Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 16 March 2017.

The Minutes (copies of which had been circulated) of the meeting held on 16 March 2017 were approved as a correct record, subject under Minute 5 ‘Underbanks and Market Update’ to:-

·         the second bullet point in the pre-amble to the Minute being amended to read ‘the key was to encourage footfall through the Merseyway Shopping Centre to the market’.

·         the sixth bullet point in the pre-amble to the Minute being amended to read ‘the successful development of the produce hall was the key to unlocking the market place’.

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 interests were declared:-

Personal Interest

To consider whether it is in the public to exclude the public during consideration of agenda items  6 and 7 as the content of the presentation will contains information ‘not for publication’ by virtue of paragraph 3 ‘Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority)’ as set out in the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RESOLVED – That in order to prevent the disclosure of information which was not for publication relating to the financial or business affairs of the any particular person (including the authority), the disclosure of which would not be in the public interest, would not be fair and would be in breach of Data Protection principles, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of agenda item 6 ‘Merseyway Redevelopment – Outline Business Case’ and agenda item 7 ‘Stockport Exchange Phase 3 – Development Options’ (see Minutes 6 and 7 below).

To consider a presentation from the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration made a presentation on the A6 Corridor Masterplan, the key objectives underpinning the Masterplan strategy being to:-

• Enable the A6 to play a central role in the life, attractiveness and animation of the town centre;
• Raise the quality, first impressions and identity of the A6 Corridor;
• Redress the balance between pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles and enhanced visual order;
• Improved public realm interventions that support different user experiences;
• Developing the ‘Stockport Mile’ and Character Zones concepts;
• Maintain the role of the A6 as a major transport asset.

The following comments were made/issuers raised:-

• A Member expressed concern that the presentation explained how the Council was proposing to develop the A6 at a time when it was being closed and the problems that businesses in the town centre could have as a result. Assurances were sought that the Council was doing all it could to minimise the time the A6 was closed and that work would continue into the evenings and on Saturdays.
• Completing the works on St Mary’s Way was imperative to any future plans for the A6
• Further work would be carried out with regard to shop frontages next to the highway.

RESOLVED – That the presentation be noted.

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

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) setting out work underway to bring forward a range of projects and initiatives for Members’ consideration that had the capacity to contribute to the revitalisation of the town centre. It also provided a strategic overview of the key issues across the current programme which impacted on delivery.

The following comments were made/issued:-

• An update was provided on the possibility of a letting for a trampoline business at the Redrock development.
• A Member queried, given the size of the schemes, whether the Council was attempting too much.
• The work on repositioning Stockport’s image as an attractive and exciting place to live, work, visit and invest through a comprehensive Place Marketing campaign would be submitted to the next meeting of the Task Force.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.

To consider a presentation from the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration made a presentation setting out an outline business case for the redevelopment of the Merseyway Shopping Centre.

RESOLVED – That presentation be noted.

To consider a presentation from the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration made a presentation setting out the development options for Phase 3 of the Stockport Exchange development.

RESOLVED – That the presentation be noted.