Business Plans and Annual Reports

The Department's Planning authority (formally the Planning Service) set out its plans for the future in its Corporate and Business Plan and reports upon its past performance in its Annual Report and Accounts. Together these documents give a wide range of facts, figures and other information about the work of the Department. The most up to date versions of the documents are available on this website.

The Corporate and Business Plans are published each year. The Corporate Plan sets out strategic aims and objectives for the medium term, usually a 2 or 3 year period. The Business Plan sets out the key performance targets set by the Minister for the first year of the Corporate Plan.

The Planning Service published its Annual Report and Accounts each year (usually in July). The Report outlines the work carried out in the previous financial year (ending on 31 March) and provides details of its financial affairs in the form of a Balance Sheet and Operating Cost and Cash Flow Statements.