Issue - meetings

Report of Councillor N Barker, Leader of the Council and Portfolio Holder for Strategic Leadership and Finance

RESOLVED – That Cabinet noted progress against the Council Plan 2023-2027 objectives.

REASONS FOR DECISION – This is an information report to keep Members informed of progress against the Council Plan objectives.

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

The report to Cabinet set out the progress achieved towards the Council Plan 2023-2027 Objectives to create:

·      A great place that cares for the environment

·      A great place to work

·      A great place to live well

·      A great place to access good public services

As part of this, Cabinet was informed that the Clay Cross Rail Feasibility Study had now been completed and that the Council and its partners were actively seeking to provide rail access through the proposed Barrow Hill line. Members were also informed about the UK Shared Prosperity Fund Shopfront grants which had been awarded to businesses in the District, the ongoing work to commission a Young Peoples Mental Health Project, with Bolsover District Council and Derbyshire County Council, and the upgrades to Council owned housing in the District that had taken place.

Cabinet discussed the report and the progress made towards achieving the Council Plan Objectives. Members welcomed the new approach to reporting performance on the Council Plan, and in particular, the more extensive narrative to explain the action which had been taken to achieve the Objectives and to complement the detailed statistical information on what had been delivered.

RESOLVED – That Cabinet noted progress against the Council Plan 2023-2027 objectives.

REASONS FOR DECISION – This is an information report to keep Members informed of progress against the Council Plan objectives.

OTHER OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND REJECTED – Not applicable as the report provided an overview of progress against the Council Plan objectives.