Decision details

The Managing Director submitted a report (previously circulated) together with a detailed scorecard (also previously circulated) advising Members of the Quarter 3 performance against those key performance indicators for 2018/19 which were within the remit of this Scrutiny Committee.

It was reported that of the twenty one indicators which were reported either quarterly or six monthly at Quarter 3 and for which there was information available, fifteen had targets and thirteen of these indicators were on target to achieve their year-end target and two were not; six indicators did not have targets however, one was showing performance which was better than the same period last year and four had either no previous data to compare with or no data had been submitted for this quarter, whilst one indicator was showing performance which was worse than the same period last year.

A number of indicators which were showing good performance at Quarter 3 were highlighted in the report, with particular reference made to CUL071 Number of Visits to the Head of Steam which had seen a 22 per cent increase in attendances compared to the same period last year.

Reference was made to CUL030 Total visits to the Dolphin Centre which was showing lower performance due to recording issues, and ENV001 which was not on target to achieve year-end target.

CUL080 Town centre footfall trend showed a decrease, reflecting the national picture. It was highlighted that the data collected from ten electronic counters around the town did not include the sites of Feethams Multi-storey Car Park and Leisure Development and would therefore not record anyone visiting this site.

Reference was made to ECI401 New homes delivered against the five year supply which was showing an increase from the same period last year. National figures had been published for the Housing Delivery Test, a possible additional indicator for this Scrutiny Committee to include, a percentage measurement of the number of net homes delivered the number of homes delivered against the number of homes required. For the period of 2015 to 2018 the required number of homes for Darlington was 572 and it was confirmed that Darlington had delivered 1043, a delivery test measure of 182 per cent.  

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.