Hounslow Council Unveils 'A Fairer Future' Corporate Plan for 2026-2030
Hounslow Council has launched its new Corporate Plan, 'A Fairer Future,' setting out strategic priorities for 2026-2030 with the overarching goal of creating a more equitable borough where all residents can thrive. The plan, presented to the Hounslow Health and Wellbeing Board, is structured around four key themes: A Responsive Council, For Residents, For the Borough, and For the Organisation. It places a strong emphasis on addressing inequalities and organizing initiatives around residents' lives, local places, and preventative measures.
Councillor Lily Bath, Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social Care, and Sarah Filby, Director of Strategy, Performance and Commissioning, introduced the plan, stressing that its ambitious outcomes will necessitate strong partnership working beyond the council's direct efforts.
Focus on Fairness and Well-being
'A Fairer Future' is founded on the principle of fostering a borough where everyone can live well, with the benefits of growth equitably shared and every neighbourhood well-maintained. Health and well-being are central to the plan, particularly within the 'Healthy Life' objective. This aims to enable residents to live longer, healthier lives, reduce health inequalities, and ensure timely access to support. Specific initiatives to achieve this include the Healthy Hounslow Hanworth Hub offering holistic wellbeing services such as stop smoking, weight management, and healthy eating,
and the launch of a new drug and alcohol recovery hub at Oxley House.
The plan also intends to reduce the gap in health inequalities across all areas of life
by using learning from the first Hounslow Care Together teams to refine and scale a more joined-up neighbourhood model of health and care.
The plan also addresses broader determinants of health. Objectives are focused on ensuring residents have access to safe, warm, and affordable homes.
Concrete steps include the Launch of the Affordable Housing Delivery Plan 2026–36 and progress priority schemes including Charlton House, Bellvue Court, Commerce Road and Convent Way,
and the Complete and hand over 28 new social rent homes at Fern Grove, Feltham.
Furthermore, the council plans to Develop and implement expanded property licensing, including selective licensing in targeted areas, to raise standards in the private rented sector.
Neighbourhoods are targeted to be healthy, welcoming, and resilient, with the council aiming to foster inclusive growth and ensure that infrastructure and connectivity benefit all residents. To measure the benefits of growth being shared and every neighbourhood is cared for,
the plan adopts a place-based
approach with objectives related to Homes,
Neighbourhoods and Town Centres,
and Inclusive Growth.
Specific actions include Deliver Pride in Place investment across local centres, shopping parades, parks and public spaces
and Progress place-based programmes across major growth areas and everyday places so investment strengthens civic pride, supports local businesses, grows community capacity and ensures no place is left behind.
Addressing Inequalities Through Life Stages
A deliberate approach has been taken to embed fairness and address inequalities across all aspects of the plan. Instead of being structured around traditional services, the plan is organized around how people live their lives and the places they inhabit. This translates into tangible actions within each life-stage objective. For Early Childhood,
objectives include ensuring Children arrive at school healthy and ready to succeed
and Parents and children are helped before a problem becomes a crisis.
For Learning and Opportunity,
objectives focus on supporting children and young people to succeed in healthy, high performing, inclusive and sustainable schools
and ensuring Learners of all ages benefit from training and skills that unlock opportunities.
For Work,
the plan aims to help Local businesses grow, thrive and create higher-value opportunities for Hounslow residents
and ensure Residents, both young and old, and those facing barriers, are supported to access work, training and progression.
Partnership and Delivery
Councillor Bath stressed that the Corporate Plan is a high-level vision document, and its delivery will be achieved through day-to-day services, strategic investment, and robust partnerships. The council will work with public sector partners, businesses, the voluntary and community sector, and residents to achieve its goals. The plan states that data and insight, through a new Business Intelligence approach, help us anticipate need and transform services to deliver better outcomes.
Annual reporting will track progress and allow for adaptation. The council will be bringing forward a more detailed corporate plan delivery framework, a fairer future delivery framework, which will articulate the measures we'll be looking at as a council, and the delivery activity, and we will report on that regularly.
The Health and Wellbeing Board was asked to note the plan and consider its implications for their ongoing work, particularly in relation to the refresh of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy, which can be viewed here: Hounslow Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2023-2026.
