Issue - meetings

Report of Councillor N Barker, Leader of the Council

RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL – That Cabinet recommended to Council to approve the draft Council Plan for 2023 to 2027.

REASONS FOR DECISION – To ensure that the Council’s work is carefully planned and structured.

OTHER OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND REJECTED – None. Having a Council Plan is good practice and gives a clear strategic direction for the Council.

Please note that this was not a Key Decision so can be implemented by officers with immediate effect.

The report to Cabinet explained that a draft Council Plan had now been prepared for 2023 to 2027. Cabinet was asked to endorse the Plan and recommend it to Council for approval.

Cabinet discussed the draft Council Plan. They reflected on the proposed vision for North East Derbyshire, particularly how strong community leadership would be at the heart of everything the Council did, and would seek to create a ‘Great Place’. Through the Plan, the Council would aim to create a place where people could earn a decent living, have a comfortable home, live long, happy and healthy lives, feel safe in their communities and be conscious of and care for its environment. The Leader of the Council made clear that the Plan was intended to evolve and grow over the four-year term of the Council, and that it would be delivered in an inclusive and transparent way. The Council would do this in collaboration with other public sector organisations, businesses, voluntary organisations and the District’s communities as a whole.

At the conclusion of the discussion, Members demonstrated that they wished to recommend the Plan to Council, and thanked the officers who had been responsible for putting the Plan together.

RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL – That Cabinet recommended to Council to approve the draft Council Plan for 2023 to 2027.

REASONS FOR DECISION – To ensure that the Council’s work is carefully planned and structured.

OTHER OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND REJECTED – None. Having a Council Plan is good practice and gives a clear strategic direction for the Council.