Issue - meetings

Report of the Deputy Chief Executive enclosed.

Decision taken (unanimously):

1.     That Cabinet endorses the Community Wealth Building Action Plan;

2.     That Cabinet asks the Deputy Chief Executive to prepare a delivery plan covering the period to March 2022 including resources to deliver the actions; the delivery plan to be considered by Cabinet in January 2021;

3.     That further engagement with the business sector be undertaken which will be reported to Cabinet in January 2021 and will feed into the delivery plan to be considered at that meeting;

4.     That the delivery plan above be considered as part of the emerging budget for 2021/22;

5.     That a Member Learning Hour on Community Wealth Building be held prior to the Cabinet meeting in January 2021.

The Cabinet Member for Community Engagement, Social Justice and Wealth Building presented a report of the Director of Planning and Property detailing the draft South Ribble Community Wealth Building Action Planfor consideration.

Issues were raised by members regarding the ‘socially just use of land’ and the consultation process. It was agreed that an explanatory note be circulated in relation to the issues raised.

Arising from the reference to the Member Learning Hour, it was suggested that it would be useful to have report from a Council comparative to South Ribble which has implemented such an Action Plan.

Decision taken (unanimously):

1.     That Cabinet endorses the Community Wealth Building Action Plan;

2.     That Cabinet asks the Deputy Chief Executive to prepare a delivery plan covering the period to March 2022 including resources to deliver the actions; the delivery plan to be considered by Cabinet in January 2021;

3.     That further engagement with the business sector be undertaken which will be reported to Cabinet in January 2021 and will feed into the delivery plan to be considered at that meeting;

4.     That the delivery plan above be considered as part of the emerging budget for 2021/22;

5.     That a Member Learning Hour on Community Wealth Building be held prior to the Cabinet meeting in January 2021.

Reasons for decision

As evidenced in the new Corporate Plan and Community Strategy, the Council has an ambition and vision for Economic Development activity to be undertaken in a cooperative way involving a range of public, commercial and social sector partners and residents of the Borough. It also has the ambition that all activities undertaken by these partners should bring maximum local economic, social, democratic, cultural and environmental benefit for South Ribble and its residents.

Alternative options considered and rejected

None, for the reasons given above.