Agenda, decisions and minutes

Cabinet Member for Strategic Communities - Tuesday, 16th April, 2013 3.30 pm

Venue: Fred Flint Room, Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach CW11 1HZ. View directions

Contact: Cherry Foreman  Democratic Services Officer

Items
No. Item

4.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence.

5.

Declarations of Interest

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests in any item on the agenda.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

6.

Public Speaking Time/Open Session

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 relating to the work of the body in question.  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.

 

 

Minutes:

No members of the public were present.

7.

Local Plan Annual Monitoring Report pdf icon PDF 71 KB

To consider progress with the preparation of the Local Plan and to approve the publication of the Annual Monitoring Report 2011/12.

Additional documents:

Decision:

That approval be given to the publication of the Annual Monitoring Report for 2011/12, to comply with the requirements of Section 35 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, as amended by the Localism Act 2011.

 

 

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Strategic Communities considered the findings contained in the Annual Monitoring Report for 2011/12, including progress with the preparation of the Local Plan, a review of the Local Development Scheme, and how the policies set out in the Development Plan had been delivered in the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012.

 

It was noted that this was the fourth Monitoring Report for Cheshire East Council but that Government requirements had changed and it was now a matter for each Council to decide upon what to include in the report; in the future the Council intended to monitor on a more focussed list of indicators that linked to either corporate performance measures or key planning policies.

 

No recommendations were reported from the Strategic Planning Board on 13 March 2013.  The report included an Executive Summary to the Annual Monitoring Report, a full copy of which was available on the Council’s website.

 

RESOLVED

 

That approval be given to the publication of the Annual Monitoring Report for 2011/12.