Agenda and minutes

There were no apologies.

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests in any item on the agenda

No declarations of interest were declared.

In accordance with Procedure Rules Nos.11 and 35 a total period of 10 minutes is allocated for members of the public to address the meeting on any matter relevant to the work of the meeting. 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.

During public speaking time, members of the public may ask questions of the appropriate Cabinet Member who has responsibility for the matter in question. Where a member of the public wishes to ask a question of a Cabinet Member at an executive meeting, 3 clear working days’ notice must be given to the Democratic Services Manager.

There were no members of the public present.

To consider the draft Statement of Community Involvement for the purposes of public consultation

The Cabinet Member for Performance and Capacity considered the draft Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) for the purposes of public consultation.

The SCI was a public statement of the local planning authority’s procedures and intentions regarding community involvement in the production of Local Development Documents (LDDs), and Development Management decisions, giving information on when and how consultation would take place. It set out how Cheshire East Council would involve all sectors of the community in the planning process.

The draft SCI indicated that the Council would engage communities from an early stage in the preparation of LDDs and throughout the process, with consultation being tailored to engage appropriate parts of the community at various stages of plan preparation. This was considered essential to achieve local ownership and legitimacy for the policies that would shape the future distribution of land uses and development in Cheshire East.

Councillor B Moran had submitted a number of comments on the draft SCI. The Cabinet Member asked that the document be amended as appropriate to take on board Councillor Moran’s comments and to reflect the current position regarding Waste and Minerals.

RESOLVED

That

(1)   the draft Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) be approved for the purposes of public consultation; and

(2)   the results of the public consultation, and any recommended modifications to the draft SCI that may result, be reported to Cabinet for a resolution to adopt as part of the Council’s Local Development Framework (LDF).

To consider the draft Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment for the Crewe and Nantwich area for the purposes of public consultation.

The Cabinet Members for Prosperity and Performance and Capacity considered the draft Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) for the Crewe and Nantwich area for the purposes of public consultation.

The Council’s Local Development Scheme identified the preparation of a SHLAA as one of the most important pieces of evidence needed to support the Cheshire East Core Strategy. The only area of Cheshire East where this work had yet to be done was the area of the former Borough of Crewe and Nantwich.

The SHLAA was a technical study to inform future policy development; it did not in itself constitute planning policy. The Assessment was intended to provide an indication of which land was deliverable and developable within the area of the former Crewe and Nantwich Borough.

A draft SHLAA had now been agreed with the Crewe and Nantwich SHLAA Task Group. To accord with the statutory procedures it now needed to be made available for full public consultation with stakeholders and interested parties.

RESOLVED

That the draft Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) for the Crewe and Nantwich area be approved for a statutory six week period of public consultation.

The report relating to the remaining item on the agenda has been withheld from public circulation and deposit pursuant to Section 100(B)(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that the matter may be determined with the press and public excluded.

The Committee may decide that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item pursuant to Section 100(A)4 of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 and public interest would not be served in publishing the information.

PART 2 – MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT THE PUBLIC AND PRESS PRESENT

Members did not resolve to exclude the public and press because the following item had been withdrawn.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM THE AGENDA AND WILL BE CONSIDERED AT A LATER DATE.

This item had been withdrawn from the agenda.