Issue - meetings

Consideration was given to a report which sought agreement to the publication of the Draft Macclesfield Town Strategy for public consultation, and to the use of the final document as part of the evidence base for the Cheshire Local Plan.

An improved map for diagram 1 (Potential Development Options) on page 15 of the Draft Strategy, and a diagram illustrating a potential extension to the town centre boundary, to be inserted on page 21, were circulated at the meeting. 

Local stakeholders including representatives from the Make it Macclesfield Forum, community groups, adjoining Parish Councils, and the Macclesfield Local Members Group had contributed to the Draft Strategy which, as there was no Town Council now needed to be formally agreed by the Portfolio Holder.

A total of 11 Town Strategies had or were being prepared; ultimately all of them would form part of the evidence base for the Cheshire East Local Plan and help to inform policy writing and the identification of strategic sites for inclusion on the Site Allocations document.

Consultation on the Draft Strategy was due to commence at the end of August at the end of the main holiday season to ensure that as many people as possible had the time and the opportunity to respond.

RESOLVED

That, subject to the inclusion of the revised map and additional plan, the Draft Macclesfield Town Strategy be approved for public consultation and, when finalised, to ultimately form part of the evidence base for the Cheshire East Local Plan.