The Chief Executive presented a report which sought approval the proposed annual performance targets for 2023-24 for the performance indicators in the Corporate Plan Delivery Plan (CPDP) that supported the Council’s new Corporate Plan.

He explained that the Performance Indicators and targets were included in Appendix 1, and they highlighted the following points:

• There are 99 PIs for the seven wellbeing objectives.

• Nearly half of those indicators can be reported quarterly (47 indicators).

• Trend data is available on 60% of indicators.

• 87% of indicators (86) now have proposed targets. Of these, 60% (52) have targets to improve performance or are set at a maximum level. 13% (11) have targets to maintain performance. The others are new indicators where we don’t have historical performance data.

The Cabinet Member for Climate Change and the Environment welcomed the report and the easy-to-read format which will help the Council monitor performance going forward. The Chief Executive added that the information in the report was also seen by the Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee last month, and they were keen that the rationales were improved and clearer.

The Cabinet Member for Climate Change and the Environment asked that on future reports, we needed to include more performance indicators to monitor our progress of increasing the number of trees planted.

RESOLVED: That Cabinet considered and approve the targets for the Corporate Plan Performance Indicators in Appendix 1.