Members considered a report of the Director of Policy and Governance, presented by Councillor Peter Wilson, Executive Member for Resources and
seeking approval to the refresh of the Council’s Corporate Strategy for 2017/18 and 2019/20.
The report provided a summary of the performance of the Corporate Strategy in 2016/17 and the changes proposed as part of the Corporate Strategy refresh for 2018/19. A comprehensive review of the strategy had been undertaken by the administration which incorporated ongoing major projects like Market Walk and Primrose Gardens but included new projects to reflect the increasingly challenging national context and with a focus on meeting the fundamental needs of local residents like health, housing and employment.
There had been minor changes to the Corporate Strategy key priorities which were now:
The presentation of the new Corporate Strategy had been refreshed with a new design to clearly set out the commitments of the Council for 2017/18 to 2018/19 and the following projects would be included:
1. Improve the look and feel of local neighbourhoods across the borough
2. Develop Astley Hall and park as a visitor destination
3. Support people from across the borough to be digitally included
4. Deliver the Primrose Gardens retirement village
5. Deliver the Youth Zone
6. Develop a strategy for housing in Chorley and implement a programme of work
7. Bring forward key sites for development
8. Deliver the Market Walk extension
9. Deliver a borough wide programme to help people overcome barriers to employment
10.Transform the way the Council delivers services
11.Deliver a borough wide programme of improvements to street services
12.Integrate public services through the Chorley Public Service Reform Partnership
Before taking a decision on these proposals, Members considered alternative proposals put forward by the Conservative Group in the following agenda item.