Agenda item

Consideration was given to the following Notices of Motion :-

 

1          Location of Strategic Planning Board meeting.

 

Proposed by Councillor D Brickhill and seconded by Councillor A Moran

 

In the light of the Chairman’s decision to hold a Strategic Planning Board meeting in Macclesfield when all the items of the agenda (bar one in Ollerton) were in the south of the Borough, it is clear that the previous decision of Council is not being observed by him.  Therefore his discretion in this matter is withdrawn. The location of the meeting in Crewe or Macclesfield  shall be decided only on the basis of whether the majority of the agenda items are in the  south or north of the Borough, as this was clearly the intention of council especially to avoid residents having to travel long distances e.g. Wrenbury to Macclesfield.  

 

RESOLVED

 

That the motion stand referred to Cabinet.

 

2          Heyes Lane Allotments

 

Proposed by Councillor S Corcoran and seconded by Councillor K Edwards

 

This Council commits that it will not agree to vary the lease with Alderley Edge Parish Council for the Heyes Lane site to allow any use other than allotments, unless the Secretary of State exercises any powers that he might have to require a variation of the lease.

 

RESOLVED

 

That the motion stand referred to Cabinet.

 

3          Local Plan

 

Proposed by Councillor D Newton and seconded by Councillor S Corcoran

 

This Council notes

1)         the recent comments of Steven Pratt on the Cheshire East Local Plan; and

2)         the appeal recovery criteria that enable a decision on any appeal that involves a potential conflict with an emerging (or recently made) neighbourhood plan to be taken by Ministers

 

And resolves to write to Edward Timpson MP, Fiona Bruce MP, David Rutley MP, George Osborne MP and Stephen O’Brien MP asking them to call

a)      for any appeal that involves a potential conflict with an emerging (or recently made) neighbourhood plan in Cheshire East to be recovered and taken by Ministers; and

b)     for emerging Local Plans to be afforded greater weight at planning appeals.

 

RESOLVED

 

That the motion stand referred to Cabinet.

 

4          Sandbach Neighbourhood Plan

 

Proposed by Councillor S Corcoran and seconded by Councillor J Jackson

 

This Council welcomes the strong community involvement in and the cross party support for the Sandbach Neighbourhood Plan and regrets the comments of the Leader of the Council about the Sandbach Neighbourhood Plan on the Sunday Politics Show on 30 November.

 

RESOLVED

 

That the motion stand referred to Cabinet.

 

5          Corporate Tax Avoidance

 

Proposed by Councillor S Hogben and seconded by Councillor K Edwards

 

Nationally, nearly half of local authority funding comes from central government – financed from general taxation which includes corporation tax. This makes corporate tax avoidance an issue directly relevant to the provision of local government services, as well as to the provision of public services around the world.

 

This Council calls upon the UK government to listen to the strength of public feeling and act to end the injustice of tax avoidance by large multinational companies, in developing countries and the UK.

 

While many ordinary people face falling household income and rising costs of living, some multinational companies are avoiding billions of pounds of tax from a tax system that fails to make them pay their fair share. Local governments in developing countries and the UK alike would benefit from a fairer tax system where multinational companies pay their fair share, enabling authorities around the world to provide quality public services.

 

RESOLVED

 

That the motion stand referred to Cabinet.

 

6          UNISON’S Ethical Care Charter

 

Proposed by Councillor D Flude and seconded by Councillor L Jeuda

 

That the Council consider signing up to UNISON’s Charter, and becoming an Ethical Care Council; and that Cheshire East Borough Council pledge to commission care only from providers who:

 

·         Give workers the freedom to provide appropriate care and be given the time to talk to their clients.

·         Allocate clients the same homecare worker(s) wherever possible.

·         Do not use zero hour contracts.

·         Pay the Living Wage.

·         Match the time allocated to visits to the particular needs of the client. In general, 15-minute visits will not be used as they undermine the dignity of the clients.

·         Pay homecare workers for their travel time, their travel costs and other necessary expenses such as mobile phone use.

·         Schedule visits so that homecare workers are not forced to rush their time with clients or leave their clients early to get to the next one on time.

 

RESOLVED

 

That the motion stand referred to Cabinet.

 

7          Open and Transparent on Lyme Green DIP Report

 

Proposed by Councillor S Corcoran and seconded by Councillor K Edwards

 

This Council commits to being open and transparent and welcomes the comments of Judge Fiona Henderson in the information tribunal on the Lyme Green DIP report.

 

RESOLVED

 

That the motion stand referred to Cabinet.