Residents who would like to find out about Sevenoaks District Council's performance over the course of the last year and the priorities for the future can read its newly published ‘Corporate Performance Plan’.

The annual plan reports on the Council's activities, shows how well every department has performed, sets out future priorities and explains how the Council intends to deliver an improved service.

The areas where the Council has performed well over the course of the last year include:

•         Reducing the time taken to remove fly tipped rubbish on land the Council is responsible for from 4.5 days to 3.3 days
•         100% of all missed refuse collection were put right by the next working day. The previous year’s figure was 85%
•         Out some 42,,000 homes that are delivered black and clear sacks twice a year, only 339 were missed out, 63 fewer than the year before
•         The number of days lost to staff sickness dropped significantly and overtime payments were markedly reduced
•         Along with two other areas, the District had the cleanest roads in the UK
•         99.3% of housing and Council Tax benefit claims were calculated correctly, an improvement on the previous year which was 95.4%
•         Underspending its overall budget for the year

 

Over the coming year the Council will be focusing on its four point vision:

 

•         Delivering the Community Plan – developed in partnership with the community and other local public sector organisations, it sets out how local public services will be delivered over a ten year period
•         The Local Development Framework – a plan that sets out how land can be developed in the next 25 years
•         Balanced Communities – tackling the local need for housing
•         A sustainable Council budget – providing good value services

Cllr Jill Davison, the Council's Cabinet member with responsibility for Council performance, says: "Over the course of the last year, we have gone to great lengths to improve our overall performance and the services we deliver to our residents. Despite these improvements, we are determined to do better and we have plans and monitoring procedures in place to ensure we do so."

The Corporate Performance Plan can be viewed on the Council’s website by logging on to www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/performanceplan. Alternatively CD-ROMs with the plan are available on request by calling 01732 227000 or by e-mailing policy@sevenoaks.gov.uk