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The Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Core Services presented a report to the Assembly on the reviewed Corporate Plan 2020-22.

The Assembly recalled that the new Corporate Plan and Single Performance Framework were agreed in April and May 2020. This was agreed on the understanding that their contents would need to be reviewed, later in the year, to take account for the impact of Covid-19 on the Council’s plans for the next two years.

While the pandemic continued to evolve, the Council was now in a much better position to understand how Covid-19 was impacting on its resources, priorities and plans. Therefore, over the past few months, the Council’s strategic framework, including the Corporate Plan and Single Performance Framework, have been reviewed.

The Cabinet Member explained that it was important to note that while the review of the strategic framework was vital to ensure that the Councils plans were up-to-date and reflected the reality of the context in which we work, the fundamental approach and strategic intentions of the Council, as set out in the Corporate Plan, were not changing.

The Assembly resolved to agree the reviewed Corporate Plan as set out in Appendix 1 to the report.

By Minute 132 (21 April 2020) the Cabinet and subsequently the Assembly, agreed the new Corporate Plan and Single Performance Framework (SPF) on the understanding that their contents would need to be reviewed, later in the year, to take account of the impact of Covid-19 on the Council’s plans for the next two years.

In that respect, the Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Core Services presented a report on updates to the Corporate Plan 2020-22 and the SPF which took account of the developing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as lessons learned from the implementation of the SPF over those past few months.  He commented that whilst the pandemic continued to evolve, the Council was now in a much better position to understand how Covid-19 was impacting on its resources, priorities and plans, and the updates documents reflected those issues.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Recommend the Assembly to agree the reviewed Corporate Plan as set out at Appendix 1 to the report; and

(ii)  Agree the reviewed Single Performance Framework as set out at Appendix 2 to the report.