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Public Document Pack Executive Committee Monday 10th January 2011 7.05 pm (or at the adjournment of the meeting of the Council) Council Chamber Town Hall Redditch Access to Information - Your Rights The Local Government undertaken in private) for • Access to a list specifying (Access to Information) Act up to six years following a those powers which the 1985 widened the rights of meeting. Council has delegated to its press and public to attend Officers indicating also the • Automatic right to inspect Local Authority meetings lists of background titles of the Officers and to see certain papers used in the concerned. documents. 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Declaration of Interests: Guidance for Councillors DO I HAVE A “PERSONAL INTEREST” ? • Where the item relates or is likely to affect your registered interests (what you have declared on the formal Register of Interests) OR • Where a decision in relation to the item might reasonably be regarded as affecting your own well-being or financial position, or that of your family , or your close associates more than most other people affected by the issue, you have a personal interest. WHAT MUST I DO? Declare the existence, and nature , of your interest and stay • The declaration must relate to specific business being decided - a general scattergun approach is not needed • Exception - where interest arises only because of your membership of another public body , there is no need to declare unless you speak on the matter. • You can vote on the matter. IS IT A “PREJUDICIAL INTEREST” ? In general only if:- • It is a personal interest and • The item affects your financial position (or conveys other benefits), or the position of your family, close associates or bodies through which you have a registered interest (or relates to the exercise of regulatory functions in relation to these groups) and • A member of public, with knowledge of the relevant facts, would reasonably believe the interest was likely to prejudice your judgement of the public interest. WHAT MUST I DO? Declare and Withdraw BUT you may make representations to the meeting before withdrawing, if the public have similar rights (such as the right to speak at Planning Committee). Executive 10th January 2011 7.05 pm Council Chamber, Town Hall Committee Agenda Membership: Cllrs: Carole Gandy (Chair) Malcolm Hall Michael Braley (Vice-Chair) Gay Hopkins Juliet Brunner Jinny Pearce Greg Chance Debbie Taylor Brandon Clayton 1. Apologies To receive the apologies of any Member who is unable to attend this meeting. 2. Declarations of Interest To invite Councillors to declare any interests they may have in items on the agenda. 3. Leader's Announcements 1. To give notice of any items for future meetings or for the Forward Plan, including any scheduled for this meeting, but now carried forward or deleted; and 2 any other relevant announcements. (Oral report) 4. Bromsgrove and To seek endorsement of the responses to the joint Redditch Joint Core consultation. Strategy - Consultation Responses (Report attached – Appendices available via the Council’s website and in Group Rooms) (Pages 1 - 12) (All Wards) Head of Planning and Regeneration 5. Draft Core Strategy To seek endorsement of the Draft Core Strategy for the purposes of public consultation. (Pages 13 - 22) (Report attached – Appendices available via the Council’s Head of Planning and website and in Group Rooms) Regeneration (All Wards) Executive Committee 10th January 2011 6. Local Development To seek Members agreement on a revised Core Strategy Scheme - Update work timetable and to seek approval to abandon production of the Site Allocations Development Plan document. (Pages 23 - 32) (Report attached) Head of Planning and Regeneration (All Wards) 7. Worcestershire Waste To consider Redditch Borough Council’s response to the Core Strategy and Worcestershire Waste Core Strategy and the Worcestershire Worcestershire Local Local Transport Plan No 3. Transport Plan No 3 - Responses (Report attached) (Pages 33 - 52) (All Wards) Head of Planning and Regeneration 8. Job Evaluation and To consider a report on the progress of Job Evaluation and Terms and Conditions harmonisation of Terms and Conditions. Head of Finance and (Report to follow) Resources (No Direct Ward Relevance) 9. Exclusion of the Public Should it be necessary, in the opinion of the Chief Executive, to consider excluding the public from the meeting in relation to any items of business on the grounds that exempt information is likely to be divulged it may be necessary to move the following resolution: “that, under S.100 I of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following matter(s) on the grounds that it/they involve(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraphs (to be specified) of Part 1 of Schedule 12 (A) of the said Act, as amended.” Page 1 Agenda Item 4 REDDITCH BOROUGH COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 10th January 2011 OUTCOME OF BROMSGROVE AND REDDITCH SPECIAL CONSULTATION ON REDDITCH EXPANSION Relevant Portfolio Holder Councillor Jinny Pearce, Planning, Regeneration, Economic Development & Transport Relevant Head of Service Ruth Bamford, Head of Planning & Regeneration Key Decision 1. SUMMARY OF PROPOSALS 1.1 This report contains details of the outcome of the Bromsgrove and Redditch Special Consultation on Redditch Expansion. Public consultation was conducted from 8th February 2010 until 22nd March 2010. The representations received have been summarised, an Officer response provided and details of any action arising following receipt of the representation (these can be viewed at Appendix A).