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CORPORATE PLAN UPDATE, QUARTER 2, 2021 TO 2022
Meeting: 23/11/2021 - Cabinet (Item 10)
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To consider a report by Councillor Julian Thompson-Hill, Lead Member for Finance, Performance and Strategic Assets (copy enclosed) on progress in delivery of the Corporate Plan in 2021 to 2022 as at the end of quarter 2 (July to September 2021).
Additional documents:
- CORPORATE PLAN UPDATE (JULY TO SEPT) - APP 1v2, item 10 PDF 633 KB
- Webcast for CORPORATE PLAN UPDATE, QUARTER 2, 2021 TO 2022
Decision:
RESOLVED that Cabinet
notes the progress in delivering the Corporate Plan as at the end of quarter 2
of 2021/22 and confirms the content of the draft report.
Minutes:
Councillor
Julian Thompson-Hill presented the report updating Cabinet on progress in
delivery of the Corporate Plan in 2021 to 2022 as at the end of quarter 2 (July
to September 2021).
The
Corporate Plan 2017 – 2022 set the strategic direction for the council and its
priorities and was now nearing the end of the five year period of the
plan. The vast majority of schemes had
been delivered or would be delivered although some had been unavoidably delayed
due to Covid-19. The Corporate Plan
Programme Board continued to monitor delivery of the plan and work was being
carried out in terms of determining lessons learnt and looking forward to
development of the next iteration of the Corporate Plan for the new
Council. The overall summary identified
two measures as priority for improvement as previously reported for Connected
Communities and Young People but projects had been assessed as good or above.
The
Strategic Planning and Performance Team Leader added that the priority for
improvement measures mainly reflected areas outside of the Council’s control
and the projects more within the Council’s control had shown better
performance. Areas of weakness included
the SARTH figures (Housing) which remained high with the outcome of an
investigative report due at the end of the year, and progress with the travel
project (Connected Communities) had been slow likely due to the need for a
project management role. Whilst healthy
weight data for children in primary schools (Young People) had shown an
improvement it remained an area of concern with the school nutrition project
nearing its end in terms of funding, raising considerations as to what extent
the Council could influence/control the weight of young people. There were no concerns regarding the
Environment priority. With regard to the
corporate health outcome, the seven governance areas appeared healthy with few
concerns but sickness absence had increased slightly.
The
Leader highlighted that the Corporate Plan had been deliberately ambitious and
the challenging areas mainly related to those priorities that were
predominantly outside the Council’s control.
He highlighted digital connectivity as a particularly challenging area
where the Council had sought to influence the pace of change and whilst some
progress had been made, it had not moved forward as hoped. It was noteworthy that some of the priorities
highlighted at the beginning of the current Council term were still relevant
and it was hoped that services would continue with those priorities going
forward and embed them into future service planning.
RESOLVED that Cabinet
notes the progress in delivering the Corporate Plan as at the end of quarter 2
of 2021/22 and confirms the content of the draft report.