Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor M Sewart.

Prior to Members declaring their interests, the Chairman read out a statement which stated that:

It was noted, for the record, that Members have those interests in property in the administrative area of the Council as recorded on the register of interests.

It was noted for the record that Members may:-

a)    be a Member of a Town or Parish Council

b)    be a School Governor

c)    be a member of an external organisation or amenity group such as the National Trust or The Ramblers Association.

d)    have previously been involved in or expressed a view on the preparation of the Local Plan

e)    be a Director of a Council owned company or have been appointed by the Council to a role in an external organisation

f)     be involved in decisions about land in their role as a Member of the Council or in any of the “wider public life” roles that Members routinely undertake.

Notwithstanding that this may be the case in respect of any Members that were present, and save for any specific declarations which were invited, a standing declaration was given on behalf of those Members present that:-

1.    They do not have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in the local plan strategy; and, 

2.    they approach the debate and vote on the local plan strategy with an open mind.                                                                       

Members were invited if they did in fact consider themselves to have a disclosable pecuniary interest and/or if they feel they are unable to approach the debate and vote on the local plan with an open mind, to declare that to the meeting:

Councillor Rachel Bailey asked that it be noted that she was the Lead Member responsible for the Local Plan and also a member of the Strategic Planning Board.  Whilst she did not consider herself to have a disclosable pecuniary interest in the plan, nor to have predetermined any matter in relation to it, she took the view that because the previous Lead Member responsible for the Local Plan chose not to vote on the Cheshire East Local Plan, she would listen and participate today, but would abstain from any vote.

A minimum period of 1 hour will be allocated for public speaking and this period may be extended, at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board.  Each public speaker will be allowed to speak for a maximum period of 2 minutes.  Depending on the number of speakers this may be extended to 3 minutes.

RESOLVED

That the public speaking procedure be noted.

To consider a report on the Cheshire East Local Plan.

Please note that the page numbers in the Table of Contents refer to the LPS numbers at the bottom of each page.

There are a number of appendices, which are identified on page 23 (LPS 19) of the report.

Consideration was given to the Cheshire East Local Plan.

The following people attended the meeting and spoke in respect of the item:

Sue Helliwell (Resident)

Mr Henry Brooks (The Tatton Estate)

Brian Chaplin (on behalf of South Knutsford Residents Group)

Paul Webster (Planning Adviser, Knutsford Conservation and Heritage Group)

Paul Goodman

Councillor Nick Mannion

Samantha Nicholls (Leith Planning (Group) Limited)

Mr Stuart Redgard

Councillor Brian Thompson (Sutton Parish Council)

Audlem Parish Council

Peter Yates

Mr Andrew Dickman (db symmetry Ltd)

Andrew Haldane

Councillor Barry Moran (Ward Member, Sandbach Town)

Lillian Burns

Councillor Carolyn Lowe (on behalf of Sandbach Town Council)

Terry Griffiths (on behalf of Knutsford Nether Ward Community Group)

Andrew Thomson (Thomson Planning Partnerships - on behalf of Cheshire Association of Local Councils)

Andrew Thomson (Thomson Planning Partnerships - on behalf of Weston and Basford Parish Council)

Roger Bagguley (Residents of Wilmslow)

Manuel Golding (Residents of Wilmslow)

Councillor Rod Fletcher (Alsager Ward Member)

Eileen Furr

Councillor Adam Schofield (Macclesfield Town Council - Representing Macclesfield West)

Keith Williams

Kevin J Richardson (Managing Director and Solicitor - Richardson Law Solicitors)

Stephen Locke (Planning Consultant For Stephen Locke Associates Ltd) 

John Church (on behalf of Haddon Property Developments Ltd)

Councillor J Clowes

Councillor M Warren

Councillor Lee Podmore (Representing Poynton Town Council)

Councillor Ian Hollingworth (Representing Poynton Town Council)

Michael Fleming

Councillor Jean Parry (on behalf of Congleton Town Council)

Councillor Martin Hardy had registered to speak, but was unable to attend the meeting.

An additional three statements were read out by the Head of Planning Strategy on behalf of The Henbury Society, Henbury Parish Council and WW Planning (on behalf of Barthomley Action Group and Barthomley Parish Council).

The meeting adjourned at 11.50 am for a short break

A presentation was given by the Head of Planning Strategy relating to the key changes to Strategic Policy.

The meeting adjourned for lunch at 12.50 pm  and reconvened at 1.30 pm

Councillor D Newton left the meeting and did not return.

A further presentation was given by the Head of Planning Strategy on Site Specific Recommendations, which provided a brief overview on each town.

A number of comments were made by Members of the Board in respect of the Cheshire East Local Plan Strategy – Proposed Changes.

Before consideration of the proposed amendments, the meeting adjourned at 17.45 for a short break.

The following motions failed to attract a seconder and/or were defeated:

·         Remove Site CS43 Radway Green North from the plans (defeated)

·         LPS 89 (Policy) – Reinstate the words “to meet local needs” (not seconded)

·         CS9 Fence Avenue – Remove “That the land comprised within this site other than that within the existing school site (building and fields) be removed from the allocation so that there is no farm land or pasture land in the allocation and that the site be restricted to 250 dwellings.” (defeated)

·         CS41 Chelford Road/Whirley Road – Remove site -  due to concerns about Greenbelt, Highways and Flooding. (defeated)

·         CS55 Remove the plan -  Land  ...  view the full minutes text for item 113.