Issue - meetings

To receive a report presenting the Council’s progress against the Corporate Plan Actions and Corporate Performance Indicators during Quarter 2 (July to September.

Executive Councillors: S Ferguson / L Davenport-Ray

The Cabinet considered and comment on progress and performance during Quarter 2, as summarised in the Corporate Performance Report attached and detailed in Appendices A, B, C and D.

A report by the Performance Coordinator and Business Performance and Insights Team Leader was submitted (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) presenting the Council’s progress against the Corporate Plan Actions and Corporate Performance Indicators during Quarter 2 (July to September 2025).

The Executive Councillor for Resident Services and Corporate Performance, Councillor Ferguson set out the report, particularly noting the significant improvement in the average waiting time between referral and completion of jobs funded through the Disabled Facilities grants, and that the economic development team had done a fantastic job. He made reference to comments from the Overview & Scrutiny Panel (Performance & Growth) regarding PI11, Affordable Housing, advising that although the target for this year would not be met, across the administration’s tenure a record number of affordable housing had been delivered. Even if some of these houses slipped into quarter 1, they were still being built. He noted the rightful concern from the Overview and Scrutiny Panel because previously some of the downstream measures on temporary accommodation and homelessness were affected by this directly. The Executive Councillor for Economy, Regeneration & Housing, Councillor Wakeford also addressed comments from the Overview & Scrutiny Panel on this matter, stating that the matter would be addressed by proactively working harder and being more innovative to deliver affordable housing. There was variability in the housing market; no houses were lost it was just a question of which years they fell in. He was always happy to relay back to the Overview and Scrutiny Panel on this matter.

The Cabinet recognised the challenge of the Council constantly being innovative and continually reviewing and challenging itself. Furthermore, the Cabinet thanked the team of officers for looking at disabled facilities grants; it had been quite a challenge but there had been a huge improvement. The Executive Councillor for Resident Services and Corporate Performance, Councillor Ferguson paid tribute to Councillor Harvey for her insight on the real effect this had had on residents and for her constant motivation to solve this matter; her input had been appreciated. Furthermore, the Council were doing so well on KPI’s and had really embedded that in the organisation in a way that it wasn’t previously. It was a good sign that sometimes ambitious targets were set; sometimes they were missed but not often. It was always a question of resource allocations and chasing record performances – the sign of an organisation transforming itself and working hard to do the best for residents. The Cabinet thanked all of the officers involved.

Whereupon, it was

RESOLVED

that the Cabinet considered and commented on progress and performance during Quarter 2, as summarised in the Corporate Performance Report attached and detailed in Appendices A, B, C and D.