Decision details

The Chief Executive submitted a report for Committee to approve and formally adopt the Council’s Corporate Plan 2023-2027 and the associated Corporate Plan Technical Appendix 2023-2027.

The Corporate Plan set out the strategic direct of the Council covering the period 2023-2027, and provided a focus to ensure that the service the Council delivered met the needs of our communities. The Plan would be reviewed annually to ensure that it continued to reflect the changes to the Council’s priorities that occurred over time.

The working group had met twice to develop the plan based on local and national priorities, a number of other high level Council plans and strategies, the 2023 Peoples Survey - Life in the Ribble Valley, and feedback from CMT and Heads of Service (HoS). The Strategy contained:

·         Four corporate goals to address issues that mattered most to the Borough.

·         Each goal had a number of objectives – things that we wished to achieve for the Borough.

·         The objectives were supported by a number of key actions – the things we would do to achieve our objectives.

·         Key measures of success were outlined in Appendix B – Draft Corporate Plan Technical Appendix 2023-27. The Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) would be used to monitor and analyse progress and achievements during the life of the Plan.

The Corporate Plan would be published on the Council website and shared internally with all staff. Where available, KPI data would be reported in a Quarterly Performance Report and scrutinised by Officers, CMT, and relevant Committees.

Members thanked the Council’s Policy and Performance Officer for the document and supported the implementation subject to minor amendments in wording.

RESOLVED THAT COMMITTEE:

Approve the Corporate Plan and the associated Corporate Plan Technical Appendix 2023-2027 for formal adoption subject to minor amendments as noted at the meeting.