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Report of Councillor Tutt on behalf of the Cabinet.

This matter was proposed by Councillor Tutt on behalf of the Cabinet and seconded by Councillor Elkin.

Resolved:  That the refreshed corporate plan for 2014/15 be approved.

Report of Head of Corporate Development.

Cabinet lead member:  Councillor Troy Tester.

(1) Draft 2014/15 refresh approved subject to detail on performance indicators and final formatting being agreed by senior heads of service and lead Cabinet members.

(2) Full Council asked to approve refreshed corporate plan.

89.1 Councillor Patrick Warner and Philip Ede addressed the Cabinet on aspects of this matter.

89.2 Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Corporate Development.  The refreshed corporate plan contained updates on the Local Futures data and included references to data from other more timely sources (such as East Sussex in Figures) where available in order to give an overall picture of Eastbourne which was as up-to-date as possible.

89.3 Extensive consultation on the corporate plan priorities had been conducted with the community and stakeholders each year since the new format and priorities were adopted.  This being the final year of the current strategy, the results of the annual consultations had been brought together with recent community feedback such as the Youth Fair, the new ward walk initiative, and the ‘Big Local’ project in west Devonshire ward and presented to Cabinet in December 2013.  The full consultation report would be made publicly available alongside to the corporate plan once published online.  Development of projects and targets had also been influenced by the recent service and financial planning process, reference to the local development framework and the sustainable community strategy.

89.4 A year-end report summarising the 2013/14 actions and related performance indicator outturns was being reported to Scrutiny and Cabinet and would be made available to the public alongside the refreshed plan on the Council’s website.  Feedback received as part of reviews from GOSE, iESE and the LGA Peer Challenge were very positive regarding the format and content of the plan.

89.5 The refreshed plan built upon previous year’s versions and retained the same four priority chapters – each owned by a senior member of the corporate management team and Cabinet lead member who were responsible for managing the overall delivery of projects in that theme.  An overview of the projects for each chapter was as follows:

89.6 Prosperous Economy

Tourism marketing and brand development:

• New tourism and economic development strategy.
• New brand development and marketing campaign.
• New walking festival.
• Grow the Beer and Cider by the Sea event into a regional food and drink festival.

Employment - town centre:

• Process new planning application.
• Assist with land assembly.
• Assist developers to crystallise development on other sites.
• Specify and tender plans for the environmental improvement to Terminus Road.
• Review the existing ring road.

Business support scheme:

• Use of technology to promote local services including procurement.
• Maximise Business Rate Relief giving £800k back to small businesses.
• Revised Eastbourne Loyalty Scheme.

Employment - Sovereign Harbour:

• Process planning applications by Sovereign Harbour Ltd and SeaChange Sussex.
• Progress the provision of the Community Centre.
• Deliver the Harbour Innovation Mall.

89.7 Quality Environment

Managing waste responsibly:

• Improve Recycling rates

Improving the cleanliness of the street and public areas:

• Prevention campaigns to reduce environmental crime.
• Renovation of public conveniences.

Allotment provision:

• Continue to build extra allotment in phases throughout the year.

Towards a low carbon town:

• Continue to implement environment strategy action plan.
• Implement actions to reduce the carbon use of the Council’s own buildings.

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