This is the fourth and last of a short series of posts summarising how the council believes its doing in meeting its objectives. It’s a summarised version of a public report, which itself is a summary of hundreds of pages of reports, backed up by data, looking at every aspect of the 600+ services we deliver.

This summary – and so any errors or omissions contained – is my own. It comes from the 4th Quarter 2010/11 Corporate Performance Report which comes to the Council’s Executive Committee on Wednesday. The report itself is publicly available – you can read it from page 256 of the Executive agenda here.

• Three more parks (East Avenue, Abney Park and Heaton Moor Park) have put in Green Flag applications, with results expected in July.  The target on local nature reserves (I don’t know what the target is) has not been met.
• Public consultation on how we tackle climate change has been completed and the Greater Manchester climate change strategy is under development.
• The report says that 54% of household refuse was sent for re-use, recycling or composting – in fact that number is now even higher at about 60%.  I believe we’re the best metropolitan borough in the country for recycling – something that’s not only good for the environment but also saving residents millions of pounds each year.
• The number of households getting cavity wall installation has dropped, despite the Greater Manchester “Mr Toastie” campaign.  The reason is being invesitigated.
• The condition of the roads and pavements has been maintained despite the bad weather over winter.
• The number of non-car journeys in Stockport has fallen – it’s believed due to falling bus use.  The reasons are being investigated.
• There were 645 road casualties (mostly injuries) in 2010.  This represents a three year reduction of 10%.
• In 2010 three children were seriously injured on Stockport’s roads, compared to 12 children killed or seriously injured in 2009.  This has been achieved by improving junctions and crossings, plus working with schools (e.g. with local travel plans).