Issue - meetings

Community Plan Performance for Quarter One - 2025/26

 

 

Meeting: 09/09/2025 - Cabinet (Item 298)

298 Community Plan Performance for Quarter One - 2025/26 pdf icon PDF 440 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

That Cabinet:

 

a)           review the Community Plan Performance Report attached as Appendix 1;

 

b)          review the compliance report attached as Appendix 2; and

 

c)           consider the Council’s performance against its objectives highlighting any areas of high performance and identifying areas for improvement.

Minutes:

The Transformation and Service Improvement Officer presented a report which detailed the Quarter 1 Community Plan Performance Report for 2025/26.  

 

The report and accompanying presentation highlighted various projects undertaken by Business Units and performance in including re-let times, tenant satisfaction, Active4Today and the National Civil War Centre, and Local Government Re-organisation.

 

Members discussed the delay in re-letting and rent arrears performance. The Head of Housing, Health and Wellbeing was in attendance and explained the reasons for the performance, as well as measures that had been taken, including re-focusing of teams and appointing an external resource to undertake voids work, to address the delay. Members noted officers were focussed on the performance measures and the anticipated timescales to see improvement.

 

Members also considered in detail the work experience offer, sickness absence, and enabling Councillors to proactively communicate resources within the District, including activities held at the National Civil War Centre and recycling.

 

AGREED (unanimously) That Cabinet:

 

a)           review the Community Plan Performance Report attached as Appendix 1;

 

b)          review the compliance report attached as Appendix 2; and

 

c)           consider the Council’s performance against its objectives highlighting any areas of high performance and identifying areas for improvement.

 

Reasons for Decision:

Performance management is used to drive improvement by analysing data and progress against key activities as well as building a picture of the context of performance using district statistics, customer feedback and workforce information.

 

Options Considered:

Not applicable.