“I could not be happier” says Trafford Council leader as a new report revealed the authority is delivering on its promises.

During the council’s meeting of the executive earlier this month, it was heard that the authority was meeting many of its priorities set out in the corporate plan 2023/24.

Some of which were: to reduce health inequalities by working with partners to improve the physical and mental health of residents, support people out of poverty by tackling its root cause, and addressing the climate crisis by reducing the council’s carbon footprint and tackling the impact of climate change.

Each specific strategic priority has been given a number of key performance indicators, and a report summarised the indicators and information regarding current performance.

Speaking about the report, Cllr Tom Ross, leader of the council, said: “This report gives an overview of how the council is performing against its three corporate priorities and I could not be happier with the results.

“We are actively reducing health inequalities, supporting people out of poverty and taking care of our environment. We will continue to meet our corporate priorities going forward.”

The existing corporate plan, ‘Our Trafford, Our Future’, runs until 2024 and describes the council’s strategic vision, outcomes and priorities for the borough. The report has been drawn up to provide a summary of performance against the aims of the plan.

A few of the council's achievements were: a creation of a system-wide approach to stop smoking including the launch of Trafford’s Tobacco Alliance which brings together partners from across the system including public health, enforcement, and emergency services, to address smoking related harm in the borough.

It also stated that there had been an increase in the number of adults who walk and cycle five times a week, in the borough. Trafford saw an increase of 5.9 per cent of adults participating between 2020/21 and 2021/22. 

Participation in Trafford is now 35.9 per cent, higher than the average of similar sized authorities at 32.3 per cent and the national average of 34.2 per cent.

The authority has also increased the total tonnage of household waste by 2.7 per cent from the same time last year and the amount of waste intended for recycling.

While the number of electric charging points per 100,000 population has also increased.