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Purpose and Strategic Aims of Defence Estates (DE)

DE Vision and Mission

Our Vision:

To provide an estate of the right size and quality, which is managed and developed effectively in line with acknowledged best practice, and is sensitive to social and environmental considerations.

Our Mission:

To deliver estate solutions to Defence needs.

Strategic Aims

The six strategic aims that form the key principles in the Defence Estate Strategy 2006 “In Trust and On Trust” are to:

Have an estate of the right quality that efficiently and effectively meets the military need and raises the quality of life for users. This will be achieved through high standards in design, construction and ongoing maintenance.
Have an estate of the right size to meet the military need. This will be an estate of fewer, larger sites in the UK and overseas. The estate will be located appropriately, make the best use of available resources and remain fully capable of meeting military needs.
Develop defence communities where civilian, military personnel and their families wish to live and work both now and in the future. We will also recognise the sustainable development needs of other communities.
Proactively integrate the Government’s overarching objectives for sustainable development whilst ensuring the delivery of defence capability.
Be an example of best practice. To manage and develop our estate in line with best practice and foster a culture of continuous development and improvement.
Have an estate underpinned by excellent management with structures, systems and processes that enable us to deliver optimum corporate solutions through collaborative working.

Contacts

Defence Estates

Owner

Post
Director Agency Secretariat (Defence Estates)

Point of Contact

Post	Email	Phone
Defence Estates Commercial – Policy	DEComm-Pol@mod.uk	Mil: 94421 3600 Civ: +44 (0) 121 311 3600

Change History

The AOF has been updated to Version 2.0.0 on 1st April 2008 following the introduction of the main content in the tactical layer. In addition small changes have been added to the Operational layer. Individual document Change History pages will detail any changes other than minor editorial amendments.

1 October 2009: Minor amendments made for Plain English review.
1 March 2008: Contact details amended due to change of personnel and DII migration.
1 June 2007: Contact names deleted due to IAW DDefSy Hd InfoSy Pol advice with regards to potential Security and Data Protection Act issues.