At its meeting on 6 March 2019 the Executive Committee considered the Year 4 Council Plan and RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL that it be ADOPTED, subject to the following amendments:

·         Foreword – amend seventh paragraph ‘…- you will see these issues these feature as priorities…’.

·         Foreword – amend final paragraph to reword first sentence which currently reads ‘You will also see (on pages 11 and 12) that we have made lots of achievements under each of our priorities throughout the last year…’.

·         Our achievements 2018-2019 – Growing and supporting communities – amend sentence on Community Infrastructure Levy to say when it was implemented as well as adopted.

·         Photo Index – amend reference to ‘Staverton Airport’ to ‘Gloucestershire Airport’.

88.1           At its meeting on 6 March 2019 the Executive Committee considered the Council Plan Year 4 (2016-2020) and recommended to Council that it be adopted subject to the following amendments:

•    Foreword – amend seventh paragraph ‘…- you will see these issues these feature as priorities…’.

•    Foreword – amend final paragraph to reword first sentence which currently reads ‘You will also see (on pages 11 and 12) that we have made lots of achievements under each of our priorities throughout the last year…’.

•    Our achievements 2018-2019 – Growing and supporting communities – amend sentence on Community Infrastructure Levy to say when it was implemented as well as adopted.

•    Photo Index – amend reference to ‘Staverton Airport’ to ‘Gloucestershire Airport’.

88.2           The report which was considered by the Executive Committee had been circulated with the Agenda for the current meeting at Pages No. 13-30.

88.3           The Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee proposed the recommendation, which was duly seconded, and it was

                  RESOLVED          That the Year 4 Council Plan be ADOPTED, subject to the                                following amendments:

•      Foreword – amend seventh paragraph ‘…- you will see these issues these feature as priorities…’.

•      Foreword – amend final paragraph to reword first sentence which currently reads ‘You will also see (on pages 11 and 12) that we have made lots of achievements under each of our priorities throughout the last year…’.

•      Our achievements 2018-2019 – Growing and supporting communities – amend sentence on Community Infrastructure Levy to say when it was implemented as well as adopted.

•      Photo Index – amend reference to ‘Staverton Airport’ to ‘Gloucestershire Airport’.

To consider the Council Plan and make a recommendation to Council for adoption.  

That the Council Plan refresh be RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL for ADOPTION, subject to the following amendments:

·         Foreword – amend seventh paragraph ‘…- you will see these issues these feature as priorities…’.

·         Foreword – amend final paragraph to reword first sentence which currently reads ‘You will also see (on pages 11 and 12) that we have made lots of achievements under each of our priorities throughout the last year…’.

·         Our achievements 2018-2019 – Growing and supporting communities – amend sentence on Community Infrastructure Levy to say when it was implemented as well as adopted.

·         Photo Index – amend reference to ‘Staverton Airport’ to ‘Gloucestershire Airport’.

82.1           The report of the Head of Corporate Services, circulated at Pages No. 17-34, attached a refresh of the Council Plan 2016-20. Members were asked to consider the document and recommend it to Council for adoption, subject to any amendments the Committee may wish to make.

82.2           The Leader of the Council explained that this was the fourth and final year of the current Council Plan and the document before Members was an updated version for consideration. There had been no major amendments. The Head of Corporate Services added that there had been several significant achievements over the period of the Council Plan and the Plan had been refreshed to ensure it remained relevant. The four priority themes had been reaffirmed: finances and resources; promoting and supporting economic growth; growing and supporting communities; and customer-focussed services, and each of those was supported by a series of key objectives and actions which had been amended to reflect the up-to-date position i.e. ‘further expansion of the Public Services Centre’ had been amended to ‘maximise partnership working within the Public Services Centre’.

82.3           Members felt the updated Council Plan accurately reflected the Council’s position over the last four years. One Member noted some amendments which needed to be made as follows:

·      Foreword – amend seventh paragraph ‘…- you will see these issues these feature as priorities…’.

·      Foreword – amend final paragraph to reword first sentence which currently reads ‘You will also see (on pages 11 and 12) that we have made lots of achievements under each of our priorities throughout the last year…’.

·      Our achievements 2018-2019 – Growing and supporting communities – amend sentence on Community Infrastructure Levy to say when it was implemented as well as adopted.

·      Photo Index – amend reference to ‘Staverton Airport’ to ‘Gloucestershire Airport’.

82.4           Accordingly, it was