Purpose

Note the progress and approve the transition
to Business as Usual and next steps

Content

RESOLVED
 
KEY DECISION
 

That the Executive:
 

a)     
Supports and endorsed the progress against the
original ‘Levelling Up’ Plan in North
Northamptonshire.

 

b)     
Requested the Scrutiny Management Board consider if
the report should be received and considered by any of its scrutiny
committees.

 

c)     
Recommended to Full Council that the progress report
and the recommendation to transition the programme to business as
usual, is received by Full Council in quarter four of the 2024
– 2025 municipal year, as set out in the governance for the
plan in Appendix A, following consideration by the relevant
Scrutiny committees, as may be determined by the Scrutiny
Management Board.

 
 

Reasons for
Recommendations:
 

i)        
The agenda to support the identified ‘left
behind’ communities remains a
national and local priority and of importance to council members.
The scrutiny review was undertaken because of an amended motion and
agreement at Full Council on 28th July 2021

ii)      
The recommendations seek
approval from the Executive to progress this most
recent update through the governance set out in Appendix A
(Page 4) and also to transition the different activities and
subsequent reports concerning that activity into business as
usual.
 

Alternative Options
Considered:
 

i)        
Do not follow the governance set out in the
‘Levelling Up’ plan.

ii)      
Continue to follow the governance in the plan and
not transfer into business as usual activity.
 
Following a further review and collation of activity against the
recommendations in the plan and on clarity as to which service area
or partner organisation is responsible for any ongoing activity, it
is a better use of officer time to focus on delivery through
business as usual and associated governance channels, rather than
on reporting to the additional governance mechanisms that were put
in place to oversee the ‘Levelling Up’ plan.