The Area Committee meets on Monday 6
November 2017 at 6.00pm in the Town Hall, Stockport.
It’s a busy agenda – the Chair will be
handing awards out to ‘Community Heroes’ recognising
the excellent work they undertake in the local
community.
The Committee will also consider a ward funding
application from the Love Heaton Norris Group who wish to undertake
work to repair the railings at Hatton Hilltop sanctuary. There a
two planning applications – one for a householder extension
in Reddish and the second a request to extend the opening for
McDonalds in Reddish to 24/7.
Take a
look at the full
agenda and you can view the meeting live by clicking on
‘webcasting’ under related links!
About the Area Committee
The
Heatons & Reddish Area Committee represents the wards of
Heatons North, Heatons South, Reddish North and Reddish
South.
Public Questions
At area
committees members of the public have the opportunity to ask
questions about any matters within the Area Committee’s
powers (except on legal or confidential matters). You can submit a
question and view the Code of Practice using the online
question form.
Ward Funding
The
Council has delegated £3000 to each ward to allow Community
Groups and other non-commercial organisations to apply for
contributions toward funding for projects within the
community.
The
fund is administered by the Democratic Services Manager in
consultation with the Ward Councillors.
A copy of the application form and associated guidance is available
on our
Ward Funding page.
Planning Matters
Area Committee have powers to deal with certain types of planning
applications, and Councillors have the power to call up
applications that are ordinarily dealt with by planning officers,
to be considered and determined by the Area Committee.
Members
of the public also have the opportunity to address the Committee
during consideration of a planning application for a total of 3
minutes. One person will be permitted to address the Area Committee
for 3 minutes in objection to the application and one person for 3
minutes in support of the application.
If you wish
to speak on a planning application it is advisable that you arrive
5 minutes prior to the commencement of the meeting in order to
inform the Democratic Services Officer.
Open Forum
In addition,
the Area Committee operates Open Forum arrangements which allow
groups to make presentations to the Committee on issues that effect
the local community. The Open Forum is
governed by the
Code of Practice.
