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RESOLVED
 
To note the items in the draft 2025/26 Annual
Plan (as contained in appendix A to this report) and consider the
potential impact on the 2025/26 budget setting process when setting
the final 2025/26 Annual Plan in January 2025.
 
REASON
 
To update Cabinet on the progress of setting
the Annual Plan for 2025/26.
 
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED BUT REJECTED AS
IDENTIFIED IN THE REPORT
 
Not to produce a draft 2025/26 Annual Plan.
The Council must adopt the Annual Plan 2025/26 to replace the
Annual Plan 2024/25 to ensure its operational plans are up to date
and, therefore, the option of not producing one was discounted. A
draft Annual Plan helps Councillors to better understand the
upcoming priorities and also consider any financial impact this
might have on the budget setting process in 2025/26.