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13.1

The Executive Director City Futures submitted a
report Tsetting out the
Council’s ambition to develop a Sheffield Growth Plan for
2024-2035 and the principles and themes for growth which we are
calling the “Growth Framework”. The report seeks
approval of these principles and themes, to enable Sheffield City
Council officers to move onto Phase 2 of the work and develop a
full Sheffield Growth Plan 2024-35 using them as its
basis.
 
This
report also seeks approval for the process of developing the
Sheffield Growth Plan 2024-35, which will be developed for Strategy
and Resources Policy Committee’s future consideration by late
Summer 2024.

 

 

13.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That Strategy and
Resources Policy Committee:-

 

 

 

(a) 
endorses the principles and themes for growth (‘the Growth
Framework’) set out within this report so that Council
officers can use them as the basis for the development of a draft
Sheffield Growth Plan 2024- 2035 to be produced over Spring/Summer
2024;
 
(b) approves the process, set out
within this report, for developing the Growth Plan which will build
on the principles and themes of the Growth Framework;
and
 
(c)
agrees to receive and consider the draft Growth Plan in late
Summer 2024.

 

 

13.3

Reasons for Decision

 

 

13.3.1

Sheffield has
ambitious plans for the future of its economy across a range of
different policy areas.  Bringing this
together into a coherent narrative to communicate the city’s
priorities benefits the city’s partners, investors and Sheffield citizens.  It helps to identify areas of joint working and
investment opportunities and sets out the Council’s
commitment to the city’s prosperity.

 

 

13.3.2

The Growth Framework, as the first vital step towards a Growth
Plan, establishes the draft principles and themes for the plan,
beginning a conversation with stakeholders about the kind of
economy they want to see in the city.

 

 

13.3.3

The Growth Plan will build on this initial engagement,
connecting the city’s economic and regeneration activity to
the wider social and environmental objectives of the Council Plan
and the City Goals.

 

 

13.4

Alternatives Considered and
Rejected

 

 

13.4.1

Do nothing. This was rejected due to the needs of the city, and
the need identified in the LGA Peer Review, for a strong and
visible statement of ambition that brings together the city’s
regeneration plans for partners, investors, elected members and citizens. 

 

 

13.4.2

Continue with a suite of strategies and action plan with no
narrative. This was rejected due to the opportunity to create a
coherent narrative across various areas of economic and
regeneration activity.  In doing so, the
narrative can connect the city’s growth ambitions,
partnerships, investment and community engagement to better support
and improve the quality of life of the people of
Sheffield.