Decision details

Council considered a detailed report, presented by the Leader of the Council, which sought Members’ approval for the Council’s Corporate Plan - Bolsover District The Future 2024-2028.

To accompany the Plan, the Chief Executive provided a presentation and a short montage of video clips of staff carrying out their daily duties.

Bolsover District The Future 2024-2028, built on the success of the Council Ambition 2020-2024, and recognised the pivotal role that the Council played in delivering and working with and influencing public and private sector partners, government, and businesses to make Bolsover District a great place to live, work and spend time.

The new plan had a separate aim for Housing to reflect the Council’s ambitions in this area and recognised the importance of the new Social Housing Consumer Standards. The plan set out the four aims (Customers, Economy, Environment, and Housing) together with the Council’s priorities under each aim.

To support the delivery of the Plan, a performance management framework was being developed with Service Managers to enable active monitoring of the plan. 

Consultation on the priorities which underpinned the Council’s aims had been wide and had received broad support.  Consultees included the Citizens’ Panel, Equality Panel, and employees.  Senior Leadership Team and the Council’s four Scrutiny Committees were also consulted on the initiatives and targets supporting the priorities.

The Chief Executive highlighted some of the great achievements the Council had accomplished during the life of the 2020/2024 Plan.

The video clips would be put on the Council’s website and roadshows would also take place with Q&A sessions for staff with the Leader and KH attending and also representation from Senior Leadership Team. 

The Leader echoed those Members comments that the Council should be proud of what it had achieved so far.  The Council now had to face combined authorities and the Leader had put together a second to none devolution team where staff had demonstrated flexibility, which was key, along with resilience.

Moved by Councillor Steve Fritchley and seconded by Councillor Duncan McGregor

RESOLVED that (1) the Council’s Corporate Plan, ‘Bolsover District The Future 2024-2028’, be approved,

(2) the Chief Executive be authorised to make any subsequent minor amendments to ‘Bolsover District The Future 2024-2028’,

(3) the Chief Executive and the Senior Leadership Team manage the supporting performance management framework to ensure that it stays aligned to ‘Bolsover District The Future 2024-2028’, vision, aims and priorities.