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Macclesfield Town Council
Character Assessment Working Group Agenda 1st April 2021
Due to the Coronavirus Covid-19 restrictions and in line with the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 this meeting will be held remotely.
Agenda for the meeting 1st April 2021 at 10.30am.
1. Apologies for Absence
2. Minutes of the Character Assessment WG Meeting held on 12th March 2021
Action: To consider the draft minutes as a true record of the meeting.
3. Matters Arising from the Minutes
Action: To consider any matters arising from the minutes.
4. Character Assessment Development
Action: To review the revised draft objectives as per the report.
5. Date/Time and Place of Next Meeting
To be agreed
The format/venue to be confirmed subject to C-19 restrictions and related regulations.
Macclesfield Town Council
Character Assessment Working Group Minutes 1st April 2021
Due to the Coronavirus Covid-19 restrictions and in line with the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 this meeting was held remotely.
Minutes of the meeting held on 1st April 2021 at 10.30am.
1. Apologies for Absence
None
2. Minutes of the Character Assessment WG Meeting held on 12th March 2021
RESOLVED: That the minutes are approved as a true record of the meeting.
3. Matters Arising from the Minutes
None
4. Character Assessment Development
RESOLVED: That the key objectives of a character assessment are agreed and an invitation to quote is prepared for a planning consultant to complete a character assessment for Macclesfield.
5. Date/Time and Place of next Meeting
To be advised
The format/venue to be confirmed subject to C-19 restrictions and related regulations.
Meeting closed at 11.04am
Chair: Cllr Mike Hutchison
Clerk: Harriet Worrell
Character Assessment WG
Macclesfield Town Council
Character Assessment Working Group Agenda 12th March 2021
Due to the Coronavirus Covid-19 restrictions and in line with the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 this meeting will be held remotely.
Agenda for the meeting 12th March 2021 at 1pm.
1. Apologies for Absence
2. Minutes of the Character Assessment WG Meeting held on 5th February 2021
Action: To consider the draft minutes as a true record of the meeting.
3. Matters Arising from the minutes
Action: To consider any matters arising from the minutes.
4. Character Assessment Development
Action: To further refine the draft objectives as per the report.
5. Date/Time and Place of Next Meeting
To be agreed
The format/venue to be confirmed subject to C-19 restrictions and related regulations.
Macclesfield Town Council
Character Assessment Working Group Minutes 12th March 2021
Due to the Coronavirus Covid-19 restrictions and in line with the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 this meeting will be held remotely.
Minutes of the meeting held on 12th March 2021 at 1pm.
1. Apologies for Absence
None.
2. Minutes of the Character Assessment WG meeting held on 5th February 2021
RESOLVED: That the minutes are approved as a true record of the meeting.
3. Matters Arising from the minutes
At the previous meeting on 5th February, a provisional date of 26th February was set for the next meeting of the Working Group. This date was subsequently rescheduled to 12th March.
4. Character Assessment Development
The Working Group welcomed Mr Tom Evans, a Senior Cheshire East Council Planning Officer, to the meeting.
Mr Evans advised that:
- The context of a character assessment should align within the Government’s emerging design guide model.
- The focus of the character assessment should be the visual landscape and specification of planning policy where it is not covered by existing Cheshire East Council planning policy.
- The character assessment quotation brief seeks recommendations from the planning consultant on mechanisms to address the elements previously identified by the Planning Committee. The elements are:
- Economy
- Climate Change
- Landscape
- Flood risk
- Habitat
- Open Space including protection of local green spaces
- Infrastructure
- Housing
- HMOs
- Community Assets
- King’s Cumberland Street cricket pitch
- Any other areas identified during the preparation of the Character Assessment.
- That the character assessment is formatted to facilitate the process by which Cheshire East Council may adopt it as a supplementary planning document.
5. Date/Time and Place of next Meeting
The date of the next meeting of the Working Group is 10.30am on 1st April 2021.
The format/venue to be confirmed subject to C-19 restrictions and related regulations.
Meeting closed at 2.04pm
Chair: Cllr Mike Hutchison
Clerk: Harriet Worrell
Character Assessment WG
Macclesfield Town Council
Character Assessment Working Group Agenda 5th February 2021
Due to the Coronavirus Covid-19 restrictions and in line with the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 this meeting will be held remotely.
Agenda for the meeting 5th February 2021 at 11.30am.
1. Apologies for Absence
2. Minutes of the Character Assessment WG meeting held on 15th January 2021
Action: To consider the draft minutes as a true record of the meeting
3. Matters Arising from the minutes
Action: To consider any matters arising from the minutes
4. Character Assessment Development
Action: To consider the report
5. Date/Time and Place of Next Meeting
To be agreed
The format/venue to be confirmed subject to C-19 restrictions and related regulations.
Macclesfield Town Council
Character Assessment Working Group Minutes 5th February 2021
Due to the Coronavirus Covid-19 restrictions and in line with the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 this meeting was held remotely.
The committee members requested that this meeting was brought forward from 11.30am to 11am.
Minutes of the meeting held on 5th February 2021 at 11am.
In attendance:
- Cllr Mike Hutchison
- Cllr Janet Jackson MBE
- Cllr Fiona Wilson
1. Apologies for Absence
None
2. Minutes of the Character Assessment WG Meeting held on 15th January 2021
RESOLVED: That the minutes are approved as a true record of the meeting.
3. Matters Arising from the minutes
None.
4. Character Assessment Development
Following approval of the recommendation to the Planning Committee meeting on 05/02/21, an invitation to quote shall be prepared for the appointment of a planning consultant to prepare a character assessment.
The working group:
- Reviewed and approved the report listing the set of objectives for a character assessment for Macclesfield.
- Capped the funding of planning consultancy at £10,000. In the event of additional funding, provision will be reviewed at Full Council.
- Sought that there was proactive engagement with suitably qualified stakeholders.
5. Date/Time and Place of Next Meeting
A provisional date for the next meeting of the Working Group is 11.30am on 26th February.
The format/venue to be confirmed subject to C-19 restrictions and related regulations.
Meeting closed at 11:55 am
Chair: Cllr Mike Hutchison
Clerk: Harriet Worrell
Character Assessment Working Group
Macclesfield Town Council
Character Assessment Working Group Agenda 15th January 2021
Due to the Coronavirus Covid-19 restrictions and in line with the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 this meeting will be held remotely.
Agenda for the meeting 15th January 2021 at 11.30am.
1. Election of Chair and Vice Chair
1.1 Elect Chair
1.2 Elect Vice Chair
2. Background
3. Governance
3.1 Terms of Reference
Action: To note the Terms of Reference
4. Character Assessment Areas
Action: To develop an approach on the character assessment of the following areas:
- Transport
- Economy
- Climate Change
- Landscape
- Flood risk
- Habitat
- Open Space including protection of local green spaces
- Infrastructure
- Housing
- HMOs
- Community Assets
- King’s Cumberland Street cricket pitch
5. Date/Time and Place of Next Meeting
To be agreed
The format/venue to be confirmed subject to C-19 restrictions and related regulations.
Macclesfield Town Council
Character Assessment Working Group Minutes 15th January 2021
Due to the Coronavirus Covid-19 restrictions and in line with the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 this meeting was held remotely.
Minutes of the meeting held on 15th January 2021 at 11.30am.
In attendance:
- Cllr Mike Hutchison
- Cllr Janet Jackson MBE
- Cllr Fiona Wilson
1. Election of Chair and Vice Chair
1.1 Elect Chair
RESOLVED: That Cllr Hutchison is elected as Chair
1.2 Elect Vice Chair
RESOLVED: That Cllr Wilson is elected as Vice Chair
2. Background
The Macclesfield Character Assessment will define the local built environment, capturing what is important, worth protecting and strengthening.
The aim is to document what is not covered in existing Cheshire East Council planning policy; to be used as a reference by Macclesfield Town Council when considering applications and ultimately, subject to the Local Planning Authority’s consultation process, adopted as a supplementary planning document.
3. Governance
3.1 Terms of Reference
The Terms of Reference were noted.
4. Character Assessment Areas
RESOLVED: That subject to the Council’s Standing Orders, an invitation to quote is prepared for a Planning Consultant to support the council in the preparation of a character assessment to cover, but not limited to, the following areas:
- Transport
- Economy
- Climate Change
- Landscape
- Flood risk
- Habitat
- Open Space including protection of local green spaces
- Infrastructure
- Housing
- HMOs
- Community Assets
- King’s Cumberland Street cricket pitch
5. Date/Time and Place of Next Meeting
The date of the next meeting of the Working Group is 11.30am on 5th February 2021.
The format/venue to be confirmed subject to C-19 restrictions and related regulations.
Meeting closed at 12.22am
Chair: Cllr Mike Hutchison
Clerk: Harriet Worrell