Venue: Assembly Hall - Fulbridge Primary School. View directions
Contact: Karen Dunleavy Tel: 01733 452233 Email: karen.dunleavy@peterborough.gov.uk
Note: Prior to the start of the meeting, from 6.00pm, ward forums will be held for the Central and North wards. These separate meetings will give local residents the opportunity to talk directly with their elected members to raise any issues or concerns they have in their neighbourhood.
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Apologies for Absence To receive any apologies from members unable to attend the meeting Minutes: No apologies for absence were received. |
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Declarations of Interest Members to declare any personal/personal prejudicial interests in any items on this agenda Minutes: No declaration of interests were declared |
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Minutes from the previous meeting PDF 78 KB Approve the minutes of the meeting held on 5 March 2012 Minutes: The minutes from the meeting held on 5 March 2012 were agreed as a true and accurate record.
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Issues arising from previous meeting Minutes: The Neighbourhood Manager advised that updates and details of completed actions were provided on tables.
An update was received from the Inspector of Cambridgeshire Police on the complaints made about the two licensed premises in Cromwell Road. The Committee were also advised that there were plans underway to cut down trees in Cromwell Court and Cromwell Road in order to provide more effective monitoring by the police of Anti Social Behaviour in the area.
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Election of Vice Chair Minutes: Following nominations for the role of Vice Chairman, Councillor Sharp was nominated and seconded. No other nominations were received and Councillor Sharp was duly elected as Vice Chairman of the Central and North Neighbourhood Committee.
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Open Session An opportunity for any member of the public, elected and co-opted members of the Neighbourhood Committee to raise anything that affects your area and to suggest items for future meetings. Minutes: Attendees of the meeting were given the opportunity to ask questions and raise issues affecting the areas in which they lived. These included:
Comments and responses to questions included:
Councillor Khan requested that the Council note the opinion expressed by the Central and North Neighbourhood Committee over the Council’s method of appointment of a Chairman and that the allocation of Special Responsibility Allowance (SRA), currently paid to the Chairman, should be directed to neighbourhood projects.
The Governance Officer advised the Committee that under Part 4, Section & paragraph 11.1 of the Council’s Constitution, the Neighbourhood Chairman would be appointed by Council each Municipal year and that there would be one chairman from the ward area of the Neighbourhood Committee.
The Committee was also advised that under Part 4, Section 8, 6.7, of the Council’s Constitution, the Committee can express its opinion to another Council body or outside organisation.
The Committee was further advised that a report was being drafted following similar requests received from other Neighbourhood Committees and that the expression of opinion on the appointment of Chairman and SRA allocation would be included in the Neighbourhood Committee for Central and North if Members were in agreement.
Following a vote, a majority of Members (4 out of 5) of the Central and North Neighbourhood Committee was in favour of the inclusion of the expression of opinion within the report to Council.
Agreed Actions
It was agreed that the Assistant Neighbourhood Manager would feedback the comments made over the feasibility study to provided extra school spaces for the Gladstone area ... view the full minutes text for item 6. |
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Updates on Matters of Interest Relevant to the Committee |
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Alcohol & Licensing Issues (PCC Licensing Team) Minutes: The Council’s Licensing Manager gave a presentation on the Licensing Act 2003.
Key points within the presentation were as follows:
Comments and responses to questions were as follows:
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Statement of Community Involvement (PCC Strategic Planning) Minutes: The Neighbourhood Committee received a presentation regarding the draft Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) from the Group Manager for Strategic Planning, Housing and the Environment. The SCI was designed to guide communities through the options of developing their own local planning policies and action plans. Once the consultation period was completed, and comments considered, the final SCI would form part of the Council’s planning policy document.
Comments and responses to questions were as follows:
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Community Action Plan (PCC Neighbourhood Management Team) Minutes: The Community Neighbourhood Action Plan was to be deferred to the next meeting.
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Next Meeting The next meeting will be held on 13 September 2012 at Beeches School (to be confirmed). Minutes: The next meeting of the Central and North Neighbourhood Committee was to be held on 13 September 2012, at the Beeches School.
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