Issue - meetings

To review the draft Sustainable Community Strategy prior to it being considered by Council on 22 July 2010

Consideration was given to an update on the developments of the Sustainable Community Strategy, to which Members made the following comments:

• That the document was aspirational rather than based on reality and that there were gaps in some areas that needed to be addressed
• With regard to ‘unlocking the potential of our towns’ Members expressed concern that Congleton had be omitted from the strategy and that the report should refer to service areas rather than market towns.
• With regard to ‘our vision for Cheshire East’ it was felt that this was an overview of what the Borough had already achieved rather than a vision for the future. Therefore this should be rewritten to include priorities for the future.

It was agreed that, following the consultation process, the Committee would receive a further update, prior to the strategy being submitted to Council for approval.

RESOLVED

That the above comments be taken into consideration and the final Strategy be brought back to the Committee prior to its submission to Council on 22 July 2010