Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: February 12, 2025

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.