Meeting: Town Centre Meeting
Meeting Date: Monday 16th September 2024 at 7.00 pm
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 viewing and participation and a video 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.

 

5 CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

To receive and confirm the minutes of the committee meeting held on 17th September.

Attachment – Minutes of the meeting held 17th June 2024.

 

6 REVIEW OF YEAR TO DATE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

To consider the committee income and expenditure to date.

Attachment – Income and Expenditure Committee Report 11/09/2024

 

7 TOWN CENTRE MANAGEMENT REPORT

To receive an update report from the Town Centre Manager.

Attachment – Report T-24-05 Town Centre Management Report September 2024

 

8 TOURISM STRATEGY

To consider the Tourism Strategy report prepared under the Shared Prosperity Fund and arising recommendations.

Attachments (2) – Report T-24-06 Tourism Strategy and Draft Tourism Strategy Report 2024

 

9 BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT STAGE

To consider how to progress the development of a Business Improvement District for the Town Centre.

Attachment – Report T-24-07 Business Improvement District Development Stage

 

10 TOWN CENTRE MASTERPLAN: FEASIBILITY REPORTS

To consider the output of the Town Centre Masterplan feasibility reports prepared under the Shared Prosperity Fund and arising recommendations.

Attachments (2) – Report T-24-08 Town Centre Feasibility Reports and Feasibility Reports Executive Summary

 

11 CHESHIRE EAST COUNCIL PARKING CONSULTATION

To consider a response to the Cheshire East Council consultation on the introduction of evening and Sunday parking charges.

Attachment – Report T-24-09 CEC Parking Consultation – Evening and Sunday Charging 

 

12 STRATEGIC PLAN

To review progress against current year actions and consider priorities for 2025/26

Attachment – Report T-24-10 Strategic Plan update and priorities for 2025/26

 

13 COMMITTEE BUDGET 2025/26

To agree a draft budget for the 2024/25 financial year.

Attachments (2) – Report T-24-11 Committee Budget 2025/26 and Draft Town Centre Committee Budget 2025/26

 

14 OUTSTANDING MATTERS LOG

To note the committee outstanding matters log.

Attachment – Town Centre Committee Actions Log September 2024

 

15  QUESTIONS TO THE TOWN CLERK

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

 

16 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING

To note that the next scheduled meeting will be held on 11th November 2024 at 7:00pm.