A meeting of the Knutsford Town Council Environment and General Purposes Committee to be held at 19:30 on Monday 6th June 2022

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.

AGENDA

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 COMMITTEE TERMS OF REFERENCE

To note the committee’s terms of reference.

Attachment – Environment Committee Terms of Reference

 

5 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

 

6 REVIEW OF YEAR TO DATE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

To consider the committee income and expenditure to date.

Attachment – Income and Expenditure Committee Report 27/05/2022

 

7 COMMITTEE WORKING GROUPS

To appoint members to committee working groups.

Attachment – Report EN-22-01 Environment Committee Working Groups

 

8 NATURE ACTION PLAN

To review progress on the Nature Action Plan.

Attachment – Report EN-22-02 Nature Action Plan Update April

 

9 PROTECTION OF TREES

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

Attachment – Report EN-22-03 Lobbying for the Protection of Trees

 

10 PLANTING OF TREES IN HIGHWAYS

To consider lobbying Cheshire East Council to direct Cheshire East Highways to permit planting within highway verges and to consider the replacement of fallen trees along King Edward Road.

Attachment – Report EN-22-04 Highway Tree Planting

 

11 BENCH FOR COMMUNITY GARDEN

To consider providing a bench for the rejuvenated community garden on Longridge.

Attachment – Report EN-22-05 Lobbying for the Protection of Trees

 

12 INSTALLATION OF PLAQUE AT OBELISK

To consider installing a small plaque on the history of the obelisk.

Attachment – Report EN-22-06 Obelisk Plaque

 

13 OUTSTANDING MATTERS LOG

To review the committee’s outstanding matters log.

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

 

14 QUESTIONS TO THE TOWN CLERK

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

 

15 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING

To note that the next scheduled meeting will be held on 25th July 2022 at 7:30pm.