Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 11 September 2018.

The Minutes (copies of which had been circulated) of the meeting held on 11 September 2018 were approved as a correct record.

Councillors and Officers to declare any interests which they have in any of the items on the agenda for the meeting.

Councillors and Officers were invited to declare any interests which they had in any of the agenda items for the meeting.

The following interest was declared:-

Personal Interest

To consider whether it is in the public interest to exclude the public during consideration of agenda items 4 and 5 as they contains information ‘not for publication’ by virtue of paragraph 3 ‘Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority)’ as set out in the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

RESOLVED – That it is in the public interest to exclude the public during the consideration of the following agenda items which contain information ‘not for publication’ by virtue of Category 3 ‘Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority)’ as set out in the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended):-

Item 4 – Town Centre West Mayoral Development Corporation

Item 5 – Town Centre Programme Update

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

The report updates Members of the Task Force on the proposed response to the opportunities and challenges through the creation of a Mayoral Development Corporation as the delivery vehicle. It also covers work underway to masterplan and set as long-term strategic vision for the area along with interim governance arrangements.

Officer Contact: Caroline Simpson on 0161 218 1940 or email: caroline.simpson@stockport.gov.uk

The Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) updating Members of the Task Force on the proposed response to the opportunities and challenges through the creation of a Mayoral Development Corporation as the delivery vehicle to unlock Town Centre West’s regeneration potential. It also covered work underway to produce a masterplan and set a long-term strategic vision for the area along with interim governance arrangements.

Concern was expressed as to whether enough staffing resources had been allocated to the project given its scale.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.

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

The report provides an update on the Town Centre Programme since the last meeting of the Task Force.

Officer Contact: Paul Richards on 0161 474 2940 or email: paul.richards@stockport.gov.uk

The Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing an update on the key town centre projects and supporting activity since the last meeting of the Task Force.

Members requested that an item on Stockport Market be placed on the agenda for a future meeting of the Task Force and that the new operators of the indoor market be invited to discuss their plans, and that regular reports on the Market and Underbanks be submitted to the Task Force.

RESOLVED – (1) That the report be noted.

(2) That an item on Stockport Market be placed on the agenda for a future meeting of the Task Force and the new operators of the indoor market be invited to attend the meeting.

(3) That regular reports on the Market and Underbanks be submitted to the Task Force.