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.

Councillor Lesley Smetham declared a personal interest in connection with Food4Macc.

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.

The Cabinet Member considered a report on the award of community grants to voluntary and community organisations which met the criteria approved by Cheshire East Council.

Each grant application was outlined in the report, together with the reason for the recommendation in respect of that application.

All of the proposed grants could be funded from within existing budgets approved as part of the Council’s Budget for 2011/12.   

RESOLVED

That the Community Grants listed in the report be awarded, declined or deferred as indicated.

To seek the adoption of the Supplementary Planning Documents for Prestbury and Over Peover.

(There are no Part 2 items)

The Cabinet Member considered the adoption of the Supplementary Planning Documents for Prestbury and Over Peover.

The purpose of the two Supplementary Planning Documents was to provide locally specific guidance to supplement saved policies in the Macclesfield Borough Local Plan 2004. Once adopted, the Supplementary Planning Documents would not form part of the statutory development plan for Cheshire East, but would be a material consideration in the determination of planning applications.

The Supplementary Planning Documents had been drawn up by the Parish Planning Group in each village, through consultation with the Council’s Planning Department. Both Documents had been subject to public consultation.

The Strategic Planning Board on 15^th June 2011 had recommended that the Portfolio Holder for Performance and Capacity adopt the Prestbury and Over Peover Supplementary Planning Documents.

RESOLVED

That the Prestbury Supplementary Planning Document and the Over Peover Supplementary Planning Document be adopted.