i)       That, subject to the action in relation to the Northern Arm being re-worded to:

“Work with partners in Brixham to update the business case for the Northern Arm breakwater in preparation for applications to any appropriate funding call.”

and to it being moved to 2021/2022,

the Council Business Plan for 2021/2022 be approved; and

ii)      That the Cabinet work with the Partnership and the Conservative Group to identify, from the overall priority actions, those actions which are of significant importance to Torbay for the coming year.

To ensure that the whole organisation knows the actions which need to be taken to deliver the Council’s ambitions.  Further detail of how the actions will be delivered will be included within the Business Plans for each business unit across the Council.

The actions included within the Business Plan had been developed collaboratively between the members of the Cabinet and the Senior Leadership Team.  They reflect the ambition of the Cabinet and the wider Council.  An alternative would have been to develop a second Delivery Plan.  However, the Business Plan enabled the Council to reflect on the achievements of the past year and to set the planned actions in context.

This decision will come into force and may be implemented on 8 June 2021 unless the call-in procedure is triggered (as set out in the Standing Orders in relation to Overview and Scrutiny).

One Torbay:  Working for all Torbay – the Council’s Community and Corporate Plan – was agreed by Council at its meeting on 27 February 2020 and a Delivery Plan was agreed by Cabinet shortly afterwards.

This year’s delivery plan takes a different format, in line with the agreed Performance and Risk Framework, as a Council Business Plan.  The proposed Business Plan sets out the Council’s achievements over the past year (including specific case studies), sets out the wider focus of the Council for the next two years and then details specific actions due to be undertaken over the next 12 months.  The Business Plan also included outline actions for future years.

At the meeting, Councillors Steve Darling proposed and Councillor Cowell seconded a motion that was agreed unanimously by the Cabinet, as set out above.

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