COMMITTEE:   PERFORMANCE AND OVERVIEW  LOCAL ECONOMY & ENVIRONMENT

                            

 

Despatch date:    9^th October 2006    

 

Enquiries to:         Diane Moulson                  Tel: 01270 537026

                                                                   Fax: 01270 537605

                           Email: agendas@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk  

     

 

Chair:                  Cllr Steven Roberts             Tel/Fax: 01270 589996

 

                           Email: cllr.steven.roberts@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk 

 

To:  Members of Performance and Overview Committee Local Economy &   

Environment [Cllrs Bebbington, Butterill, Cartlidge, Crawford, Hallett, Hollins, Johnson, Moran, Mottram, S Roberts, Stafford and Wood]            

Executive Directors, Assistant Chief Executive, Local Press and Radio

 

MEMBERS OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THIS MEETING
 

 

If you plan to attend, please report to the Reception Desk in the Municipal Buildings, where you will be provided with a Visitor's Pass.

 

Car parking is not available at the Municipal Buildings, but there are several town centre car parks.  There is a disabled access to the rear of the Municipal Buildings, and this can be accessed through the side door on Vernon Way.  Please press the button for attention, and someone will meet you and escort you through to the main reception area.

 

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Copies of the agenda will be available if you attend. Agendas are also made available on the Internet and can be accessed via the Council's website see front page for details.

 

On occasions, members of the press and public will be excluded from the meetings when the business to be transacted is of a confidential nature, for example, dealing with individual people, contracts and financial affairs of other parties.

 

If you require any further information, please contact Diane Moulson the Committee Officer (details on front page).

 

 

1.         Apologies

 

2.         Declarations of Interest

 

Any Member present (including non-Committee Members) to declare any personal or prejudicial interest and the nature of that interest, in any item of business on the agenda and, if necessary, to leave the meeting prior to discussion on that item.  

 

Members who also serve as County, Town or Parish Councillors are reminded of the need to make declarations in respect of any item which directly concerns the business of the appropriate authority. 

 

Declarations are a personal matter for each Member to decide.  Whilst officers will advise on the Code of Conduct and its interpretation, the decision to declare, or not, is the responsibility of the Member, based on the particular circumstances.    

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3.          Record of Meeting

 

To approve as correct the record of the meeting held on 25^th July 2006 (3).

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4.         Whipping Declarations

 

Members to declare in respect of items where the whip has been applied. 

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5.         Referrals from the Board/Council

 

To consider any matters which the Board/Council may have referred to the Committee.

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6.          Responses from the Board (For Information)

 

At its meeting on 25^th July 2006, the Committee considered the report of Councillor Rachel Bailey, Portfolio Holder for Planning relating to Stapeley Water Gardens Development Brief.

 

The Committee expressed its concern to the Board about the proposed access for the residential element of the development from London Road and supported the Board's request to investigate alternative accesses with the Highways Authority.  

Subsequent to the issue of the report to the Board, a further revision had been proposed to provide a single access for the whole of the site from Peter de Stapleigh Way with the existing access from London Road being closed.  It was reported at the meeting that Cheshire County Council Area Highways Office had approved this, in principle. 

 

That the Development Brief for Stapeley Water Gardens, as amended at the meeting, be formally adopted as a Supplementary Planning Document.

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The Committee is invited to consider, and if appropriate submit comments or observations to the Board, on the following item which the Board will consider at its meeting on 19^th October 2006 -  

 

v                  Borough of Crewe and Nantwich: Local Development Scheme (LSD) First Review

 

 

Members may find it useful to bring their Board agendas to the meeting.     

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8.          Forward Plan of Board Decisions

 

To consider the Board's Forward Plan for 30^th November 2006, 4^th and 11^th January 2007 and 8^th February 2007 [8a, 8b, 8c and 8d respectively]  

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9.           Performance Monitoring

 

The report provides service performance information on the agreed basket of key National Performance Indicators for the period April 2006 - June 2006 (9).

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To receive an update on the management of vacant posts falling under the remit of the Committee (10). 
 

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11.       Open Space Review Presentation by Councillor Cartlidge        

 

A review of open space in the borough has been undertaken by Wardell Armstrong (engineering and environmental consultants). The work involved an audit of over four hundred areas of open space, measuring levels of provision against national standards and establishing local standards of provision.  A consultation exercise was also undertaken to establish residents' views and priorities for open space in the future.  

 

Following on from the above, a document entitled "Open Space - Vision of the Future" was launched by the Labour Group on 21^st August 2006 at the Municipal Buildings.  A copy of the report is available in the Members' Room. 

 

Councillor Cartlidge will make a presentation to the Committee based on the summary report from the event (11) which lists details of comments made and proposals put forward at the launch.              

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To receive, if appropriate a progress report from the Committee's Task Groups -  

 

12.1Affordable Housing Task Group

12.2Town Centres' Car Parking Task Group

12.3Town Centre and Retail Economy Task Group

12.4Waste Management Task Group

           

Two meetings of the Board have been scheduled for November; 9^th (annual review meeting) and 30^th (ordinary meeting).  In accordance with procedure, meetings of P & O Local Economy & Environment have also been scheduled to fall within the same week as the Board (7^th and 28^th November respectively).

 

The Board has now cancelled its meeting on 9^th November.  The Committee is asked to decide whether its meeting scheduled for 7^th November should still take place.                

 

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