Meeting: Environment and Transport Meeting
Meeting Date: Monday 24th July 2023 at 7.30pm
Meeting Venue: Lower Council Chamber of the Council Offices
Public seating will be available. The meeting will be broadcast via Zoom to enable remote public listening and participation and an audio stream will also be broadcast 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 COMMITTEE TERMS OF REFERENCE
To note the committee terms of reference.
Attachment – Environment and Transport Committee Terms of Reference
5 20’s PLENTY FOR CHESHIRE EAST
To receive a talk from 20’s Plenty for Cheshire East and consider the council’s position with respect 20mph speed limits.
Attachment – ET-23-01 – 20’s Plenty
6 CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES
To receive and confirm the minutes of the Environment and General Purposes committee meeting held on 27th March 2023.
Attachment – Minutes of the meeting held 27th March 2023
7 REVIEW OF YEAR TO DATE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
To consider the committee income and expenditure to date.
Attachment – Income and Expenditure Committee Report 07/07/2023
8 STRATEGIC PLAN
To determine priority actions for the ensuing year.
Attachment – Report ET-23-02 – Environment and Transport Committee Strategic Plan Actions
9 UPGRADING OF LADIES MILE PATH TO TABLEY ROAD
To consider surfacing the unmade path from Tabley Road to the paved section of Ladies Mile
Attachment – Report ET-23-03 – Ladies Mile Path Upgrade
10 REPAIR TO AND ADOPTION OF THE CANUTE MOSAIC AND PAVING
To consider required repairs to the paving around the Canute mosaic and whether to recommend to Full Council that an application to formally adopt the land is submitted.
Attachment – Report ET-23-04 – Canute Mosaic
11 QUEEN ELIZABETH II CORONATION TREE PLAQUE
To consider funding the installation of a new plaque at the tree planted to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
Attachment – Report ET-23-05 –Queen Elizabeth II Tree Plaque
12 BENCH SPONSORSHIP POLICY AND REPLACEMENT BENCHES
To consider the adoption of a policy on sponsorship of benches and the replacement of benches.
Attachment – Report ET-23-06 – Bench Sponsorship and Bench Replacements
13 CLOSURE OF KNUTSFORD RAILWAY STATION TICKET OFFICE
To agree a response to the Northern consultation on the closure of the ticket office at Knutsford Railway Station.
Attachment – Report ET-23-07 Railway Ticket Office Consultation
14 NATURE ACTION PLAN
To review progress on the Nature Action Plan 2020-2023 and provide guidance to the working group on developing a 2023-2027 plan.
Attachment – Report ET-23-08 Nature Action Plan Review
15 COMMITTEE WORKING GROUPS
To appoint members to committee working groups.
Report ET-23-09 Environment and Transport Committee working groups
16 OUSTANDING MATTERS LOG
To review the committee’s outstanding matters log.
Attachment – Environment and Transport Committee Outstanding Matters Log July 2023
17 QUESTIONS TO THE TOWN CLERK
An opportunity for members to raise questions relevant to the work of the committee to the Town Clerk
18 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING
To note that the next scheduled meeting will be held on 25th September 2023 at 7:30pm.