Agenda item

Report PPMO06 from Performance and Projects Team Leader.

(Enclosure)

Members had been circulated with report PPMO06 from the Performance and Projects Team Leader, Sam Pearson which dealt with Quarter 3 Corporate Plan Performance between the period October to December 2016.  Executive Managers had given an overview of their specific areas. The Council was working towards two main corporate priority themes: Open for Business (five outcomes and eight measures) and Commercially and Customer Focus (three outcomes and five measures) for this period.    

She referred Members to page 11 of the report which dealt with the Southern Quadrant and which was showing as red. There had been delays with the project (which included building the relief road, housing and employment land) which were outside of the Council’s control but since the report had been circulated supplementary information which had been outstanding had now been received and the project had moved on.  A question was asked about the project to which the Executive Manager Development and Growth replied – the Southern Quadrant was a massive application involving various elements some of these relied on third parties submitting the correct information, in this case it was a noise survey that had been outstanding.  All information had to be submitted before the DCC could determine the application which maybe June/July this year.  Members expressed concern about the progress of the project to which the Executive Manager replied that there were two separate projects, the relief road was one project which was a County Council project and although phase one had been completed it was within the County’s gift as to when the next part of the project started although construction of Phase 2 was scheduled to start in May 2017. One Member asked about guaranteeing that the Section 106 contributions would be spent on site, however there was not a lot of money funding the infrastructure it was put towards allowing the town centre to strive and survive.

The Chairman referred to page 14 OD02 – Net Additional Homes provided which also was showing as red.  Unfortunately housing delivery had slowed down in the last couple of years and this was a national issue not a local issue.  Work was being done to try and speed up the process and this had been discussed at the recent housing summit that had been held for Members on reviewing the housing strategy.   The Council currently had a 5.3 year supply for housing where as some authorities were not meeting their housing targets. The Council could look to have the right housing, in the right place at the right time in the right form as we had more than five years supply.  A question was asked about a particular site within the district to which the Member was a trustee of the charity who owned the site.  The pre application that had been done by agents had given incorrect information and the Executive Manager Development and Growth said he would speak to the Member outside of the meeting.

A Member asked about the Grantham Improvement Scheme referenced on page 15 of the report and an illustration was given of what that involved also it was part of the Annual Report which gave examples of shop fronts such as the Picture Café in Westgate.

The Chairman asked what the registered name of the company was on page 12 - “Gravitas Housing” had been registered.

The Performance and Projects Team Leader highlighted OB13 on page 16 of the report which concerned fly tipping.  Although the national figure was on the rise within South Kesteven this figure was down by 20% for the same time as the previous year and this could be contributed in part to the successful prosecutions which had been carried out.

The Chairman on behalf of the Committee thanked the Performance and Projects Team Leader and stressed how valuable the information was and that it was available to all Members on the Modern.gov app on their iPads.