Decision details

The Cabinet had before it, and NOTED, a report * from the Head of People, Performance and Waste and the Corporate Performance and Improvement Manager providing Members with an update on performance against the Corporate Plan 2024-28 and service performance measures for quarter 1 (2024/25).

The Cabinet Member for Housing, Assets and Property and Deputy Leader outlined the contents of the report with particular reference to the following:

·       This was the first performance report on the Council’s new Corporate Plan which was adopted in July 2024. A graphic designed version of the Corporate Plan was now available on the Council's website and it had been promoted to staff, the public and other stakeholders.

·       Performance reporting was now based upon the Performance Dashboards that the Council had been using for the past year. These had been reconfigured to reflect the new PDG structure, and Corporate Plan indicators had been mapped to these.

·       The Dashboards contained 98 performance measures, and of these 65 were performance indicators and 33 were finance measures.

·       Section 2 of the covering report provided performance analysis on a theme by theme basis, with the focus on Corporate Plan performance indicators.

·       The Performance Dashboards would also be reviewed by the relevant PDGs in due course.

·       There was good performance highlighted across the report, but particularly pleasing to note was:

o   117 tonnes of carbon emissions avoided through our corporate solar panels and electric vehicles

o   44 homes becoming part of Mid Devon Housing in quarter 1;

o   And household waste recycling 59.5% for the year to date.

Consideration was given to:

·       The red RAG rating against ‘New subscribers to Let’s Talk Mid Devon’. This had an annual target of 400 but showed a performance result of 1 for the first quarter. It was explained that this was not unusual as public engagement work would be a key focus going forwards and improvements would be made in this area in the coming months.

·       The Annual Tenants Report was also showing excellent results but would take some time to embed.

Note: * Report previously circulated.