Issue - meetings

Minute 211 refers.

The Executive considered a draft of the Council’s Strategic Plan 2015/16 – 2018/19, which outlined priorities for the next four years and identified key outcomes it would be seeking to achieve. 

The Corporate Business Scrutiny Committee, at its meeting held on 26 August 2014, had recommended the Plan for adoption.

Councillor J Wing referred to comments he had made at the Corporate Business Scrutiny Committee meeting, in respect of the recycling service and asked whether the financial implications of seeking to achieve a 60% recycling target had been built into the Plan.  The Chief Executive and Director of Customer and Community Services referred to the reducing costs of recycling in recent years and stated that any specific projects identified during the Plan period would need to feed into the Medium Term Financial Plan.

In response to Councillor J Wing’s comment on the use of capital receipts to achieve additional affordable housing, the Executive Member for Strategic Planning and Transport referred to the affordable housing policies within the emerging District Plan and the importance of achieving the right mix of property types within housing developments.  The Executive Member for Health, Housing and Community Support also reminded Members of the Council’s work with Registered Social Landlords in transferring land ownership that enabled affordable housing units to be provided.

The Executive supported the recommendations as now detailed.

RECOMMENDED – that the 2015/16 – 2018/19 Corporate Strategic Plan be approved.