Agenda item

Report of the Director for Culture, Strategy and Engagement. To  be introduced by the Leader of the Council.

This report introduces Haringey Council’s Corporate Delivery Plan for 2022-24. The aim of this plan is to set out what the council will deliver up to April 2024.

The Leader introduced the report which set out Haringey Council’s Corporate Delivery Plan for 2022-24.  The delivery plan included information on the outcomes that the Council were working towards as an organisation, the activity planned to deliver the outcomes, and how the Council would work to deliver it.  The Corporate Delivery Plan would act as a replacement for the previous Borough Plan.

In response to questions from Councillors Carlin and Emery, the following information was provided:

-       A detailed plan for reporting was being developed.  High level elements would be reflected in detailed service delivery plans, and all metrics and Key Performance Indicators would be published and transparent.

-       There was a programme in place to deliver 3000 Council Homes.  A large number of sites had been identified as suitable, many with planning permission, and a significant number of schemes had started on site.  The Leader was confident that plans were in place to achieve the target.

-       A review of the complaints process was to be carried out and the aim was to ensure that residents receive better quality responses to their queries.

RESOLVED to

1.            To agree the Corporate Delivery Plan for 2022-2024 as attached at Appendix 1.

Reason for decision

The council’s current Borough Plan 2019-2023 runs until January 2023. Since it was approved the global Covid pandemic and cost of living crisis have significantly changed the context in which the council undertakes its work. 

The council’s new administration was elected in May of this year on a clear policy agenda and detailed set of manifesto commitments. These need to be reflected in a new set of delivery plans, alongside ongoing corporate priorities.

The role of this Corporate Delivery Plan 2022-24 is to set out what we will deliver and the outcomes we hope to achieve.   It is intended to articulate what we have chosen to prioritise and invest time and resource in; and therefore focuses on ‘discretionary’ activity rather than the delivery of our core, statutory functions. 

The corporate delivery plan will act as a replacement for the Borough Plan for the length of time that it applies, setting out the council’s priorities and the change it is seeking to achieve.

Alternative options considered

There are a number of alternative options, including:

·         Extend the governance period of the existing Borough Plan;

·         Do not publish delivery plans; and/or

·         Develop a new Borough Plan.

It is not considered feasible to pursue option A, as the existing Borough Plan does not reflect the context in which the council is operating, following the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis. 

It is not considered feasible to pursue option B, as this would mean that the organisation would not have a single articulation of the outcomes it is working towards, including to reflect the new administration’s manifesto.

It is not considered feasible to pursue option C, as the organisation needs a document which articulates its priorities and delivery plans to guide our immediate operations.  As set out in the Plan, we committed to working in a new way – under the Haringey Deal.  This will inform our longer term strategic goals but because we wish to co-design our approach with residents it cannot be developed within the timescale necessary to replace the current Borough Plan.