Purpose

The Corporate Strategy is the Council’s overarching strategic plan. It sets out what we plan to do over the next four years.

Decision

(1)  To approve the draft Corporate Strategy 2023-2027 attached at Appendix 1 of the report and to recommend it to Council for adoption.

(2)  To delegate authority to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Deputy Leader (Cabinet member for Council Priorities and Delivery) to develop and implement an organisational decision framework tool to support implementation of the Corporate Strategy.

Reasons for the decision

The Corporate Strategy sets out a framework for how Bath and North East Somerset Council will deliver its purpose of improving people’s lives over the next four years.  Following its, adoption, appropriate delivery plans and associated key performance indicators will be developed to progress and monitor implementation of the framework.

The Strategy builds on the current Corporate Strategy, which was adopted in 2020.  It retains the Council’s purpose, core policies and principles.  It further refines these into a framework identifying more detailed priorities for the Council, working with partners and communities, to 2027.  This follows the May elections and the subsequent formation of a new cabinet.

Alternative options considered

None.