Purpose

The Council’s current Corporate Strategy covers the period 2017-2023, so work has been undertaken to prepare a new draft Corporate Strategy.  This report summarises how the draft Strategy has been developed and highlights some of the key content revisions.

The Council’s Corporate Strategy sets out our Vision and Priorities for the Borough.

It is a key document which influences our medium-term budget planning, day -to-day service delivery and the large-scale projects that we will undertake in the future.

Work has been undertaken to prepare a new draft Corporate Strategy for the next six years, 2023-2029.

The new Strategy has been developed considering: the achievements of the last Strategy; the changing demographics of the Borough; feedback from Council officers and senior managers and engagement with the Chief Executive’s Management Team (CXMT) and Executive Members.

The draft Corporate Strategy is included at Appendix A to the report.  If approved, it will undergo a period of public consultation.  The draft Strategy and any amendments would then be presented to the Policy and Resources Scrutiny Panel later this year before being returned to the Executive.

Decision

RESOLVED that the Executive approves the draft Corporate Strategy to be circulated for public consultation.