Agenda

To approve as correct record minutes of the meeting held on 17 September 2024.

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

To receive updates from members who carried out visits to district centres.

The aim of the questionnaire was to seek the views of local business owners to inform the review on best practice, and whether work could be replicated to support the vibrancy of other district or local centres.

For members taking part in these visits, it was suggested that possible questions be provided to support members with their conversations with business owners (appendix A).

As part of the evidence-gathering phase of the review, it is suggested that members speak to local centre business owners between 4 November 2024 and 11 December 2024 meetings of the Panel. The aim of these visits is to find out what support local centres could benefit from, using feedback from the district centre visits to inform the questions to local centre business owners.

The Panel is requested to suggest ideas for questions to local centre business owners, using feedback from the district centre visits to inform these questions.

Officer contact: Charlotte Douglass 0161 474 3235 | charlotte.douglass@stockport.gov.uk

To consider a report of the Director of Place Management.

The report outlines an approach to collating best practice from other areas.

The Panel is requested to:

a)    agree which Members would like to be involved in the best practice meetings with other Local Authority areas; and

b)   put forward names of other areas they are aware of which they feel may have attractive and well supported District and Local Centres so they can be reviewed.

Officer contact: Helen Walters 07800 618140 | helen.walters@stockport.gov.uk