completion in the past year. This can be tested with Golf Links Phase 3 – completion expected 2026. replicate areas of high performance on other sites. However, these do need to be actioned on all sites and collected/held in a lesson learned log to ensure the information is being transferred and accessed by all colleagues.

Theme Eleven: Sustainability

Encourage “established practices” to subcontract smaller, younger firms/ firms led by underrepresented groups to broaden diversity of the project team. December 2025 (for extended / new targets) On-going. The Procurement Team's ‘Commercial Hub’ is currently undertaking a significant project to establish a register of all small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) within the borough. They are also working on developing a policy requiring large contractors to collaborate with SMEs. Additionally, the council is exploring ways to diversify the supply chain and improve engagement with underrepresented groups. Although a strategy for this has not yet been developed, this is a priority for 2025.

The council has been working in collaboration December 2025 (for extended / new Low carbon toolkits have been published and is