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NORTH NORFOLK DISTRICT COUNCIL CORPORATE PEER CHALLENGE - DRAFT ACTION PLAN

The District Council is required to develop an Action Plan in response to recommendations made through the recent Corporate Peer Challenge of the authority. This draft Action Plan seeks to meet this requirement.

Options considered

This report and the Corporate Peer Challenge Action Plan details the Council’s proposed response to recommendations made within the Peer Challenge Report. Development of the draft Action Plan has involved consideration of potential options / actions in response to the recommendations made.

Consultation(s)

Preparation of the draft Action Plan in response to the recommendations made in the Corporate Peer Challenge report has involved consultation with Corporate Leadership Team, Management Team and the Leader of the Council.

This report and the draft Action Plan has been presented to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee for comment as an item of pre-scrutiny business before presentation of the Action Plan for agreement by Cabinet

Recommendations

Cabinet is invited to comment on the draft Action Plan and then agree for adoption.

Reasons for recommendations

To ensure the objectives of the Council are achieved and to support the Council is its future development, learning and continuous improvement.

Background papers

LGA Corporate Peer Challenge report conducted 12^th – 15^th September 2023

Wards affected

All

Cabinet member(s)

Cllr Tim Adams, Leader of the Council

Contact Officer

Steve Blatch, Chief Executive

Email:- steve.blatch@north-norfolk.gov.uk

Tel:- 01263 516232

Links to key documents:
Corporate Plan:	Theme:- A Strong, Responsible & Accountable Council Objective:- We will ensure the Council maintains a financially sound position, seeking to make best use of its assets and staff resources, effective partnership working and maximising the opportunities of external funding and income. Action:- We will:- 1. Produce an Action Plan in response to the recommendations made by the recent LGA Corporate Peer Challenge by end December 2023 and thereafter deliver the Action Plan objectives over the period to June 2025.
Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS)	There are a number of comments made within the Corporate Peer Challenge which seek to support and strengthen the Council’s MTFS and strategic financial position given the changing context of local government finances and, as appropriate, these are responded to through the Action Plan
Council Policies & Strategies	All – the Corporate Peer Challenge process promotes sector-led improvement and is intended to support the Council in its objectives in the provision of quality services which meet the needs of the district’s residents, communities, businesses and visitors and of our ambitions around continuous improvement

Corporate Governance:
Is this a key decision	No
Has the public interest test been applied	Yes – there is no private or confidential information to be considered by this report.
Details of any previous decision(s) on this matter	N/A

Additional documents:

Decision:

Decision

RESOLVED

To agree to adopt the NNDC Corporate Peer Challenge Draft Action Plan.

Reason for the decision:

To ensure that the objectives of the Council are achieved and to support the Council in its future development, learning and continuous improvement.

Minutes:

The Chairman said that officers and members had been pleased with the recent LGA Corporate Peer Review. The report provided a response to the recommendations set out in the Peer Review, with proposed actions. He added that it had been presented to Overview & Scrutiny Committee for consideration.

Cllr N Dixon reiterated the recommendation from the Overview & Scrutiny Committee – ‘that a report be submitted to the Overview & Scrutiny Committee following the LGA’s revisit to the Council on the progress that had been made on the changes proposed within the Action Plan’.

It was proposed by Cllr T Adams, seconded by Cllr W Fredericks and