Strategies, policies and plans

Find out about the council, its finance, budget and audit arrangements and strategic forward planning. In these pages, you will also find links to the many published Council strategies, policies and plans.

Annual Audit and Inspection Letter

This page contains information on the annual audit and inspection of the Council.

City of Southampton Strategy

The City of Southampton Strategy (CoSS) is the city’s sustainable community strategy setting out a 20-year vision up to 2026. It underpins our aspirations for the city and provides the framework through six strategic objectives for tackling the city’s key economic, social or environmental priorities.

Corporate Improvement Plan

The Corporate Improvement Plan (formerly the City Performance Plan) sets out the Council's commitment and overall approach to secure on-going improvements across a wide range of services that are provided to local residents, businesses as well as visitors to the city.

Corporate governance

Find out information about the council's ethical and governance framework, including codes of conduct for members and officers of the council and information about standards, governance and audit committee.

Equality standard

This is about how we will make our services fit everyone's needs. We aim to offer the same quality and range of services regardless of race, disability or gender. Use these pages to find out more.

Health and wellbeing strategy

The Southampton Health and Well Being Strategy is one of a new generation of partnership-based plans that take forward the City's Community Strategy.

Local Area Agreement

This page contains information about the Local Area Agreement (LAA). The LAA is about the sort of place you want to live in and how to make Southampton a better place.


Last updated: 30 June 2008

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