Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet note the Corporate Plan: Annual Performance Report 2024/2025.

KEY DECISION:

No

PORTFOLIO:

Leaders / all

ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED/REJECTED:

As set out in the report.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST:

None

DISCUSSION:

The Leader introduced the item. She was proud of the first full performance report on the Council’s new Corporate Plan.

The Performance and Insight Manager explained that the Annual Performance report 2024/2025 upheld the Council’s principle of transparency and accountability, in line with the Corporate Plan priority areas and was underpinned by the New Forest’s Transformation Programme. The Council’s Executive Management Team had reviewed the content of the report and their comments and questions had been included. The report had been well received by the Council’s Scrutiny Panels. They acknowledged that there had been an effective overview and narrative of the achievements made in the past year. Qualitative evidence within the report further detailed the work that had been undertaken to achieve the Council’s priorities.

Cabinet members gave their thanks to staff across all service areas for their hard work. The positive Panel comments were noted, and the broad variety of services the Council provides were acknowledged. LGR was considered as an opportunity for the Council to be viewed positively and for its performance to be acknowledged.

The Portfolio Holder for Housing and Homelessness explained that a tenant of the Council had been made a co-opted member of the Housing and Communities Overview and Scrutiny Panel and that this level of engagement in Council decision making was very positive.