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DENBIGHSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL'S CORPORATE PLAN 2017-2022
Meeting: 26/09/2017 - Cabinet (Item 6)
6 DENBIGHSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL'S CORPORATE PLAN 2017-2022 PDF 206 KB
To consider a report by Councillor Julian Thompson-Hill, Lead Member for Finance, Performance and Assets (copy enclosed) on the draft Corporate Plan prior to its submission to Council.
Additional documents:
- CORPORATE PLAN - APP 1, item 6 PDF 2 MB
- CORPORATE PLAN - APP 2, item 6 PDF 100 KB
- Webcast for DENBIGHSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL'S CORPORATE PLAN 2017-2022
Decision:
RESOLVED that Cabinet –
(a) approves the near final draft Corporate
Plan for submission to County Council on 17 October 2017 and recommends its
adoption subject to (1) final refinement of wording, and (2) inclusion of a
supporting financial plan, and
(b) confirms it has read, understood and
taken account of the Well-being Impact Assessment (Appendix B to the report) as
part of its consideration.
Minutes:
Councillor
Julian Thompson-Hill presented the draft Corporate Plan for consideration by
Cabinet prior to its submission to Council on 17 October 2017.
The
last Council had largely delivered a very ambitious Corporate Plan demonstrating
its ambition and commitment to delivering on its priorities. The priorities in the draft Corporate Plan
covered Housing; Younger People: Connected Communities; Resilient Communities
and the Environment and had been identified following a comprehensive process
of evidence-gathering and analysis and in-depth consultation with communities
(County Conversation), partners and elected members. If the Plan was adopted it should be possible
to deliver most of the actions subject to the availability of funding for
particular projects and a supporting Financial Plan would be included as part
of the Corporate Plan document submitted to Council. Cabinet’s attention was also drawn to the key
principles within the Plan covering Equalities and Welsh Language together with
governance arrangements going forward including scrutiny and monitoring. Finally Councillor Thompson-Hill reminded
members of his offer to meet with political groups to further discuss the
Corporate Plan and provided assurances that important issues raised by members
during the consultation process which had not been specifically included within
the Plan would have been captured elsewhere within service business plans.
The
Leader referred to the consultation process and outcomes within the Corporate
Plan which demonstrated that the Council had listened and responded to the
issues raised. He welcomed and supported
the Plan as a means of delivering on residents’ expectations of a local
authority and making a difference in communities. He was satisfied that important issues not
included as specific priorities in the Plan would still be addressed
highlighting the economic strategy as a prime example.
Members
discussed the report further with the Lead Member and the Head of Business
Improvement and Modernising as follows –
·
Cabinet had been pleased to note the open and
transparent consultation process resulting in a Plan which would make a real
difference to residents and agreed the draft Corporate Plan maintained the
Council’s ambitions but was also realistic.
It was suggested that reference to the County Conversation be made at
the beginning of the document to set the context and show that residents’ views
had been valued and taken into account in formulating the Plan
·
Councillor Huw Hilditch-Roberts highlighted
that bold decisions needed to be made in order to deliver the Plan, using
decisions relating to housing developments as a prime example, and he asked
that all elected members be made fully aware of their role within the process
and the commitment required to ensure successful delivery of the Plan
·
Councillor Bobby Feeley particularly welcomed
the inclusion and remit of Environment as a priority and officers advised that
it had been a key theme from young people during the County Conversation
·
there
was some discussion about how to express what the Council hoped to achieve with
particular reference to the Plan’s wording “we will” given that actions to meet
particular achievements were outside of the Council’s control and the
responsibility of other organisations.
It was accepted that there were some areas which were not solely within
the Council’s control, however the Council could influence and be a driver to
ensure outcomes were achieved and it was hoped the wording would reflect the
Council’s intention and will to achieve a particular outcome despite there
being no guarantee
· reference was made to the key principle to work to ensure the Welsh Language thrived in Denbighshire and the need to further drive this forward and officers advised that the Plan reflected the Council’s position and strategies and ambition to improvement in that area. The ... view the full minutes text for item 6