Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Deputy Chief Executive

The report outlines a request to graze horses on land off Rostrevor Road, Adswood and provides responses to queries raised by Members of the Committee at a previous meeting.

The Area Committee is requested to note the contents of the report and provide any comments.

Officer Contact: Murray Carr on 0161 474 3019 or email: murray.carr@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Democratic Services Manager submitted a report of the Deputy Chief Executive (copies of which had been circulated) outlining a request to graze horses on land off Rostrevor Road, Adswood and providing a response to queries raised by Members of the Area Committee at a previous meeting.

At the meeting of the Area Committee held on 1 October 2015, Members had agreed that the report be deferred for further information regarding the proposed length of the lease, the number of horses which the proposed grazing licence is for, where the owner of the horses would be living and the horses kept, how horses would be prevented from going into gardens which back onto the land and how this would be enforced.

Members of the Area Committee reiterated their concerns and in addition expressed concerns about the condition of the land and its maintenance, and requested that the animal welfare issues be investigated.

RESOLVED – That the report be deferred and an Officer be requested to attend the next meeting of the Area Committee on 9 June 2016 to respond to Members’ concerns.