Issue - meetings

The Chairman was of the opinion that this matter should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency in accordance with Paragraph 37 of the Committee Procedure Rules and Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.

A petition had been received calling for a community governance review and the establishment of a Parish Council known as Styal Parish Council for an area comprising part of the electoral Wards of Morley and Styal.

The Committee at its meeting on 15^th October 2009 had recommended that a community governance review for Handforth be extended to cover the whole of the unparished area of Wilmslow (i.e. the former Electoral Wards of Dean Row, Fulshaw, Handforth, Hough, Lacey Green and Morley and Styal)”. Council subsequently agreed the recommendation. It had therefore already been agreed that Morley and Styal should be included in the existing community governance review and it was appropriate therefore that the petition now received should be included in that review. Given that the review timetable had already begun, the Chairman felt that it was necessary to deal with the matter as urgent business.

RESOLVED

That

(1)   the receipt of the petition be noted;

(2)   the Democratic Services Manager be authorised to establish whether the petition is valid for the purposes of Section 80 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 and that, subject to validation, appropriate confirmation be given to the petition organisers;

(3)   the Committee agree that, in accordance with its decision on 15^th October 2009, the petition be dealt with as part of the Community Governance Review for the whole of the unparished area of Wilmslow; and

(4)   a meeting of the Sub-Committee appointed by the Committee on 15^th October 2009  to oversee the Review and to make appropriate recommendations to the Governance and Constitution Committee be convened in the near future in order to carry out its work.