Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director (Place) & Deputy Chief Executive.

The report details an application for the use of Woodbank Memorial Park and Vernon Park on 26 June 2022 between 9.00a.m.-12.30pm as part of a wider application for the Stockport Active Weekend Event.

The Area Committee is recommended to grant the application subject to all appropriate paperwork and licences being obtained.

Officer Contact: Kath Hughes on 0161 474 4418 or email: kath.hughes@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Strategic Head of Service & Monitoring Officer (Legal & Democratic Governance) submitted a report of the Corporate Director (Place) & Deputy Chief Executive (copies of which had been circulated) regarding an application to utilise Woodbank Memorial Park and Vernon Park for running activities on Sunday 26 June 2022 between 9.30am-12.30pm.

The Area Committee was advised that the proposed approval was being considered as part of a wider application for the Stockport Active Weekend Event which was being organised by the Council along with partners Transport for Greater Manchester, Running Bee Foundation, Stockport Business Improvement District and British Cycling, and that separate event applications had also been submitted to, and approved by, the Werneth and Stepping Hill Area Committees.

RESOLVED – That the application to use Woodbank Memorial Park and Vernon Park on 26 June 2022 between 9.00am-12.30pm as part of a wider application for the Stockport Active Weekend Event be approved, subject all appropriate paperwork and licences being obtained and the organiser highlighting the parking situation on social media prior to the event taking place.