The draft Corporate Strategy 2011-14 and the accompanying summary ‘Plan on a Page’ set out the Council’s corporate performance management framework.  The Living Ambition vision statement, which was last agreed in 2008, had been re-freshed to take into account the changes in national policy and the financial climate since then.

It was reported that the five Living Ambition Goals remain the same, and the Council had developed robust strategic objectives under each of these.  The strategy identified the key actions that would be delivered by the Council over the next 3 years and the measures that would be used to determine its success.  Together, these form the golden thread of the Council’s new corporate performance management framework.

Reasons for the decision: 

Under the Council’s constitution (Part 3, s.2.1, a-f), the Corporate Strategy, which sets the policy direction for the Council, must be considered and ratified by the Executive.

Other options considered:

None

Cabinet AGREED:

The Corporate Strategy 2011-14.