About the Area
Committee
Werneth Area Committee represents the wards of
Bredbury & Woodley and Bredbury Green & Romiley.
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 also submit a question or 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 Committees have delegated
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.
