Service Plans
In line with the council's commitment to integrated service and budget planning, service plans are developed at the same time as departments' budget proposals.
Doing this ensures full integration of service planning and budget preparation and setting processes, with the resource implications of all new actions within service plans informed by, and considered, as an integral part of the budget process.
Service plans concentrate on major actions and developments for the department in the financial year along with any incomplete/ongoing actions carried over from the previous financial year. All actions must be linked to a corporate priority and a Single Outcome Agreement outcome. This means that departments deliver on the objectives and priorities set out in the corporate plan.
Progress against the actions within service plans is monitored through the council's Excelsis performance management system, with a mid-year progress report and full year review incorporated within the department's annual report. Further information can be found in dedicated Service Plan reports.