Agenda, decisions and minutes

Venue: Committee Rooms 2 and 3, Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford M32 0TH

Contact: Jo Maloney  Governance Officer

Items
No. Item

103.

QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

A maximum of 15 minutes will be allocated to public questions submitted in writing to Democratic Services (democratic.services@trafford.gov.uk) by 4 p.m. on the working day prior to the meeting. Questions must be relevant to items appearing on the agenda and will be submitted in the order in which they were received.

Minutes:

It was reported that there were no questions from the public to be referred to the current meeting.

104.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Members to give notice of any interest and the nature of that interest relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the adopted Code of Conduct.

Minutes:

No declarations were made by Executive Members.

105.

MINUTES

To receive and, if so determined, to approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 27th January 2020.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

RESOLVED – That the Minutes of the Meeting held on 27th January, 2020 be approved as a correct record.

106.

MATTERS FROM COUNCIL OR OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEES (IF ANY)

To consider any matters referred by the Council or by the Overview and Scrutiny Committees.

Minutes:

There were no issues to be reported to the current meeting.

107.

TRAFFORD OLDER PEOPLE'S HOUSING STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN 2020-25 pdf icon PDF 485 KB

To consider a report of the Executive Member for Housing and Regeneration and Executive Member for Adult Social Care.

Additional documents:

Decision:

That the Trafford Older Peoples’ Housing Strategy and Draft Action Plan 2020-2025 be approved for publication.

Minutes:

The Executive Member for Housing and Regeneration and Executive Member for Adult Social Care submitted a report which presented for approval the Older People’s Housing Strategy, which had been produced following extensive consultation, with recommendations in the Strategy designed to respond to both the current and future needs of the older population. The recommendations had been identified in the context of the Council’s Corporate Priorities, the Trafford Housing Strategy (2018-2023), GM Housing Strategy and discussions with key stakeholders. An opportunity was provided for Members to raise questions; and in discussion issues were raised including the challenges of undertaking consultations with hard to reach groups, the popularity of bungalows amongst older age groups, and the importance of other infrastructure, including for example road crossings, for the accessibility of older people’s accommodation.

 

RESOLVED - That the Trafford Older People’s Housing Strategy and Draft Action Plan 2020-2025 be approved for publication.

108.

STRETFORD AREA ACTION PLAN pdf icon PDF 372 KB

To consider a report of the Executive Member for Housing and Regeneration.

Additional documents:

Decision:

1. That the commencement of work to prepare the Stretford AAP be approved.

2. That the indicative timeline for its preparation through to adoption be approved.

3. That it be noted that a consultancy team will be commissioned via the Trafford Bruntwood Joint Venture to support preparation of the Stretford AAP.

4. That the indicative AAP boundary for initial consultation be noted.

Minutes:

The Executive Member for Housing and Regeneration submitted a report which proposed to commence preparation of a Stretford Area Action Plan (AAP) to provide a robust planning framework for the delivery of its objectives and ambitions for Stretford Town Centre and its surrounds.The Stretford AAP would form part of the Council’s adopted development plan, sitting alongside the adopted Core Strategy and in due course the emerging Trafford Local Plan. The Development Plan informed the entirety of the development management process, from pre-application through to the determination of planning applications or related consents. An opportunity was provided for Members to raise questions, which centred on the interface between this plan and the Civic Quarter Area Action Plan.

 

            RESOLVED -

 

(1)       That the commencement of work to prepare the Stretford AAP be approved.

(2)       That the indicative timeline for its preparation through to adoption be approved.

(3)       That it be noted that a consultancy team will be commissioned via the Trafford Bruntwood Joint Venture to support preparation of the Stretford AAP.

(4)       That the indicative AAP boundary for initial consultation be noted.