Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Dickinson, Sayers and Spikings.

To approve the minutes from the Corporate Performance Panel held on 22^nd October 2025.

RESOLVED: The minutes from the previous meeting were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

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The Senior Corporate Governance Officer presented the report and provided information on progress against the Council’s Corporate Strategy and Key Performance Indicators and outlined those Indicators which had not met target.

The Chair thanked the Senior Corporate Governance Officer for the report asked the Panel to consider the Indicators which had not met target.  The relevant Assistant Directors were present at the meeting to provide information on targets as required.

The Assistant Director, Regeneration, Housing and Place provided an update on the Car Parking Strategy and King’s Lynn Masterplan and explained that the Car Parking Strategies for King’s Lynn and Hunstanton were being progressed, and the Regeneration and Development Panel had been involved in assisting to develop Policy.  In response to a question from the Chair, the Assistant Director stated that the proposals were likely to come before Members in March or April 2026.

The Vice Chair, Councillor Blunt commented that he acknowledged that it was important to align policies, but was frustrated with the delay and hoped that these Strategies would be given priority.

With regard to the Housing Needs Assessment the Assistant Director explained that there had been difficulties with the commissioned work and a failure from the organisation that had been commissioned to deliver what was needed.  This work was now in the process of being retendered and a final draft was expected in the summer.

The Chair commented that he was concerned about housing delivery due to current market conditions and low land values meaning some developers wouldn’t be able to deliver because of finances.  He hoped that the West Winch development would not be affected by this.  The Assistant Director commented that the Council had a role to play in housing delivery and worked with a variety of land owners and house builders. The Assistant Director explained that it was important to provide a mixed economy across the board, not just strategic sites and officers were exploring options with different scale developers to understand their challenges.

The Assistant Director commented that a Housing Delivery Strategy was being produced to ensure that housing came forward and to build on the Council’s success of direct delivery.  The Chair commented that Council intervention to support delivery was crucial.

With regard to the amount of new homes built through the Council’s housing schemes, the Assistant Director provided information on risk mitigation due to the ability to switch tenures to respond to market needs and the Council’s role in housing delivery.

In response to a question regarding the financial implications of direct delivery, the Deputy Chief Executive provided detail of the capital receipts and public works board loans and advised the Panel that a report would be presented to the Member Major Projects Board on the outcomes and forecasting of the Major Housing Projects.

The Leader of the Council explained that Members would be involved in production of the Housing Delivery Strategy and would need to take a  ...  view the full minutes text for item CP82

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The Assistant Director, Transformation and Change presented the report which provided an overview of the Transformation Programme and the programme of projects to prepare the organisation for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR).  Due to the synergies between the Transformation and LGR Readiness it was proposed that the Transformation Programme be redefined to an ‘LGR Readiness Programme’ in order to align key programmes of work.

The Chair thanked the Assistant Director for the report and invited questions and comments from the Panel, as summarised below.

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Beales commented that it was important to prepare for LGR, even though the outcome was not yet known, and further work would be required once the Government had decided on new structures.

The Assistant Director reassured Members that the Council was continuing to work jointly with other Norfolk Local Authorities.

The Chair commented that the priority was to ensure that services could be delivered to residents within their locality.

The Chief Executive commented that it was also crucial that Council staff were in the best position in the lead up to LGR and that the Council had the necessary policies and strategies in place for whatever came next.

RESOLVED: That the Corporate Performance Panel support the recommendations to Cabinet, as set out below.

Cabinet resolves:

1. To agree that the Transformation Programme is redefined as the ‘LGR Readiness Programme’.

2. That the governance framework which supports the Transformation Programme continues to monitor the workstreams, key objectives and outputs from projects identified under LGR Readiness and Transformation.

3. That reporting on progress, operational readiness and any issues and risks arising will continue via the Transformation Board, Corporate Performance Panel and Cabinet.

The Chair commented that he would request an update on property disposals.

RESOLVED: The Panel Work Programme, Cabinet Forward Decisions List and Shareholder Committee Work Programme was noted.

To note that the next meeting of the Corporate Performance Panel is scheduled to take place on 25^th February 2026 at 4pm in the Town Hall, Saturday Market Place, King’s Lynn.

The next meeting of the Corporate Performance Panel was scheduled to take place on Wednesday 25^th February 2026 at 4.30pm in the Town Hall, Saturday Market Place, King’s Lynn.