Meeting documents

Environment Scrutiny Sub-Committee (DCC)
Monday 18 December 2006


            Meeting: Environment Scrutiny Sub-Committee (County Hall, Durham - Committee Room 1A - 18/12/2006 09:30:00 AM)

                  Item: A5 2nd Quarter Performance Update of 2006/07


         

Environment Scrutiny
Sub-Committee
18th December 2006
Looking after the Environment
Quarter 2 performance 2006/07
Report of the Head of Corporate Policy
Purpose of the Report
1. The purpose of this report is to provide a performance update for quarter 2, 2006/07, for the authority’s corporate priorities and the Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPIs) relevant to our Corporate Aim, Looking after the Environment.

2. Performance for quarter 2, 2006/07 for BVPIs aligned to Looking after the Environment is available in Appendix A. Unless otherwise stated, 12 month rolling totals have been used throughout this document. Therefore any reference to data for quarter 2 relates to 12 months ending 30 September 2006 and 2005/06 year-end relates to the 12 months ending 31 March 2006. This allows comparisons to be made between quarters, 2005/06 year-end and targets.

3. Symbols have been included throughout this report and appendix A, the following table provides an explanation of their meaning.

Priorities for Improvement

There is one priority area for improvement aligned to our Corporate Aim, Looking after the Environment.

Improving the Quality of the Environment

Within this theme there are 3 outcomes that have been identified as areas we want to improve.

Less waste sent to landfill - to know if we are succeeding at this we are measuring:

Although during quarter 2, 2,955 fewer tonnes of household waste were recycled, an additional 3,775 tonnes were composted. Therefore, 820 more tonnes of household waste were composted or recycled during quarter 2, equating to a 1.1% increase. Combined with a reduction of 2,039 tonnes in the amount of household waste collected results in 2,866 fewer tonnes being sent to landfill during quarter 2.

  • BV 82a - household waste recycled

Estimate








  • BV 82b - household waste composted

Estimate



  • BV 82d - household waste landfilled

Estimate


Less waste collection - to know if we are succeeding at this we are measuring:

  • BV 84a - household waste collection

Estimate


Footpaths in better condition - to know if we are succeeding at this we are measuring:
  • BV 187 - condition of surface footway

Annual indicator (last updated Mar-06)

Other Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPIs)

4. There are 20 BVPIs relevant to our Corporate Aim, Looking after the Environment that are not corporate priorities. Of these indicators, 5 indicators improved performance, 4 deteriorated, 6 remained static and 5 are calculated on an annual basis so the data is not available.

It should be noted that 9 indicators have achieved their quarter 2 targets.
Performance
BVPI
Improved
 82bii - household waste composted (T)
82cii - household waste energy recovered
82dii - household waste landfilled (T)
84b - household waste % change (T)
109a - % planning applications - major
Static
 82ci - % household waste energy recovered
165 - % crossings adapted
178 - % footpaths etc. easy to use
200a - plan making - development plan (T) - YES
200b - plan making - milestones (T) - YES
200c - plan making - monitor report (T) - YES
Deteriorated
 82aii - household waste recycled
102 - local bus passenger journeys / year
215a - rectify street lights - non-DNO (T)
215b - rectify street lights - DNO (T)
No data
 84b - household waste % change
87 - cost of waste disposal per tonne
223 - % principal roads maintenance
224a - % non-principal road maintenance
224b - % unclassified road maintenance (T)

(T) denotes that the target for that indicator was met.

Areas of improved performance

5. The performance of a number of indicators improved during quarter 2, 2006/07. Of particular note:

  • BV 82c - household waste energy recovered

An additional 7 tonnes of waste energy was recovered during quarter 2, resulting in a year to date increase of 18.5% when compared to 2005/06. Along with composting and recycling, this increase has had the effect of reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill.
  • BV 84b - household waste % change

Household waste collection (kilograms per head) is continuing to decrease.
  • BV 109a - % planning applications - major

The percentage of major planning applications determined within 13 weeks showed a further increase during quarter 2 .

Areas of deteriorated performance
The performance of a number of indicators deteriorated during quarter 2, 2006/07. Of particular note:
  • BV 102 - local bus passenger journeys / year
Quarter 2 has experienced a 0.4% decrease in the estimated number of bus passenger journeys. This equates to 94,221 journeys.
  • BV 215a - rectify street lights - non-DNO
It took the authority 0.06 days (86.4 minutes) longer to repair a street lighting fault, during quarter 2. However, the authority is performing better than target.
  • BV 215b - rectify street lights - DNO (T)
An additional 1.05 days were taken to repair a street lighting fault, where response time is not under the control of the Authority during quarter 2, which is almost 9 days less than target.

Recommendations

That Corporate Scrutiny Sub-Committee Members:


i. note the contents of this report
ii. agree to receiving subsequent quarterly performance progress reports
Contact: Debra Kitching Tel: 0191 383 4186
TO VIEW ALL DIAGRAMS AND CHARTS IN REPORT AND TO VIEW APPENDIX A PLEASE CLICK ON PDF ATTACHMENT OR REFER TO HARD COPIES LOCATED IN CORPORATE SERVICES AND THE COUNTY RECORD OFFICE

Attachments


 Appendix A.pdf;
 Environmental Scrutiny Report - 18 December 06.pdf