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CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 
Paper 10 10/08/07 

CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 


FOR INFORMATION 


Title: OPERATIONAL PLAN 2007/08, QUARTER 1 

Prepared by: David Cameron, Head of Corporate Services 


Purpose 

To present an update on progress on the 2007/08 Operational Plan after the first quarter of 
the year. 


Recommendation 

The Board is requested to note the progress made on the 2007/08 Operational Plan actions 
over the first quarter, and in particular that: 

a) Activity on 6 of the 7 priority 1 goals for 2006/07 has broadly delivered the outputs 
and outcomes sought by the end of 2006/07. Work toward maintaining 
development control caseloads at manageable levels is highlighted as meriting some 
additional management attention. 

b) All 13 priority 2 goals are classed as green at the end of 2006/07 reflecting good 
progress across a wide range of activities in the year. 


Executive Summary 

The Operational Plan sets out a range of actions, and performance measures associated with 
these actions, which contribute over the course of 2007/08 to the delivery of the 20 goals 
within the existing Corporate Plan. The Operational Plan for 2007/08 represents the third 
and final delivery plan for the achievement of the existing 2005 to 2008 Corporate Plan goals 
and milestones. 

The Management Team’s review of the delivery of the 2007/08 Operational Plan over the 
first quarter of the year has sought to identify whether planned activities remain broadly on 
target in terms of timetable and delivered intended outcomes, or whether, for any reason, 
activities have not delivered intended outcomes or timetables have slipped. 

The results of the Operational Plan monitoring process, including comments on delivery to 
date, are set out in Annex 1 to this paper. The Management Team has adopted a “traffic 
light” system of categorising progress, with each action classes as green, amber or red 
depending on the level of risk attached to delivery of intended outcomes. 

The monitoring process has highlighted that one of the Authority’s seven priority goals 
merit some additional management attention. Delivery of an effective and efficient 
development control service remains highlighted as “amber” in risk management terms, as 
was the case at the end of 2006/07, as a result of the outstanding caseload of applications 
called-in. Management Team has considered the resourcing of this activity and will be 
seeking to take forward plans to address caseload and workload issues over the next few 
months. 

Adoption of a Local Plan for the Park had been highlighted as amber at the end of the 
previous year, but is now assessed as on track to deliver the Local Plan outcomes within the 
revised timetable agreed by the Board in August 2006. 

The remainder of the Operational Plan activity is broadly on track to deliver intended 
outcomes by the end of the year and hence contribute to final achievement of the objectives 
set in the three year Corporate Plan. Individual areas of activity where there have been 
some delays in increased risk to delivery plans have been highlighted in the usual way. 

On this occasion, we have not produced an update of the Authority’s balanced scorecard 
model. This will be provided along with the next update on the Operational Plan. 

David Cameron 
July 2007 

davidcameron@cairngorms.co.uk