The Head of Corporate Strategy has submitted a report to approve Oxford City Council’s Corporate Business Plan priorities for 2023/24.

Cabinet is recommended to:

1.      Agree the draft Oxford City Council Corporate Business Plan priorities 2023/24, which set out the Council’s priority work for the next financial year;

2.      Delegate authority to the Head of Corporate Strategy in consultation with the Council Leader to make further minor amendments to the draft Business Plan priorities before implementation; and

3.      Note the progress made in delivery against the actions set out in the current year’s Corporate Business Plan 2022/23.

The Head of Corporate Strategy had submitted a report to approve Oxford City Council’s Corporate Business Plan priorities for 2023/24.

The Leader and Cabinet Member for Inclusive Economy and Partnerships highlighted some of the significant progress which had been made in delivery of the current year’s business plan.  This had included: adding social value to the procurement process; becoming a signatory to the Inclusive Economy Charter; securing planning permission for the re-provision of affordable work space at Standingford House on Cave Street; securing a funding package for the Cowley Branch Line; increasing the supply of affordable housing and delivering the greenest council homes to date; commencement of the citywide selective licensing scheme; and use of Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme funding to reduce the carbon impact of Oxford’s leisure centres and seasonal outdoor pool.

The Leader reported that this was the final year of the Council Strategy 2020-24; a report would be brought to Cabinet later in the year setting out the process for work on a strategy to cover the next four years.

Cabinet resolved to:

1.      Agree the draft Oxford City Council Corporate Business Plan priorities 2023/24, which set out the Council’s priority work for the next financial year;

2.      Delegate authority to the Head of Corporate Strategy in consultation with the Council Leader to make further minor amendments to the draft Business Plan priorities before implementation; and

3.      Note the progress made in delivery against the actions set out in the current year’s Corporate Business Plan 2022/23.