Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Leader of the Council (Policy, Reform & Finance)

The Community Right to Challenge came into force on 27 June.  This means that the Council must consider expressions of interest (EOI) from relevant bodies in providing a service, and where they accept an EOI, must carry out a procurement exercise for the service.

In order to ensure that the Council was compliant by the implementation date a process was developed and presented for an Executive Member decision on the proviso that further consultation be undertaken with both CRMG Scrutiny Committee and Anchorpoint prior to a final report being presented to Executive.

This report reflects any feedback and outlines the proposed approach to implementing the Community Right to Challenge in Stockport.

The Executive is invited to approve the approach to implementing the Community Right to Challenge.

Officer contact: Holly Rae/ Annalie Burns, 0161 474 3167, holly.rae@stockport.gov.uk / Annalie.burns@stockport.gov.uk

The Leader of the Council (Policy, Reform & Finance) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Executive Meeting to consider the approach for Stockport to the implementation of the Community Right to Challenge contained within the Localism Act 2011 and which came into force on 27 June 2012. The Right allowed relevant bodies to submit expressions of interest (EoI) in providing a service and the Council, where accepting the EoI, was required to carry out a procurement exercise for that service.

RESOLVED – That the Stockport Council approach to the Community Right to Challenge as detailed at section 4.0 of the report be approved.