Issue - meetings

At its meeting on 8 July 2009 the Environment and Prosperity Scrutiny Committee is to consider the call in of this decision, made by the Cabinet at its meeting on 16 June 2009.  The outcome of the Environment and Prosperity Scrutiny Committee will be reported.

At its meeting on 8 July 2009 the Environment and Prosperity Scrutiny Committee had considered the call in of this decision, made by the Cabinet at its meeting on 16 June 2009.  The resolution of the Cabinet at that meeting was that : -

(1) Subject to the Borough Solicitor taking action to remove any legal

impediments regarding the affected landholdings, the list of car parks to be

subject to control and charging be approved;

(2) the scale of parking charges and the controlled hours which are proposed

as 8am to 6pm Monday to Saturday be approved;

(3) the Borough Solicitor, or his nominated officer, be authorised to advertise

the intention to make an off-street car parking order in respect of car parks

in the former Congleton Borough (as set out in the report) pursuant to the

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. Following advertisement, the proposal be

subject to the statutory 21 day consultation period during which objections

may be submitted, any such objections to be considered by the Cabinet at a

subsequent meeting; and

(4) in the event of there being no objections to the proposed order received

within the consultation period, the Borough Solicitor or any officer nominated

by him be authorised to take all necessary actions to make the order.

Cabinet considered the advice put forward by the Environment and Prosperity Scrutiny Committee and also that contained in an update report prepared by the Strategic Director (Places) which provided a commentary on that advice, an appendix listing a revised schedule of car parks in the former Congleton Borough area, and an appendix detailing the proposed harmonised tariffs in tariff bands. 

Cabinet resolved to confirm its decision of 16 June subject to amendments.

RESOLVED

1. That the Cabinet decision of 16 June 2009 be confirmed as amended by the following:

a)     That the consultation period be extended from 21 to 35 days.

b)     That the revised list of car parks, shown in Appendix 1 to the update report be approved.

c)      That approval be given to the approach to the harmonisation of tariffs and the tariff bands in Appendix 2 of the update report but that it be noted that these would not be introduced until 2010/2011, and that these would form part of the budget consultation process.

2. That it be noted that the consultation to be initiated at this stage would not include Scotch Common, Sandbach, due to legal impediments that had not been removed, and that any proposals for those car parks would be consulted upon if and when such impediments were removed.