Shropshire Council website

This is the website of Shropshire Council

Contact information

E-mail

customer.service@shropshire.gov.uk

Telephone

0345 678 9000

Postal Address

Shropshire Council
Shirehall
Abbey Foregate
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6ND

Agenda and decisions

Venue: THIS IS A VIRTUAL MEETING - PLEASE USE THE LINK ON THE AGENDA TO LISTEN TO THE MEETING. View directions

Contact: Amanda Holyoak  Senior Democratic Services Officer

Media

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Disclosable Pecuniary Interests

3.

Minutes

To approve as a correct record and sign the minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 6th July 2020 [to follow].

4.

Public Question Time pdf icon PDF 875 KB

To receive any questions or petitions from members of the public, notice of which has been given in accordance with Procedure Rule 14.  Deadline for notification is not later that 1.00pm on 16th July 2020.

5.

Member Question Time

To receive any questions of which members of the council have given due notice, the deadline for notification for this meeting is 5.00pm on Wednesday 15th July 2020.

6.

Scrutiny Items

7.

Shropshire Local Plan Review - Pre-submission Consultation Document pdf icon PDF 504 KB

Lead Member – Robert Macy - Portfolio Holder for Housing and Strategic Planning.

 

Report of Director of Place to follow.

 

Contact:  Mark Barrow,  01743 258919

Additional documents:

Decision:

 

RESOLVED:

i)     That the Pre-Submission Version of the Local Plan for a period of public consultation under Regulation 18 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 in order to seek representations on the soundness of the plan, be approved;

ii)    that the principle of Shropshire Council accepting up to 1,500 dwellings from the Association of Black Country Authorities (ABCA) as part of the Duty to Cooperate, and for these to be incorporated into Shropshire’s overall housing requirement up to 2038 and to be distributed in accordance with the overall Strategic Approach to the distribution of growth be agreed.

iii)   That authority be delegated to the Executive Director of Place in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Strategic Planning Development to make additional minor editorial changes to the Pre-submission Version of the Local Plan ahead of its publication for public consultation, and to agree associated documents for publication, including the Sustainability Appraisal, Habitat Regulation Assessment and the Consultation Strategy.

8.

Hardship Fund - Additional Discretionary Support pdf icon PDF 696 KB

Lead Member – David Minnery – Portfolio Holder for Finance and Corporate Support.

 

Report of the Director of Finance, Governance and Assurance to attached.

 

Contact:  James Walton,  01743 258915

Decision:

RESOLVED:

That the proposals for expenditure of uncommitted grant by paying an extra £50.00 to working age council tax support claimants (maximising the award for these claimants to £200) be approved and the Director of Finance, Governance and Assurance in consultation with the Portfolio Holder - Finance and Corporate Support, be delegated to finalise arrangements for expenditure of the grant.

9.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

To resolve that, in accordance with the provision of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and Paragraph 10.4(3) of the Council’s Access to Information Rule, the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items.

10.

Exempt Minutes

To approve as a correct record and sign the exempt minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 6th July 2020 [to follow].

 

Print this page

Back to top