Items
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APOLOGIES
Minutes:
Apologies were received from Councillor
Proctor.
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
To receive declarations of interest from
Members on
items included in the agenda.
Minutes:
There were no declarations of interest
stated.
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MINUTES OF A PREVIOUS MEETING PDF 44 KB
To consider the minutes of the previous
meeting.
Minutes:
Resolved: That the minutes of the meeting held
on 22 July, 2015 be agreed as a correct record.
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OFF STREET PARKING ORDER PDF 74 KB
Minutes:
A
report was submitted to Cabinet seeking authority to amend the
consolidated Off-Street Parking order for various Borough car parks
contained within the report.
Varying the Order would bring the management of the car parks
listed in line with the other town centre car parks.
Resolved:
(i) That the
consultation for the addition and variation of the ` existing consolidated off street
parking order be approved.
(ii) That the
decision to make the order be delegated to the Executive Director
of Regeneration and Development in consultation with the Cabinet
portfolio holder for Town Centres Business and Assets.
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ASSET DISPOSALS - LAND DEANS LANE, RED STREET (TRANCHE 3) PDF 86 KB
Additional documents:
Minutes:
A report was submitted to
Cabinet giving comments from the public following
consultation.
The Cabinet were also asked to
approve the securing of specialist planning consultants to prepare
and submit a planning application on the site.
(a)
That the disposal of the land at Deans Lane, subject
to having first secured an outline planning permission for this
area of land, be approved.
(b)
That the procurement of specialist consultants to
prepare and submit a planning application in respect of this site
be approved.
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APPLICATIONS TO DESIGNATE TWO NEIGHBOURHOOD AREAS FOR NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING PURPOSES PDF 144 KB
Additional documents:
Minutes:
A report was submitted to Cabinet seeking approval
for the designation of two neighbourhood areas for neighbourhood
planning purposes.
In addition, Cabinets approval was sought for the
delegating of future designs in respect of neighbourhood areas to
the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Planning and
Housing.
The Chair thanked Councillor Turner for covering
Councillor Proctor’s Portfolio during his absence.
Resolved:
(i) That the
designation of the undermentioned
neighbourhood areas be approved:
(a)
Loggerheads Parish
(b)
Chapel and Hill Chorlton, Maer and Aston and
Whitmore Parishes.
(ii)
That future decisions on the designation of
neighbourhood areas be delegated to the Cabinet Member with
responsibility for the Planning and Housing portfolio.
(iii)
That officers be authorised to submit a
bid for funding support to the Department for Communities and Local
Government and that a report be brought to a future meeting of
Cabinet on the likely resource and staffing implications for the
Council of responding to the development of Neighbourhood
Plans.
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WAMMY NEIGHBOURHOOD PARK - PHASE 3 PDF 83 KB
Minutes:
A report was submitted to Cabinet seeking approval
to proceed with Phase Three of the master plan for the delivery of
teenage recreational provision in line with a consultation carried
out with local teenagers.
Councillor Williams thanked the Portfolio Holder for
Environment and Recycling – Councillor Mrs Beech for her work
on this project. A good facility had been gained together
with a
cycle/walkway which ran from the Lyme valley and up to the
Apedale Valley.
Resolved: (i) That the third phase of
the Wammy project to deliver teenage
recreation provision, wildlife habitat improvements and tree
planting be approved.
(ii) That the
Executive Director – Operational Services be authorised to
seek tenders for the works and, in consultation with the Portfolio
Holder for Environment and Recycling accept the lowest suitable
tender within the available funding.
(iii) That
authorisation be given to further
develop the pavilion
phase of the
project and to investigate / secure match funding
opportunities.
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URBAN NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE GREEN SPACE STRATEGY - ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT 2014 PDF 78 KB
Additional documents:
Minutes:
A report was submitted
to Cabinet informing Members of the progress made with the
implementation of the Urban North Staffordshire Green Space
Strategy and the associated Action Plan.
The Portfolio Holder
for Safer Communities – Councillor Kearon queried whether the
Authority was confident that it could keep up with the changes made
by the Government and whether the process was frequent
enough?
Councillor Mrs Beech
– Portfolio Holder for Environment and Recycling informed
Members that the Action Plan was reviews annually and the Plan
complied with what the Council had been asked to do, therefore, yes the Council could keep up with
the changes.
Resolved:
(i) That
the report be received and progress
noted.
(ii)
That the link between the Green Space Strategy and
Asset Management Plan be reaffirmed in respect of sites which are
identified as not required for green space use.
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RECYCLING AND WASTE SERVICE 2016 PDF 92 KB
Minutes:
A report was submitted
to Cabinet regarding the new Recycling and Waste Service which
commences in July, 2016.
A presentation on the
Service had been given to Members prior to the Council Meeting on 9
September outlining the proposed changes.
The Portfolio Holder
for Environment and Recycling- Councillor Mrs Beech thanked the
Cabinet Panel and the officers for
their work on this project. Councillor
Turner said that the officers deserved a lot of the credit for this
and wished the project success.
Councillor Mrs Beech
informed Members that the cost of vehicles would be part covered by
the sale of the existing vehicles, some of which were scheduled for
replacement in the near future.
Resolved: (i) That good progress
of the project and note potential project
issues be
noted.
(ii) That
the additional costs of the works to the depot and
equipment, and the additional expenditure on vehicles, being
added to the current capital programme in accordance with the
Council’s Financial Regulations be agreed.
(iii)
That the financial implications in respect of the capital
expenditure as outlined in paragraph 7.0 be noted.
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FINANCIAL AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT REPORT TO END OF QUARTER ONE (APRIL-JUNE) 2015 PDF 91 KB
Additional documents:
Minutes:
A report was submitted
to Cabinet, providing Members with the Financial and Performance
Review report first quarter indicating the performance of
individual council services.
The Portfolio Holder
for Finance, IT and Customer – Councillor Turner thanked
officers for the report.
Resolved: (i) That the
contents of the attached report be noted and the
recommendation that the Council continues to monitor and scrutinise performance
alongside the latest financial information for the same period be
agreed.
(ii)
That the comments made through the Scrutiny process
and the responses from officers and others to these comments be
noted.
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INTERIM PLANNING POLICY STATEMENT: MID YEAR 5 -YEAR HOUSING LAND SUPPLY STATEMENT AND LOCAL PLAN TIMETABLE PDF 120 KB
Additional documents:
Minutes:
A
report was submitted to Cabinet providing Members with updates and
advice in respect of the preparation of an Interim Planning Policy
Statement, a mid year five year housing
land supply statement and the Joint Local Plan
The
comments of the previous night’s Planning Committee were
passed to Members.
Resolved:
(i) That
officers be authorised to prepare a Housing
Clarification Statement on the basis set out in the
report.
(ii) That officers
take the necessary steps to prepare a mid-year 5-year housing land
supply statement.
(iii)
That the revised Local Plan process be approved.
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THE BUSINESS, MEMBERSHIP AND FREQUENCY OF THE COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PLANNING CONSULTATIVE GROUP PDF 112 KB
Minutes:
A report was submitted
to Cabinet providing an opportunity to review the business,
membership and frequency of the Council’s Strategic Planning
Consultative Group.
Councillor Turner
stated that it was intended to remain as a cross party committee
and the frequency of the meetings was to be maintained.
When a major
application was submitted for a particular ward, the Ward
Councillors could come in and ask questions of the
developer.
Resolved:
(i) That the
business of the Group be limited to those `
matters listed below in Section 3 of
this report
(ii) That the
membership of the Group be kept as it currently is.
(iii)
That ward members be invited to attend the Group
solely for the consideration of items which relate to their
wards
(iv)
That the Group continues to meet on a three weekly basis
(v) That the above
changes be introduced with immediate effect
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Syrian Relocation PDF 72 KB
Minutes:
An
urgent report was submitted to the Cabinet regarding a Syrian
Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme.
A
commitment was given at the Council Meeting held on 9 September to
consider support for Syrian refugees.
The
Chair thanked officers for the speed with which the report had been
prepared
This
Council needed to see what it could do in respect of the crisis and
our officers would need to enter into discussions with the County
Council and other partners for possible actions.
The
Chief Executive Officer, Mr Sellgren advised the Cabinet that there
had been an exchange of emails between Chief Executive’s of various Authorities.
The Chief Executive of Staffordshire
County Council would take the lead role and take
responsibility.
Resolved:
(i) That
officers be authorised to commence discussions
with partner
organisations to consider establishing local support
options.
(ii) That it be
reported to a future Cabinet on the preferred option to support the
Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme.
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