We are fortunate to live in one of the most beautiful parts of the country and on May 4th local elections are taking place to elect councillors to Wychavon District Council.
These elections will decide who run local services in South Worcestershire including bin collections, maintaining parks, set council tax levels and the scale of investment in our communities to make them go from strength to strength.
In the past four years Wychavon District Council has gone from strength to strength under the leadership of Cllr Bradley Thomas and has:
- Frozen council tax for the last 6 years—it currently stands at the 3rd lowest in the country—without any cuts to services
- Invested over £28m in local services including world class sporting facilities
- Supported residents with cost of living support worth almost £7m
- Backed projects to change the lives of the most disadvantaged residents and neighbours
- Reduced the council’s own carbon emissions and enacted the “Intelligently Green” plan, a leading carbon reduction programme in local government
Since May 2019 Conservatives have worked hard to support Wychavon residents during and immediately after the pandemic and are continuing to do that as living costs soar.
These local elections are about issues at a local level and over the next four years Conservatives plan to focus on the local issues that matter:
- Keeping council tax low without cutting services
- Investing £42 million across the district including
- Redeveloping the Riverside centre into a new multi-purpose residential and leisure complex complete with refurbished public hall at its core
- Investments in quality new housing in Droitwich town centre on the old Baxenden site in Droitwich Spa town centre
- New community assets as part of our £1m per annum Community Legacy Grant fund
- Continuing to deliver the world class sports & leisure facilities that we are known for.
Cllr Bradley Thomas said: “We don’t take any support for granted and go into these elections with a strong record of delivering on residents' priorities.
By focusing on keeping council tax low, investing in the local economy to drive jobs and support our town centres, and enhancing Worcestershire’s natural environment, we are ready to continue delivering to make life in Wychavon even better.”