Issue - meetings

To consider any Notices of Motion that have been received in accordance with the Council Procedure Rules.

Consideration was given to the following Notices of Motion, which had been submitted in accordance with the Council’s Procedural Rules.

1          Access to the National Parking Platform

Proposed by Councillor J Clowes and Seconded by Councillor M Sewart

1          That this Council joins the National Parking Platform (NPP) Pilot Expansion programme for Q2/Q3 2023, with immediate effect.

2          That this Council, on joining the NPP Pilot, incorporates current NPP evidential learning and practices into any future Car Park Charging Strategy for Cheshire East.

RESOLVED:

That the Motion be referred to the Highways and Transport Committee.

2          Commission an Independent Hydrogeology Report for the South Macclesfield Development Area

Proposed by Councillor C O’Leary and Seconded by Councillor JClowes

That this Council notes:

• that Cheshire East Council is the lead organisation and majority landowner for the South Macclesfield Development Area (SMDA), as identified in the 2017 Local development Plan;
• that as lead organisation and majority landowner, Cheshire East Council may prepare or commission additional information to provide assurance that proposals to develop the SMDA are sound;
• that Cheshire East Council, in its role as proposed developer of the South Macclesfield Development Area (SMDA) must submit appropriate, detailed ecological, environmental and groundworks data to support development of this extensive site and should include a full, hydrogeological assessment that investigates the impacts of any proposed development on below-surface water flows through the peat deposits of the SMDA, together with the effect this might have on synergistic water flows into or out of the adjacent Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
• That such detailed evidence should be submitted at the appropriate time for consideration by the Local Planning Authority (LPA) to enable the LPA to make fully informed planning decisions.

Cheshire East Council therefore resolves to:

• That this Council, as landowner and developer, commissions an independent Hydrogeology Report to provide a hydrogeological assessment that investigates the impacts of any proposed development on below-surface water flows through the peat deposits of the SMDA, together with the effect this might have on synergistic water flows into or out of the adjacent Danes Moss Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and;
• That this report is published in the public interest and used to review and inform past and future development decisions on this site.

RESOLVED:

That the Motion be referred to the Economy and Growth Committee.