Agenda and minutes

The minutes of the meeting held on 18 June 2019 were APPROVED.

There were no urgent items.

1.    Disclosable Pecuniary Interests

2.    Other Interests

There were no declarations made.

There were no matters referred by Overview and Scrutiny Panels.

There were no items requested.

There were no reports.

It was noted that the item – Biddulph Town Hall – had been put back to the next meeting.

DECISION:

That, subject to the above amendment, the Forward Plan for the period July to September 2019 be APPROVED for publication.

The purpose of this report was to inform members of the Council’s overall financial, procurement and performance position for the period ending 31 March 2019 (“Fourth Quarter 2018/19”). The report was considered by the Resources Overview and Scrutiny Panel on 24 July 2019. The position was summarised as follows:-

            Detailed analysis was contained in the appendices.

DECISION:

·         That the fourth Quarter 2018/19 financial, procurement and performance position detailed in Appendices A, B and C and summarised at 3.3 of the covering report be NOTED.

·         That the allocation  ...  view the full minutes text for item 15.2

The report gave members an update following the first year of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, with information relating to implementation and homelessness applications made during 2018/19.

The Council was now in a position to step in at an early stage and was often able to resolve matters, thus avoiding people becoming homeless.

Options considered:

The report was for information only and there were no options considered.

DECISION:           

That the report be NOTED.

In line with the requirements of the Environment Act 1995, the report made recommendations to ensure that the Council met its legal duty in relation to the declaration of Air Quality Management Areas (AQMA’s).

It had been found necessary to declare two AQMA’s encompassing the roads and properties in Ball Haye Street/Broad Street, Leek and Leek Road, Cellarhead.

Options considered:

AQMA 1 – Leek

1.    The AQMA be restricted to the properties confirmed as exceeding AQ objectives (based only on directly collected data);

2.    The proposed AQMA shown in Fig. 1 within the report;

3.    The AQMA shown in Fig. 1 but the area of the contour is widened by a further 5m.

AQMA 2 – Cellarhead

1.    The AQMA be restricted to the properties confirmed as exceeding AQ objectives (based only on directly collected data);

2.    The proposed AQMA shown in Fig. 2 within the report.

DECISION:           

1.    That Cabinet MADE AN ORDER under Section 83 of the Environment Act 1995 declaring AQMA’s in the form appended to the report;

2.    That Cabinet AGREED  to declare AQMA’s on the basis of Option 2 for Leek and Option 2 for Cellarhead;

3.    That the Community Overview and Scrutiny Panel be requested to consider the contents of the Air Quality Action Plans for both AQMA’s.

The Chair to Move:-

“That, pursuant to Section 100A(2) and (4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings whereby it is likely that confidential information as defined in Section 100A (3) of the Act would be disclosed to the public in breach of the obligation of confidence or exempt information as defined in Section 100 I (1) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act would be disclosed to the public by virtue of the Paragraphs indicated.”

RESOLVED  -  That, pursuant to Section 100A(2) and (4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings whereby it is likely that confidential information as defined in Section 100A (3) of the Act would be disclosed to the public in breach of the obligation of confidence or exempt information as defined in Section 100 I (1)  of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act would be disclosed to the public by virtue of the Paragraphs indicated.

Cabinet considered a report outlining the Council’s approach to meeting its duties under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010.

Cabinet considered a report regarding a new tenancy in respect of 8 Market Place, Leek.

Cabinet considered proposals for revised staffing structures for Planning and Regeneration.