South Somerset District Council Revenue and Competitors

South Somerset District Council serves a population of around 165,000 people across a 370 square mile area. \n\nVision: South Somerset: a place where businesses flourish, communities are safe, vibrant and healthy; where residents enjoy good housing and cultural, leisure and sporting activities.\n\nAims :\nSouth Somerset will be a confident, resilient and flexible organization, protecting and improving core services, delivering public priorities and acting in the best long-term interests of the district. We will:\n- Protect core services to the public by reducing costs and seeking income generation.\n- Increase the focus on Jobs and Economic Development.\n- Protect and enhance the quality of our environment.\n- Enable housing to meet all needs.\n- Improve health and reduce health inequalities.\n\nOur Values:\n- Putting the customer and community first when developing plans and services.\n- Supporting people and communities, enabling them to help themselves.\n- Being open, transparent and with greater accessibility to those that need to use council services.\n- Working with partners to improve services, efficiencies, resilience and influence.\n- Embracing innovation and improved technology to improve customer service and access.\n- Empowering a confident, flexible workforce.\n\nYou can find out more about South Somerset District Council and our Council Plan (2016 - 21) at https://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/about-us/council-plan-2016---2021/.