Leader

Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Policy, Communications and Customer Services and the Leader, which set-out the purpose of the corporate plan and outlined the consultative approach taken to develop a new one.  The report summarised the new priorities and objectives which had resulted from this process, considered the mechanisms available for monitoring progress towards these, and finally invited Members to adopt the Council’s corporate plan as set out at Appendix I of the report, for the period April 2019 to March 2023.

In the absence of The Leader, the Vice-Chairman in-the-Chair proposed the recommendation. 

A Member considered the document was clearer and easier to read.  He noted that Parish Councils and interested parties had been consulted on the draft corporate plan.

A Member considered that the corporate plan should include wording to reflect residents’ concerns around increased housing and the lack of doctors surgeries in the Borough.  Another Member considered it was wrong to view the corporate plan as only an inward-facing document, as it impacted on local residents.  

Recommendation:

(1)       That the text at Appendix I to the report, as the Council’s corporate plan for the period April 2019 to March 2023, be adopted.