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Details
Status:
Decision Subject To Call In
Details:
Report of the Leader and Deputy Leader
Implementation Date (not before):
Tue 2 Dec 2025
Implementation Date Notes:
To review the work undertaken following the Full Council motion to investigate implementation of an East Suffolk version of the Cornwall Decision Wheel used to assist and inform rounded decision making.
Department:
Corporate Leadership Team
Include Item on Forward Plan:
No
Estimated Cost:
Not Applicable
Is the Decision Maker Aware of the Decision:
Yes
Is the Head of Services Aware of the Decision:
Yes
Is Decision County Wide:
Yes
Would the recommended decision be contrary to the budget and policy framework:
No
Budget Provision:
Following the motion for investigation at Full Council in July 2024, investigations carried out by officers, subsequent discussions with Group Leaders in May 2025, and consideration by Overview & Scrutiny in September 2025, Cabinet have been asked to review.
Documents to be Given to Decision Maker:
Options for consideration, given the feedback described above, include:
- Limited adoption - Initially adding the Decision Wheel to the project management framework as an optional tool along with some clear guidance for its use. In this way it would raise awareness of our strategic objectives and align with our existing framework but not making it a mandatory process for Cabinet and Council reports.
- Policy only – Use the decision wheel only when implementing or agreeing key Policy initiatives, rather than all projects or proposals requiring decision.
- Continued consultation - testing its use with selected projects and gathering further feedback from users, in preparation for widening use at an appropriate time as success dictates.
- Full adoption – implement, refine and fully roll out the adoption of the East Suffolk Decision Wheel as described in this paper.
- Re-design at an appropriate time - our pilot wheel could be re-designed to consider the UN Sustainability Goals to make it a more objective analysis of impact on the environment but less local to our own objectives, or as we are currently investigating the Marmot Place initiative, it may introduce another set of indicators needing to be aligned and understood in the near future.
- Prepare for unitary development – we could work to further refine and rather than implement for East Suffolk at this stage, prepare to take forward into Unitary proposals.
- Do not implement at this time – the motion asked for an investigation to be carried out, which has taken place.
Decision Proposed:
That Cabinet:
1. Reviewed the investigations and proposals carried out on an East Suffolk version of the Cornwall Decision Wheel.
2. Did not fully adopt the East Suffolk Decision Wheel at this time but adds it to the corporate Project Management Framework as a tool for officers to use, when managing projects or policy adoption (limited adoption).
3. Recommended that this approach to decision making is carried forward once the outcome of Local Government Reorganisation is known to feed into discussions for the unitary council creation (prepare for unitary development).
Decision Conclusion:
None
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Wards
Aldeburgh and Leiston; Beccles and Worlingham; Bungay and Wainford; Carlford and Fynn Valley; Carlton and Whitton; Carlton Colville; Deben; Eastern Felixstowe; Framlingham; Gunton and St Margarets; Halesworth and Blything; Harbour and Normanston; Kelsale and Yoxford; Kesgrave; Kessingland; Kirkley and Pakefield; Lothingland; Martlesham and Purdis Farm; Melton; Orwell and Villages; Oulton Broad; Rendlesham and Orford; Rushmere St Andrew; Saxmundham; Southwold; Western Felixstowe; Wickham Market; Woodbridge; Wrentham, Wangford and Westleton
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| 19/11/2025 14:43:29 | Lorraine Fitch | Business Item Created | |
| 19/11/2025 14:43:29 | Lorraine Fitch | Committee Added | Cabinet |
| 19/11/2025 14:43:29 | Lorraine Fitch | Meeting Added | 02/12/2025 6:00PM |
| 19/11/2025 14:44:18 | | General Details Edited | Reference Number Generated (ES/2614) |
| 19/11/2025 14:44:18 | Lorraine Fitch | Status Changed | Decision Scheduled [1] |
| 19/11/2025 14:46:41 | Lorraine Fitch | Ward Added | Aldeburgh and Leiston |
| 19/11/2025 14:46:41 | Lorraine Fitch | Ward Added | Beccles and Worlingham |
| 19/11/2025 14:46:41 | Lorraine Fitch | Ward Added | Bungay and Wainford |
| 19/11/2025 14:46:41 | Lorraine Fitch | Ward Added | Carlford and Fynn Valley |
| 19/11/2025 14:46:41 | Lorraine Fitch | Ward Added | Carlton and Whitton |
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