Bracknell Forest Council (BFC)’s bosses have developed a plan to 2023 which identifies six key areas the authority will focus on in the coming years.

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Those priorities are:

• Caring for residents and their families

• Value for money

• Education and skills

• Economic resilience

• Communities

• Protecting and enhancing the environment

You can read about all the key objectives for each priority in our gallery above

Within these six priorities, BFC will look to target ‘clearly identified needs’ in addressing its impact on climate change, reducing homelessness, ensuring support for the borough’s most vulnerable residents and more.

The council plan has been created as pressure on public spending remains, with ‘further significant savings needed’ over the next five years, according to a BFC report.

Election commitments from the Bracknell Conservatives’ manifesto are the basis for the plan, which aims to provide BFC with a ‘strategic direction’.

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Cllr Paul Bettison OBE, Leader of BFC, said: “With inevitable challenging times ahead particularly in relation to funding, these objectives will provide focus for our future actions to provide essential services to our residents, spending money wisely on clearly identified needs.

“We have always been proud of Bracknell Forest as being the borough of opportunity and a place where diversity and culture are recognised as a strength.

“The council plan will be at the heart of everything the council does and shows our commitment to residents that through strong leadership and sound financial management, Bracknell Forest will remain prosperous, as well as a good place to live, work and visit.”

BFC’s top team are set to approve the plan at a meeting on Tuesday, October 22.

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If this proposal goes through, the plan will be voted on by councillors at full council on Wednesday, November 27.