You are summoned to attend a meeting of the Environment and General Purposes Committee to be held at 19:30 on Monday 4th April 2022 in the Lower Council Chamber of the Town Council Offices.

Limited public seating will be available at the Council Offices. The meeting will also be broadcast via Zoom to enable remote public viewing and participation and livestreamed to Facebook. To join the meeting via Zoom, visit  or use meeting ID 821 0560 5574 and password  KTC-456189.

1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive apologies for absence.

 

2 DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS

To receive declarations of personal, prejudicial and pecuniary interests from members relevant to items under discussion at the meeting.

 

3 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

A period of up to 5 minutes for members of the public to ask questions or submit comments.

 

4  CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

To receive and confirm the minutes of the committee meeting held on 7th February 2022

Attachment – Minutes of the meeting held 7th February 2022

 

5 REVIEW OF YEAR TO DATE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

To consider the committee income and expenditure to date.

Attachment – Income and Expenditure Committee Report 30/03/2022

 

6 NATURE ACTION PLAN

To review progress on the Nature Action Plan.

Attachment – Report EN-21-24 Nature Action Plan Update April

 

7 PROTECTION OF TREES

To consider lobbying Cheshire East Council and the government to increase the protection of trees within Knutsford.

Attachment – Report EN-21-25 Lobbying for the Protection of Trees

 

8 KING EDWARD ROAD TREES

To consider lobbying Cheshire East Council for permission to replace the lost trees along King Edward Road and to determine whether the committee would prefer their replacement in raised planters or reinstatement in ground.

 

9 OUSTANDING MATTERS LOG

To review the committee’s outstanding matters log.

Attachment – Environment and General Purposes Committee Outstanding Matters Log April 2022

 

10 QUESTIONS TO THE TOWN CLERK

An opportunity for members to raise questions relevant to the work of the committee to the Town Clerk

 

 11 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING

To note that the next scheduled meeting will be held on 6th June 2022 at 7:30pm.