The Community and Corporate Plan articulates at a strategic level the ambitions of the Council and the principles within which the Council will operate.

1.         That the draft Community and Corporate Plan be published for consultation.

2.         That the Chief Executive be authorised, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to determine any further Policy Framework plans and strategies to be published for consultation to bring them in line with the draft Community and Corporate Plan.

The Community and Corporate Plan is the overarching document within the Council’s Policy Framework setting out the Council’s vision and priorities for the next twenty years.  The Cabinet was seeking feedback from the wider community in Torbay on the draft Plan and the outcomes the Council should be seeking to achieve.

There were no alternative options considered.

This decision will be implemented immediately.

Following the Local Elections in May 2023, a draft Community and Corporate Plan had been prepared by the Cabinet which set out the vision of a healthy, happy and prosperous Torbay.  The Plan had been prepared taking into account the results from the Residents Satisfaction Survey which was carried out during the summer of 2023.

As part of the Council’s continuing commitment to engage with its communities (and in line with the Council’s Constitution), the draft Plan would be subject to consultation.  The Cabinet was seeking the views on whether the Plan sets out the right vision for Torbay in 2043 and whether the priorities identified would help the Council to achieve it.

At the meeting Councillor David Thomas proposed and Councillor Billings seconded a motion that was agreed unanimously by the Cabinet, as set out above.

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