overview of the delivery of the Economic Strategy and a particular focus on clear brand identified for the city of Bath
» Getting around easily / connectivity – An overview of the delivery of the
Transport Strategy and the development of a suite of Transport Strategies for B&NES.
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Current focus
» Foxhill / Mulberry Park regeneration» Support and challenge to strategy development
e.g Health & Wellbeing Strategy refresh » Emergency planning responses to severe weather
across agencies» Timeline developmenthttp://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/365051/Bath-North-East-Somerset/
Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
Contact details
Sarah Brown
Strategy & Performance
Bath & North East Somerset Council
01225 395050
