Issue - meetings

The Committee considered the following motion which had been proposed by Councillor D Brickhill and seconded by Councillor S Hogben, and referred by Council to the Committee for consideration:

“That when the Strategic Planning Board agenda contains a majority of items from the south of the Borough, the meeting will be held in Crewe or Sandbach.”

The Committee considered a number of options for ensuring that meetings of the Strategic Planning Board would be held at the most appropriate venue.

Councillor D Brickhill, the proposer of the motion, and Councillor H Davenport, the Chairman of the Strategic Planning Board, were present at the meeting and spoke on this matter.

RESOLVED

That Council be recommended to agree that the venue arrangements for meetings of the Strategic Planning Board should be as follows:

That the Capesthorne Room, Macclesfield Town Hall and the Council Chamber, Municipal Buildings, Crewe be reserved in advance for every scheduled meeting of the Strategic Planning Board, with the room that is not required for a particular meeting being released at the appropriate time, the choice of venue to be at the discretion of the Chairman of the Strategic Planning Board in consultation with officers.