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POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE

23 JULY 2019

 

Corporate Planning Timetable

 

Final Decision-Maker

Policy and Resources Committee

Lead Head of Service

Angela Woodhouse

Lead Officer and Report Author

Angela Woodhouse Head of Policy Communications and Governance and Anna Collier Policy and Information Manager

Classification

Public

 

Wards affected

All

 

Executive Summary

Every year the Committee is asked to consider whether to update the existing strategic plan, create a new one or leave the current one in place. This report sets out a proposed approach to this and setting the Medium Term Financial Strategy 2020/21 – 2024/25.

 

Purpose of Report

 

Decision

 

 

This report makes the following recommendations to this Committee:

That:

 

1.   The Strategic Plan 2019-45 is not refreshed or re-written.

 

2.   The corporate planning timetable be adopted.

 

 

 

Timetable

Meeting

Date

Policy and Resources Committee

23 July 2019



Corporate Planning Timetable

 

1.       CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS

 

Issue

Implications

Sign-off

Impact on Corporate Priorities

The Strategic Plan sets the Council’s objectives, currently these are:

 

·         Embracing Growth and Enabling Infrastructure

·         Safe, Clean and Green

·         Homes and Communities

·         A Thriving Place

 

Head of Policy, Communications and Governance

Cross Cutting Objectives

The four cross-cutting objectives are:

 

·         Heritage is Respected

·         Health Inequalities are Addressed and Reduced

·         Deprivation is Reduced and Social Mobility is Improved

·         Biodiversity and Environmental Sustainability is respected

 

Head of Policy, Communications and Governance

Risk Management

Already covered in the risk section

 

Head of Policy, Communications and Governance

Financial

The financial implications of the strategic plan are set out in the Council’s five year Medium Term Financial Strategy.  The MTFS will be updated and rolled forward to cover the period 2020/21 to 2024/25 as set out in the timetable at paragraph 4.3 of this report.

Director of Finance and Business Improvement

Staffing

We will deliver the recommendations with our current staffing.

Head of Policy, Communications and Governance

Legal

There are no legal implications

Head of Policy, Communications and Governance

Privacy and Data Protection

This decision will have no impact on Privacy and Data Protection

Policy and Information Team

Equalities

The recommendations do not propose a change in service therefore will not require an equalities impact assessment

Policy & Information Manager

Public Health

 

 

We recognise that the recommendations will not negatively impact on population health or that of individuals.

Public Health Officer

Crime and Disorder

The decision will have no direct impact on Crime and disorder

Head of Policy, Communications and Governance

Procurement

No procurements will be undertaken as part of this decision

Head of Policy, Communications and Governance

 

 

2.        INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

 

2.1     The Strategic Plan is a core element of our corporate planning. The priorities and outcomes in the Strategic Plan are developed alongside the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) to ensure consistency between service delivery and budgets. Service Planning allows the Council to convert high level priorities from the Strategic Plan into actions for each directorate, service or team across the Council, which then feeds into individual staff appraisals.

 

2.2     Each year the Policy and Resources Committee are asked to agree whether to refresh the existing strategic plan or create a new one. A timetable of activity is then planned around this process.  The timetable includes a period of public consultation and reports to service committee meetings on the budget.

 

 

3.   AVAILABLE OPTIONS

 

3.1     The Committee could either choose to create a new strategic plan, refresh the current plan or decide that there is no reason to produce either an update or a new plan and just update time specific actions.

 

3.2     A timetable for corporate planning is outlined in section 4; the Committee can review and amend this timetable as appropriate.

 

3.3     A full residents survey is planned for 2020 so this year there will be the usual budget consultation to inform the MTFS.  A report elsewhere on your agenda sets out the process for updating the MTFS.

 

 

4.        PREFERRED OPTION AND REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS

 

4.1     It is recommended that there is no update or rewrite required as the current Strategic Plan 2019- 45 was agreed by Council in March 2019; following substantial consultation and analysis.

 

4.2     A full rewrite of the strategic plan is not recommended as the vision and priorities are fresh and at an early stage of implementation.  The Council is at an early stage of monitoring progress against the new vision and priorities and therefore there is insufficient information to identify whether these priorities are the correct area of focus.

 

4.3     An update on the Strategic Plan progress will be presented to this Committee in April 2020, at this point it may opportune to review any actions that have been completed and identify new ones as appropriate.

 

Corporate Planning Timetable

 

Date

Action

 

July 2019

MTFS 2020/21 – 2024/25 – Initial Scope

 

August 2019

Service Planning begins

 

September 2019

Public Consultation on MTFS

 

November 2019

MTFS 2020/21 – 2024/25 – Final

 

January 2020

MTFS – Capital Programme 2020/21

 

February 2020

Final Budget Proposals 2020/21

 

April 2020

Strategic Plan 2019-45 Update

 

 

 

5.       RISK

5.1     The risks associated with delivering the Council’s Strategic Plan are set out in the Corporate Risk Register.

6.       CONSULTATION RESULTS AND PREVIOUS COMMITTEE FEEDBACK

 

6.1     All Members and each committee were central to the development of the Strategic Plan 2019-2045

 

 

7.       NEXT STEPS: COMMUNICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECISION

 

7.1     If Committee agree the recommended action, next steps will be followed as set out in the timetable at 4.3.  If members request another course of action, officers will need to revise the timetable and review resources and bring an updated report to Committee.