Issue - meetings

BCP Council’s priorities and values which underpin the development and delivery of services are set out in the Corporate Strategy.

A new Corporate Strategy was approved by Cabinet in December 2023 and was adopted by council in January 2024.

New delivery plans and key performance measures will be considered by Cabinet in May 2024. Until then, performance is assessed on the actions and measures detailed in the Corporate Strategy adopted by Full Council in November 2019 and delivery plans that were revised in February 2022.

The appended performance report shows progress with measures set out in the delivery plans and any additional measures agreed by Cabinet as part of the performance reporting process, for quarter three of 2023/24 (October to December 2023). Individual exception reports provide explanations and planned actions to address under performance. The appended report also provides a further update on the delivery plan actions.

Appendix 2 shows a progress update as of March 2024, on the Council’s response to being issued with a ‘Best Value Notice’ by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) in August 2023.

RESOLVED that Cabinet: -

(a)          considered the Quarter Three performance report and delivery plan action updates and the exception reports relating to areas of under performance;

(b)          noted the March 2024 progress update on the Council’s response to being issued with a ‘Best Value Notice’; and

(c)          agreed that the next performance report Cabinet receives will be the Q1 report based on the new delivery plan and measures that will be agreed by Cabinet in May.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Dynamic Places

Reason

The Corporate Strategy sets out the objectives and outcomes that the Council’s performance will be judged against and as such is a vital component of the Council’s performance management framework. An understanding of performance against targets, goals and objectives helps us assess and manage service delivery and identify emerging business risks.

The Leader of the Council and Portfolio Holder for Dynamic Places presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'A' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

Cabinet was advised that the Corporate Strategy sets out the objectives and outcomes that the Council’s performance will be judged against and as such is a vital component of the Council’s performance management framework, and that an understanding of performance against targets, goals and objectives helps us assess and manage service delivery and identify emerging business risks.

Cabinet was informed that BCP Council’s priorities and values which underpin the development and delivery of services are set out in the Corporate Strategy, and that a new Corporate Strategy was approved by Cabinet in December 2023 and was adopted by council in January 2024.

Further to this Cabinet was advised that new delivery plans and key performance measures will be considered by Cabinet in May 2024, and that until then, performance is assessed on the actions and measures detailed in the Corporate Strategy adopted by Full Council in November 2019 and delivery plans that were revised in February 2022.

Cabinet was informed that the appended performance report shows progress with measures set out in the delivery plans and any additional measures agreed by Cabinet as part of the performance reporting process, for quarter three of 2023/24 (October to December 2023), and that individual exception reports provide explanations and planned actions to address under performance.

In relation to this Cabinet was informed that the appended report also provided a further update on the delivery plan actions, and that Appendix 2 shows a progress update as of March 2024, on the Council’s response to being issued with a ‘Best Value Notice’ by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) in August 2023.

RESOLVED that Cabinet: -

(a)          considered the Quarter Three performance report and delivery plan action updates and the exception reports relating to areas of under performance;

(b)          noted the March 2024 progress update on the Council’s response to being issued with a ‘Best Value Notice’; and

(c)          agreed that the next performance report Cabinet receives will be the Q1 report based on the new delivery plan and measures that will be agreed by Cabinet in May.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Dynamic Places

Reason

The Corporate Strategy sets out the objectives and outcomes that the Council’s performance will be judged against and as such is a vital component of the Council’s performance management framework. An understanding of performance against targets, goals and objectives helps us assess and manage service delivery and identify emerging business risks.