THAT (a)        the draft Corporate Plan for 2005-08 should be used immediately as the basis for the preparation of the Council’s Annual Operating Plan and directorate and service plans;

            (b)       the final versions of all these plans should reflect budget decisions and the Local Public Service Agreement (LPSA2G) between the Council and the UK Government; and

(c)        the proposed final version of the Corporate Plan be considered in February, prior to its approval by Council in March 2005.

THAT the new corporate planning process should be put into place with immediate effect and that the structure and broad content headings for the Corporate Plan for 2005-2008 should be as proposed in Appendix 2 to the report.