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

None

A total period of 15 minutes is allocated for members of the public to make a statement(s) on any matter that falls within the remit of the Committee.

Individual members of the public may speak for up to 5 minutes, but the Chairman will decide how the period of time allocated for public speaking will be apportioned, where there are a number of speakers

None

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 23 November 2010 as a correct record

RESOLVED

That the minutes of the meeting be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman

To receive a report on the findings of the Annual Monitoring Report 2009/10.

Consideration was given to a report and presentation on the Cheshire East Local Development Framework Annual Monitoring Report for 2009/10. The presentation detailed:

• An overview of the Annual Monitoring Report
• Why the authority monitors
• What the authority monitors
• The format of the Annual Monitoring Report
• The Local Development Scheme
• The key themes – communities, economy, town centres, tourism and culture, minerals and waste, environment and climate change.

The following comments were made:

• With regard to the economy, it was agreed that the unemployment figures should be broken down into wards.
• With regard to waste, it was agreed that the possibility of providing compost bins for a small charge should be investigated.
• Members raised questions relating to the target for waste reduction and whether or not it had been achieved, it was agreed that they would be investigated and reported back to the Committee.
• With regard to town centres, it was agreed that business rates had previously been too high and questioned whether or not these had been reduced.
• It was noted that business rates may be handed back to the authority, and that if this was the case, they should be given careful consideration by Members.
• With regard to the environment, it was agreed that the Green Gap Policy should be highlighted within the Annual Monitoring Report and this was an important issue for the Crewe and Nantwich area.
• It was agreed that those Members wishing to receive a hard copy of the Annual Monitoring report would receive one in due course.

RESOLVED

1. That the report be noted

2. That the comments highlighted above be submitted to the Strategic Planning Board for consideration.

To give consideration to the work programme

Consideration was given to the work programme. It was highlighted that a report on several highways policies would be considered at the meeting scheduled to be held on 8 February 2011.

A request had been received from the Corporate Scrutiny Committee for a Member to sit on its Task and Finish Group review of Business Generation Centres, which would be completed by 31 March 2011. It was agreed that Councillor H Davenport would sit on this Group.

RESOLVED

1. That the work programme be approved.
2. That highways policies be added to the work programme for the meeting scheduled to be held on 8 February 2011
3. That Councillor H Davenport sit on the Business Generation Centre Task and Finish Group.

To give consideration to the extracts of the forward plan which fall within the remit of the Committee.

Consideration was given to the extracts of the forward plan which fell within the remit of the Committee.

RESOLVED

That the extracts be noted