No declarations of interest were made for matters under consideration.

Recommended –

That the minutes of the meeting held on 24 February 2022 be signed as a correct record (previously circulated).

(Jane Lythgow – 01274 432270)

Resolved –

That the minutes of the meeting held on 24 February 2022 be signed as a correct record (previously circulated).

ACTION: City Solicitor

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There were no referrals made to the Committee.

The Strategic Director, Place will submit Document “I” which reports that the Council was working with partner agencies, to develop a new approach to Locality Working. A key part of that approach are the development of Locality Plans. The report presents a draft format for the Keighley Locality Plan 2022-25 and a set of priorities for the Area Committee’s approval.

Recommended-

(1)  That the Committee approves the draft format for the Keighley Locality Plan 2022-25 and the 18 locality-wide priorities, as set out in Appendix B to Document “I”.

(2)  That the Committee requests that the Keighley Area Co-ordinator completes the remaining sections of the Keighley Locality Plan 2022-25, including the Ward Plans, and presents them to the Keighley Area Committee for consideration at its first meeting of the new municipal year.

The Strategic Director, Place submitted Document “I” which reported that the Council was working with partner agencies, to develop a new approach to Locality Working. A key part of that approach was for the development of Locality Plans. The report presented a draft format for the Keighley Locality Plan 2022- 25 and a set of priorities for the Area Committee’s approval.

At the request of the Chair, the Keighley Area Coordinator (KAC) gave a narration of the report to the committee.

The KAC explained that in July 2021 a ‘Priority Setting Workshop’ was held online to consider the insights gained from the data profile for the Keighley Area (Appendix A) and that work had begun to develop a set of emerging priorities that could form the basis of the Keighley Locality Plan 2022- 25. Succeeding workshop, a report entitled “Strengthening Locality Working” was presented and considered by this area committee at its meeting held on 23 December 2021. The latter referred report had set out this approach in greater detail. However, since the workshop in July, at three further meetings of the Keighley Area Community Partnership, and in discussions at ‘Place’ meetings and at a briefing for all Keighley Area District Councillors, work had been done to further develop the priorities in the draft Locality Plan, to gain inter agency support and ownership of the themes that were emerging, and action that could be taken to address them.

A question and answer session ensued:

·         Where in the process was the KAC’s office on recruitment?

o   The project would see the recruitment of several Assistant Ward Officers and a good number of Stronger Communities Engagement Officers with the intention of broadening of the role and influence of the Area Co-ordinator as convenors of place. Recruitment was still ongoing.

·         Would Keighley’s Locality Plans resemble the district wide policies?

o   The service had just begun with the setting of the themes by referring to the available data whilst taking into consideration the people's knowledge and understanding of the Keighley area;

·         Would the infrastructure of the locality plan be deliver or too ambitious in terms of reality?

o   This was a positive structure for reasons that the Council would collaborate with all public service providers on a digital platform for genuinely joined-up service delivery. There would be the development of a more creative and innovative solutions for digital service redesign to deliver better outcomes for our residents and businesses, improve Council productivity;

·         It was paramount that there would be a sufficient number of new affordable housing and therefore what were the priority outcomes for Decent Homes?

o   The priority would set on what could be achieved; key actions that partners would be committed to delivering and what people and businesses could do to make a difference. The Decent Homes priority was for the purpose of affordable housing and living; and,

·         Would it be possible in addressing the issues of poverty and inequalities and would better outcomes be achievable?

o   It was explained that the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 31.