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

That the Council be recommended to approve the Community and Corporate Plan 2023-2043.

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.  Having considered the feedback received during the consultation and further feedback from the Council’s political groups the Cabinet is recommending that the Council approves the Community and Corporate Plan.

The draft Plan which was presented for consideration has been developed based on the evidence in the Torbay Profile, the results of the Residents Satisfaction Survey and the feedback received both during the consultation period and from Group Leaders.

The recommendations of the Cabinet will be considered at the meeting of Council being held on 22 February 2024.

The Community and Corporate Plan sets out the vision of a healthy, happy and prosperous Torbay.  The Plan outlines the priorities of the Council for the next twenty years and the approach the Council will take in delivering against the vision.

The draft Community and Corporate Plan was subject to consultation between 21 September and 29 October 2023.  The Plan had been updated to take account of that feedback.  The Plan also incorporates cross party feedback received from Group Leaders following the Council’s non-determination of the Plan when presented to the Council meeting on 7 December 2023.

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

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