6.143 Somerton Town Council updated its Community Plan in 2011, which describes how local people would like to see the town evolve in the next 5-10 years. The key areas for improving the town are set out in a series of 'project plans' that include broadening the range of cultural amenities, open space, sports and leisure facilities; attracting new businesses to the town; and producing a shared vision of how the people of Somerton would like their town to develop in the future.