Swindon 2040 / 2050 Vision
The official long-term vision for Swindon, built on the Swindon Plan\u2019s three priority missions and the New Local Plan. A fairer, better and greener Swindon \u2014 shaped by residents and partners.
The objective is not simply to make Swindon look better. The objective is to create a Swindon that works better \u2014 for everyone who lives, works, visits and invests here.
The Swindon Plan
Approved July 2024
Following borough-wide engagement with hundreds of residents and partners.
Time horizon
Next decade
Three priority missions with a performance framework covering three-year action cycles.
New Local Plan
Growth to 2043
Strategic vision for housing, employment, infrastructure, transport and the environment — with a wider vision to 2055.
Build a Fairer Swindon
Making Swindon a fairer place, reducing disadvantages and reducing big disparities in life expectancy, education levels and social justice.
Stronger and safer communities
- •Increase engagement and enable community participation
- •An inclusive and fair Swindon
- •Delivering safer communities through partnership working
Improve health and wellbeing
- •Improve children’s health
- •Promote independent living
- •Improve mental health and wellbeing
Improve education and skills
- •A range of accessible learning
- •Ensuring a quality education
- •Improving employability and skills
Build a Better Swindon
Creating a town ready for the challenges of the coming decades. Where possible, leading town centre improvement and creating more affordable housing with the private sector.
Support everyone to have a decent home
- •Local homes for care experienced children
- •Enabling sufficient and quality homes
- •Preventing homelessness
Swindon is a place where business can thrive
- •Building community wealth
- •Support businesses to invest and grow
Define the future of our town centre
- •A vision for the heart of Swindon
Protect Swindon’s heritage, leisure and open spaces
- •Vibrant and accessible heritage, arts and culture
- •Support future provision of leisure
- •Maintained and accessible parks and open spaces
Keep Swindon moving
- •Efficient use of funding to maintain roads and pavements
- •Promote and enhance active travel
- •Provide a sufficient and accessible highway network
Build a Greener Swindon
Fully playing our part as a council and a town in combatting climate change. Working with communities to find new ways of doing things that help, not hinder, the natural environment.
Leading the way towards a net zero borough by 2050
- •Engage with residents and businesses to deliver a greener Swindon
Greener planning and transport
- •Enable a lower carbon Swindon through planning and travel
Protect the environment
- •Resilience to severe weather and climate change impacts
- •Protect and enhance biodiversity
Keep on track for a net zero Council
- •Reduce carbon from council assets
- •Transitioning our fleet and depot to net-zero carbon operations
- •Optimising waste management and recycling initiatives
Official sources
This vision reflects the official Swindon Plan and New Local Plan. Swindon Together is an independent community platform \u2014 not the council \u2014 and presents this information to help residents understand and engage with the official vision.
How We Get There
Swindon Together operates around a simple principle: LISTEN → UNDERSTAND → INVESTIGATE → CONNECT → ACT → MEASURE → REPORT BACK. Every issue should aim to become a clearly defined problem with evidence, identified responsibility, possible solutions, a practical action pathway, progress tracking and outcome reporting.