Decision details

The item is the July 2023 iteration of the Council Plan which will go to Cabinet and Council for sign-off in July 2023.

The July 2023 update will formally extend the current (2021/23) Council Plan (approved at Council on 13 October 2021) up until January 2024.

Key internal stakeholders have been engaged in the development process.

Partners have also been engaged in conversations regarding future revisions to population indicators, which will be included in the next iteration of the Council Plan.

Background Papers - Previous Council Plan – approved at Council on 13^th October 2021:

Council Plan – Oct 2021

RESOLVED –

1)    That the report be referred to Council on 12 July with a recommendation that the Council Plan be adopted and included in the Policy Framework for the Council, setting the overarching strategic direction for the services and activities relating to the business of the Council. (The Plan was attached at Appendix 1)

2)    That any required amendments arising out of the consideration of the report at the meeting of Council be delegated to the Service Director, Strategy and Innovation, in consultation with the Leader of the Council.