Issue - meetings

The Leader of the Council introduced the Council’s Corporate Plan for 2018 - 2022, which set out the Council’s vision and priorities for the next four years together with the corporate performance framework.

The Corporate Plan took into account the Council’s current position, its transformation programme (which stemmed from the LGA Peer Review and the independent Growth Commission report), the aspirations and targets within the Borough Manifesto and other initiatives such as the Good Neighbour Guide. 

The Leader referred to several of the Council’s key achievements since the 2014 Local Elections and stressed that the principle of “No One Left Behind” was the golden thread that ran throughout the new Corporate Plan.  The document also reflected the Council’s increasing role as a commissioning body and how it would support the local community in leading independent, healthy, safe and fulfilling lives.

Cabinet Members spoke in support of the document and the ambitions for the future.  In respect of the Corporate Performance Framework, it was suggested that there should be a distinction within both the document and the monitoring regime between the areas for which the Council was directly responsible and those delivered in partnership or by other bodies.

The Cabinet resolved to recommend the Assembly to approve the Council’s Corporate Plan 2018 - 2022 as set out at Appendix 1 to the report, subject to officers reviewing the Corporate Performance Framework appended to the document to differentiate between the aspects under the direct control of the Council and those provided by other bodies and where the Council has only an influencing role.