Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Place and Sustainability – to report to the Committee on the final draft Area Plan and to approve its contents for sign off and implementation.

The report is circulated under Item 1(v) on the agenda

The Chair advised that as there had not been any comments expressed during the Forum part of the proceedings the Plan as circulated was agreed.

The Chair asked that the plan now be placed on the web, and in response to comments from Councillor Solomon advised that the plan had been given considerable exposure in the area and had been the subject of a number of focus meetings/consultations since late summer 2011 to now. It was also requested that a simple plain English front sheet listing the headlines of the plan be drafted by officers to be included on the web once agreed.

In terms of progress and monitoring of the plan the Chair felt that it would be appropriate for it to be updated and added to after each meeting, and that it should not remain as a static document but an ongoing process.

RESOLVED

i.                    That the final draft area plan be endorsed;

ii.                  That a simple plain English front sheet be drafted by officers;

iii.                Once the front sheet has been agreed, that the plan be placed on the Web, and that the plan be updated/progressed in the coming months following consideration and comment at each future meeting.

ACTION :      DIRECTORATE OF PALCE AND SUSTAINABILITY – NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICES – C KOWALSKA / Z SWANSON