Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Cabinet Member for Economy & Regeneration.

The Executive Councillor (Economy & Regeneration) (Councillor Kate Butler) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing an application to establish the High Lane Village Neighbourhood Forum and High Lane Village Neighbourhood Area under the provisions of The Localism Act 2011.

RESOLVED – (1) That approval be given to the designation of the area as submitted as the High Lane Village Neighbourhood Area.

(2) That approval be given to the application to formally establish the High Lane Village Neighbourhood Forum and that the forum be formally designated.

To consider a report of the Cabinet Member for Economy and Regeneration

The report advises the Cabinet of applications submitted seeking to establish the High Lane Village Neighbourhood Forum and High Lane Village Neighbourhood Area under the provisions of the Localism Act 2011.

The Cabinet is requested to recommend to the Council Meeting that the applications to establish the High Lane Village Neighbourhood Forum and High Lane Village Neighbourhood Area be approved, and that the forum and neighbourhood area be formally designated.

Officer Contact: Zoe Senior on 0161 218 1517 or email: zoe.senior@stockport.gov.uk

The Cabinet Member for Economy and Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) advising the Cabinet of applications submitted seeking to establish the High Lane Village Neighbourhood Forum and High Lane Village Neighbourhood Area under the provisions of the Localism Act 2011.

The Cabinet considered the officer response document in relation to the applications for High Lane Village Neighbourhood Area and High Lane Village Neighbourhood Forum (copies of which had been circulated).

RESOLVED – That the Council Meeting be recommended to approve the applications to establish the High Lane Village Neighbourhood Forum and High Lane Village Neighbourhood Area be approved, and that the Forum and Neighbourhood Area be formally designated.

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration

The report advises the Committee of an application submitted seeking to establish the High Lane Village Neighbourhood Forum and High Lane Village Neighbourhood Area under the provisions of the Localism Act 2011.

The Committee is invited to comment on the report.

Officer Contact: Zoe Senior on 0161 218 1517 or email: zoe.senior@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing an application to establish the High Lane Village Neighbourhood Forum and High Lane Village Neighbourhood Area under the provisions of the Localism Act 2011.

In response to a question in relation to the boundaries of the proposed High Lane Neighbourhood Area, it was confirmed that it was possible for the boundary to be altered following the establishment of the Area.

RESOVLED – That the Cabinet Meeting be recommended to request that the Council Meeting give approval to the designation of that part of High Lane as shown on the plan attached to the report at Annex A as the High Lane Neighbourhood Area and the designation of the High Lane Neighbourhood Forum as the neighbourhood forum for the High Lane Neighbourhood Area.

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration.

In June 2017 applications were received by the Council seeking to establish the High Lane Village Neighbourhood Forum and High Lane Village Neighbourhood Area under the provisions of The Localism Act 2011.The purpose of this report is to inform members of the details of the applications and to allow the Area Committee to comment prior to the Council Meeting’s determination of those applications.

The Area Committee is invited to comment on the report.

Officer contact: Zoe Senior, 0161 218 1517, zoe.senior@stockport.gov.uk.

The Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) informing the Area Committee that in June 2017 applications had been received by the Council seeking to establish the High Lane Village Neighbourhood Forum and High Lane Village Neighbourhood Area under the provisions of The Localism Act 2011.

The report set out details of the applications and the Area Committee were invited to comment prior to the Council Meeting’s determination of those applications.

It was reported that in the summary of representations the comment regarding representations two and five being similar in their reference to the boundary of the Neighbourhood Area application would be removed and rephrased in the report to the Council Meeting to avoid confusion and to provide clarity.

RESOLVED – That the Council Meeting be recommended to approve the applications to establish the High Lane Village Neighbourhood Forum and High Lane Village Neighbourhood Area.

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration

The report advises the Scrutiny Committee of an application submitted seeking to establish the High Lane Village Neighbourhood Forum and High Lane Village Neighbourhood Area under the provisions of the Localism Act 2011.

The Scrutiny Committee is invited to comment on the report.

Officer Contact: Zoe Senior on 0161 218 1517 or email: zoe.senior@stockport.gov.uk

The Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) advising the Scrutiny Committee of an application submitted seeking to establish the High Lane Village Neighbourhood Forum and High Lane Village Neighbourhood Area under the provisions of the Localism Act 2011.

The report would be considered by the Cabinet at its meeting to be held on 15 August 2017.

The Cabinet Member for Economy and Regeneration (Councillor Kate Butler) attended the meeting to respond to Members’ questions.

With the agreement of the Committee, Richard Jones, Interim Chair of the High Lane Village Neighbourhood Forum, was permitted to address the Scrutiny Committee.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

• The names of the individuals who made the representations should have been included, as in previous applications.
• It was confirmed that the proposed High Lane Village Neighbourhood Area fell within the Marple South Ward.
• The scope for amending the Neighbourhood area boundary in the event that Hazel Grove submitted their own Neighbourhood Area application in the future was discussed.
• A Member expressed doubts about the robustness of representation 5 which concerned an objection by Taylor Wimpey with regard to the boundary of the Neighbourhood Area application, in the following ways:-

-       with regard to the assertion that the proposed neighbourhood area was too large and covered two very distinct areas (urban and rural), it did not state in the legislation or guidance that size was a reasonable consideration when deciding a neighbourhood area. According to the Government’s definition of a community of 10,000 people or more, the village was not urban. Officers were requested to define the term ‘rural’ and include mention of a town fringe in the Stockport Core Strategy.

-       the draft strategic housing allocation was the draft Greater Manchester Spatial Framework. The draft GMSF Policy OA21 High Lane (Stockport) should not in principle affect the applications for the High Lane Neighbourhood Area and Neighbourhood Forum.

-       the incursion of significant expense by the Local Planning Authority should not be material to the consideration of the Neighbourhood Forum and Neighbourhood Area applications.

-       the assertion that the inclusion of the area of Draft GMSF Policy OA21 High Lane (Stockport) in the proposed Neighbourhood Area would create false expectations was not material to the case.

• The content of any resultant Neighbourhood Plan for the area should not be pre-judged.
• The infrastructure would be guided by the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework and the Local Plan.

RESOLVED - That the report be noted.