Note:  The Chairman agreed to consider this issue as an urgent item at the meeting of the Board held on 21 November 2012.  The meeting was subsequently adjourned to allow for its publication.

To consider the draft Corporate Plan and make any recommendations to Council.

The Board considered the draft Corporate Plan which identified the priorities the Council intended to deliver from now until 2015.

The Board was asked to provide its comments on the Plan prior to its consideration at the meeting of the Council scheduled to take place on 6 December 2012.

Members of the Board expressed their view that the Plan lacked dynamism and detail, in particular that it did not include any targets or any references to partnership working or contract monitoring.  It was felt that the Plan should include radical, lateral thinking and should address the Council’s aspirations for children’s services, housing and adult social care.