A24/001 PRESENT

Councillors Coan, Banks, Dalzell, Gardiner, Lowe and McCulloch.

A Keppel-Green (Town Clerk) and Cllr Hartley.

 

A24/002 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Apologies were received from Cllrs Gray and Wood (personal business)

 

A24/003 DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS

No member declared an interest in any item.

 

A24/004 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

A Warren Avenue allotment holder spoke in relation to the Redrow development site reporting that the new fencing on the Devis Way allotment site was broken and that garden waste had been dumped into the drainage trench. They further reported that there had been flytipping of cow muck on the Warren Avenue site and suggested a sign to deter this.

A second Warren Avenue allotment holder spoke in relation to the flooding of the allotments due to the lack of drainage installed by Redrow noting that this had been promised repeatedly but not yet delivered and questioning whether Redrow had indicated when this work would be complete and responded to the request for compensation.

 

A24/005 COMMITTEE TERMS OF REFERENCE

The committee terms of reference were noted.

 

A24/006 CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

It was RESOLVED to confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 11th March.

 

A24/007 REVIEW OF YEAR-TO-DATE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

The year-to-date income and expenditure reports were noted.

 

A24/008 COMMITTEE WORKING GROUPS

It was RESOLVED to appoint Cllrs Gardiner, Lowe and Wood to the IT working group.
It was RESOLVED to appoint Cllrs Coan, Harley and McCulloch to the cemetery working group.

 

A24/009 FLOODING AT WARREN AVENUE ALLOTMENTS

It was noted that the council had not yet received a response to its requests for compensation in respect of the flooding following the meeting with the Redrow North West MD. It was agreed to continue to chase Redrow for a satisfactory resolution and to escalate with Cheshire East Council as necessary.

 

A24/010 PROPOSAL FOR SPRINGFIELDS ALLOTMENT SITE

It was RESOLVED to recommend to Full Council that it leases the land for the purpose of creating allotments, applies for change of use planning permission prior to a lease being entered into but queries with Great Places why it has not considered developing a house on the site.

Cllr Gardiner voted against the resolution.

 

A24/011 MARKET HALL REFURBISHMENT UPDATE

The Town Clerk reported that the council’s architect was currently developing the tender documents and that tendering should commence shortly. Once tendering has been completed the council would have a clear idea of the timescales for the works and would liaise with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities regarding the deadline for expenditure of the grant.

 

A24/012 STRATEGIC PLAN

The status of actions was noted.

 

A24/013 OUTSTANDING MATTERS LOG

The log was noted.

 

A24/014 QUESTIONS TO THE TOWN CLERK

No questions were raised.

 

A24/015 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING

It was noted that the next scheduled meeting will be held on 29th July at 7:30pm.