Decision details

Purpose of Report

To seek approval from Executive on the draft mid-term review of the Vision 2025 and the core delivery plan for the final three years of Vision 2025.

Decision

That the Vision 2025 Interim Review (February 2022), including the three-year delivery plan, as set out in Appendix A to the report, be approved.

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected

As detailed in the report.

Reasons for the Decision

Following the successful completion of the Vision 2020 strategic plan in 2019, Vision 2025 was approved in February 2020.  Vision 2025 set out the Council’s priorities and aspirations, with the intention that the details of implementation would be specified in an annual delivery plan.  However, the impact of Covid-19 on the Council had limited the focus to maintaining critical services, and a number of these impacts were continuing.  As a result Vision 2025 had been reviewed, and the focus would now be on the economic recovery plan for the city; the health and inequalities faced by residents; and the provision for more greening projects across the city. 

As a result of the review, the projects spread across the five priorities and aspirations, in as three-year plan, which would provide the flexibility to spread the workload to match available resource as well as meet customer priorities.

Consultation with the public, businesses and the voluntary sector, which had taken place between 18 January 2022 and 10February 2022, had indicated a preference for prioritisation of key existing programmes, and the results would inform the programme over the next three years.  These views had included: taking a leading role in the recovery of the Lincoln economy; improving the health and quality of life for people living in Lincoln; continuing to increase the supply and number of affordable homes in the city; embarking on a programme to enhance the natural environment across the city; and promoting sustainable transport options.