Agenda and minutes

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests in any item on the agenda.

There were no declarations of interest.

In accordance with Procedure Rules Nos.11 and 35 a period of 10 minutes is allocated for members of the public to address the meeting on any matter relevant to the work of the meeting. Individual members of the public may speak for up to 5 minutes but the Chairman or person presiding will decide how the period of time allocated for public speaking will be apportioned where there are a number of speakers. Members of the public are not required to give notice to use this facility. However, as a matter of courtesy, a period of 24 hours’ notice is encouraged.

Members of the public wishing to ask a question at the meeting should provide at least three clear working days’ notice in writing and should include the question with that notice. This will enable an informed answer to be given.

There were no members of the public present.

To consider a request by Willaston Parish Council for the re-naming of a piece of public open space in the ownership of Cheshire East Council.

The Council had been approached formally in May 2011 by Willaston Parish Council requesting that consideration be given to re-naming the land in question in memory of Mike Heywood, a former Chairman of Willaston Parish Council and local community leader. The reasons for the request were set out in the Parish Council’s letter of 11^th May 2011 as attached to the report.

The piece of land in question, being at a crossroad, was already a focal point for community involvement, including community ‘planters’ and celebratory signage. The plot of land was approximately 25m by 20m in size.

The recommendation was supported by the Cabinet Member for Environmental Services and the initial approach to the Council had been made via the Ward Member, Councillor Brian Silvester.

RESOLVED – That the Cabinet Member for Prosperity agrees that:

(1)   the piece of land currently titled “land on the south side of Moorfields, Willaston, Nantwich” be renamed as ‘Mike Heywood Green’; and

(2)   the Land Registry be informed of the name change.