Agenda, decisions and minutes

There were no apologies for absence.

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests in any item on the agenda.

There were no declarations of interest.

In accordance with Procedure Rules Nos.11 and 35 a period of 10 minutes is allocated for members of the public to address the meeting on any matter relevant to the work of the body in question.  Individual members of the public may speak for up to 5 minutes but the Chairman or person presiding will decide how the period of time allocated for public speaking will be apportioned where there are a number of speakers. Members of the public are not required to give notice to use this facility. However, as a matter of courtesy, a period of 24 hours’ notice is encouraged.

Members of the public wishing to ask a question at the meeting should provide at least three clear working days’ notice in writing and should include the question with that notice. This will enable an informed answer to be given.

No members of the public wished to speak.

To consider the Examiner’s recommendations with respect to the Buerton Neighbourhood Plan.

That approval be given to the Examiner’s recommendations to make modifications to the Buerton Neighbourhood Development Plan (BNDP), as set out in the Examiner’s Report and it be confirmed that it will now proceed to referendum in the Buerton Neighbourhood Plan area.

The Buerton Neighbourhood Development Plan (BNDP) had been submitted to the Council in June 2017 and, following a statutory publicity period, proceeded to Independent Examination.  The Examiner’s report had been received and it recommended that, subject to some minor modifications, it should proceed to referendum.

The Council is committed to supporting neighbourhood planning in Cheshire East.  It has a legal duty to provide advice and assistance on neighbourhood plans, to hold an independent examination on neighbourhood plans submitted to the Council and to make arrangements for a referendum following a favourable Examiner’s Report. 

Subject to the modifications set out in the Examiner’s Report, the BNDP was considered to meet the statutory basic conditions and procedural requirements set out in Schedule 10, paragraph 8, of the Localism Act and as such it could now proceed to referendum; it was anticipated this would be on 23^rd November 2017. 

It was reported that the Examiner had commended the Parish Council on its work producing this Plan.

RESOLVED

That approval be given to the Examiner’s recommendations to make modifications to the Buerton Neighbourhood Development Plan, as set out in the Examiner’s report attached as Appendix 1 of the report, and it be confirmed that it will now proceed to referendum in the Buerton Neighbourhood Plan area.