URL: https://moderngov.fareham.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=2710

Decision Maker: Executive

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: Yes

Purpose: To seek approval for the draft Corporate Peer Challenge (CPC) Progress Review Position Statement for approval, which will support a progress review by the Peer Team in December 2025.   The Corporate Peer Challenge (CPC) is a free peer review process run by the Local Government Association (LGA).  The Peer Challenge team visited the Council between 10 and 12 March 2025.  They interviewed and ran workshops with officers and Councillors from across the organisation.   The 3 June Executive approved the publishing of the Peer Team’s feedback report which presented a very positive picture of the Council as an organisation and a partner.  The report presented a number of key recommendations related to the Peer Team’s findings alongside an action plan.   This report presents a draft Progress Review Position Statement, which outlines the actions taken against each recommendation.  If approved, it will be forwarded to the LGA, alongside a data pack of documents evidencing the progress made e.g. updated Corporate Strategy, ahead of an in-person review by members of the original Peer Challenge Team taking place on 9 December 2025.

Content: To seek approval for the draft Corporate Peer Challenge (CPC) Progress Review Position Statement for approval, which will support a progress review by the Peer Team in December 2025.   The Corporate Peer Challenge (CPC) is a free peer review process run by the Local Government Association (LGA).  The Peer Challenge team visited the Council between 10 and 12 March 2025.  They interviewed and ran workshops with officers and Councillors from across the organisation.   The 3 June Executive approved the publishing of the Peer Team’s feedback report which presented a very positive picture of the Council as an organisation and a partner.  The report presented a number of key recommendations related to the Peer Team’s findings alongside an action plan.   This report presents a draft Progress Review Position Statement, which outlines the actions taken against each recommendation.  If approved, it will be forwarded to the LGA, alongside a data pack of documents evidencing the progress made e.g. updated Corporate Strategy, ahead of an in-person review by members of the original Peer Challenge Team taking place on 9 December 2025. RESOLVED that the Executive:   (a)  notes the progress made in actioning the CPC recommendations; and   (b)  approves the Draft Progress Review Position Statement, as attached at Appendix A to the report.

Date of Decision: November 3, 2025