Council vision and performance
Council Vision
We adopted our new Council Vision for the period 2022 - 2026 at a meeting of the full council in March 2022, this followed public consultation which took place during November and December 2021. The vision was reviewed following local elections and a change in administration in 2023 and the updated version agreed at full council in January 2024. The Vision was updated again in March 2025 with the addition of a final section describing our 'core foundations', that is our guiding principles setting out how we will work to deliver services.
The role of the district council is to make Arun a better place to live, work and visit as well as delivering public services. The Vision sets out how we plan to achieve this.
It is divided into five key themes, and our core foundations and the areas we will focus on are:
- improving the wellbeing of Arun
- delivering the right homes in the right places
- supporting our environment to support us
- fulfilling Arun's economic potential
- our core foundations
The document not only sets out our goals but will also guide our decision-making up to 2026 and in many cases beyond. Working together, we will build on the good things that we already do and make improvements where things could be better. We not only want Arun to be a great place to live and work, but we also want to create new opportunities and encourage residents and visitors alike to make the most of our natural environment.
The Vision objectives will be reported to the councillors at the end of the year and the outcomes will then be available on our website. The objectives are here and relate to each of our Vision themes.
You can view the Council Vision 2022 - 2026 here:
Council Vision 2022 to 2026[pdf] 6MB
Council Vision 2022 to 2026 [HTML]
Corporate Plan and Performance Measures 2022 - 2026
In addition to this, we have a number of service performance indicators (KPIs - key performance indicators) which are measured during the year, either quarterly, six-monthly or annually. Quarterly reports are submitted to our Service and Regulatory Committee meetings and to Policy and Finance Committee meetings at the end of the cycle of Committee meetings.
You can find the quarterly KPI performance reports and minutes for each Policy and Finance Committee on our website for the following dates:
| Quarter (2022/23) | Policy and Finance Committee considering report |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 October 2022 |
| 2 | 13 December 2022 |
| 3 | 7 March 2023 |
| 4 | 11 July 2023 |
| Quarter (2023/24) | Policy and Finance Committee considering report |
|---|---|
| 1 | 26 October 2023 |
| 2 | 8 February 2024 |
| 3 | 7 March 2024 |
| 4 | 9 July 2024 |
| Quarter (2024/25) | Policy and Finance Committee considering report |
|---|---|
| 1 | 24 October 2024 |
| 2 | 13 February 2025 |
| 3 | 13 March 2025 |
| 4 | 8 July 2025 |
| Quarter (2025/26) | Policy and Finance Committee considering report |
|---|---|
| 1 | 23 October 2025 |
| 2 | 11 December 2025 |
| 3 | 12 March 2026 |
| 4 | TBC - approx July 2026 |
Productivity plan
In the local government funding settlement for 2024/25, the government required that all councils produce a 'Productivity Plan' as part of their plans to focus attention on productivity improvements.
In their letter to chief executives in April 2024, they laid out guidance for the plans to be a short summary of existing and planned initiatives to drive and deliver improvements to productivity.
The content of the plan covers 4 themes:
- Transformation of services to make better use of resources.
- Opportunities to take advantage of advances in technology and make better use of data to inform decision making and service design.
- How the council considers ways to reduce wasteful spend within systems.
- Barriers preventing activity that Government can help to reduce or remove.