Purpose

In March 2024 the Executive
Mayor published the Council’s Future Croydon Transformation
Plan (2024 – 2029). The proposed changes being both radical
and ambitious, aiming to fundamentally address our financial
challenges, improve services for residents and support the delivery
of the priorities set out in the Mayor’s Business
Plan.  
 
The report sets out the new
vision for Croydon and the new Target Operating Model for the
Council.  Together these will reshape
Croydon, provide better public services and modernise and transform
the Council.

Content

The Executive Mayor and Cabinet
RESOLVED to;
 
2.1. Consider the consultation
undertaken in respect of the Target Operating Model and the
equality implications, all set out in Section 8 and 10.8 to 10.12
of the report.
 
2.2. Approve the Town Centre
Vision described in Section 5 of the report.
 
2.3. Approve the adoption of
the new Croydon Target Operating Model described in Section 6 of
the report and attached at Appendix 1.
 
2.4. To note that for prudent
programming and budget setting purposes £30.8m of one-off
investment has been included in the Capital Programme and savings
rising to £27.7m per annum by 2028-29 have been included in
the MTFS. These sums will be reviewed in the September 2025 update
to the MTFS.
 
2.5. Delegate authority to the
Chief Executive in consultation with the Executive Mayor, to
implement the new Croydon Operating Model including the allocation
of approved budgets to specific programmes and projects as
required.