Issue - meetings

(a) That Cabinet note the action taken. 

A report was submitted to advise Members, that the Council had agreed and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Borough council, Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Cheshire East Borough Council, demonstrating the duty to cooperate, pursuant to section 33A of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act, 2004, for submission to the Examination in Public of Cheshire East Council’s Local Plan Strategy.

The MoU had been submitted to Cheshire East Borough Council to form part of the evidence supporting the Submission version of the “Local Plan Strategy” (Cheshire East Local Plan) Examination in Public (which opened on 16 September 2014). There was insufficient time between officers agreeing the substantive content of the MoU and the start of the Examination in Public to bring a report for formal Cabinet approval; hence the reason why the MoU was signed by the relevant officer and Portfolio Holder in accordance with the provisions of the Council’s Scheme of Delegation.

The matter did not make or change policy and therefore in accordance with the Council’s Scheme of Delegation (appendix 4 of the Constitution relating to Matters of Urgency) any action taken as a ‘matter of urgency,’ should be reported to the next available committee.

Resolved:

(a) That Cabinet note the action taken.