Issue - meetings
Council Delivery Plan 2025-26 (Quarter 3 Update)
Meeting: 14/04/2026 - Cabinet (Item 44)
44 COUNCIL DELIVERY PLAN 2025-26 (QUARTER 3 UPDATE) 
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REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR – RESOURCES
Report presenting progress on delivering the Council Delivery Plan for 2025-26.
Additional documents:
Decision:
RESOLVED: That Cabinet noted progress against Council projects and performance indicators, as set out in the Council Delivery Plan (Appendix A), and approved new milestones and changes to milestones.
REASON FOR DECISION: The Council Delivery Plan (CDP) monitoring reports provide Overview and Scrutiny Committee, and Cabinet, with an opportunity to monitor progress against the key Council projects, and understand any new issues, risks, or opportunities.
Minutes:
Audio recording – 1 hour 55 minutes and 44 seconds
The Chair invited Councillor Claire Winchester, as Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, to present the referral on this item. Councillor Winchester advised that there had been discussions around:
· The best way to monitor the number of complex projects and risks for the Council.
· The reassurance provided by this report that project timetables were being kept.
· How the effective management of the most complex projects would depend on staff capacity and retention.
· Overall, there was a lot of reassurance gained from the report, but the Overview and Scrutiny Committee would continue to monitor progress of the projects in between quarterly reports.
Councillor Ian Albert, as Executive Member for Resources, presented the report entitled ‘Council Delivery Plan 2025-26 (Quarter 3 Update)’ and advised that:
· There were currently a number of key projects underway which were being monitored to ensure the right officer capacity was in place.
· A new project relating to the Museum Collection Facility and the associated risks had now been added to the Council Delivery Plan.
· Three projects had been completed, and the associated risks had been managed to target level.
· The improved budget position had enabled the setting of a budget which was widely supported across the Council.
· The first meeting of the Royston Learner Pool project had taken place, and this project would now be added to the Council Delivery Plan.
· The two projects with an amber status were detailed in paragraph 8.3 of the report.
· The actions being taken for the two red status performance indicators were detailed in paragraph 8.5 of the report.
· Information regarding the missed waste collections data was set out in paragraph 8.6 of the report.
· The addition of new KPIs linked to the Council Plan as the Council moved towards 2027/28 were highlighted in paragraph 8.9 of the report.
· There would be an update on the Churchgate project to Cabinet later this year.
· The Charnwood House renovation project remained a Council priority and Expressions of Interests (EOI) as part of the first stage of the tender process have been sent out to select a lead marketing agency.
Councillor Ian Albert proposed and Councillor Daniel Allen seconded and, following a vote, it was:
RESOLVED: That Cabinet noted progress against Council projects and performance indicators, as set out in the Council Delivery Plan (Appendix A), and approved new milestones and changes to milestones.
REASON FOR DECISION: The Council Delivery Plan (CDP) monitoring reports provide Overview and Scrutiny Committee, and Cabinet, with an opportunity to monitor progress against the key Council projects, and understand any new issues, risks, or opportunities.