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Agenda item

Public Questions

Members of the Executive to answer questions submitted by members of the public in accordance with the Executive Procedure Rules contained in the Council’s Constitution.

Please note that the list of public questions is shown under item 4 in the agenda pack.

Minutes:

A full transcription of the public and Member question and answer sessions will be available from the Council’s website in due course.

(a)       The question submitted by Mr Gareth Beard on the subject of trials of electric refuse collection vehicles would receive a written response from the Portfolio Holder for Environment.

(b)       The question submitted by Mr John Gotelee on the subject of the Conservative ethos was answered by the Leader of the Council.

(c)       The question submitted by Mr John Gotelee on the subject of the number of two bedroom flats to rent in the area was answered by the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Housing.

(d)       The question submitted by Mr Stuart Gourley on the subject of Council income from CIL funds due to the redevelopment of the London Road Industrial Estate was answered by the Portfolio Holder for Finance and Economic Development.

(e)       The question submitted by Ms Alison May on the subject of Carbon Sequestration and Storage Performance Management Plans was answered by the Portfolio Holder for Environment.

(f)        The question submitted by Mr Ian Hall on the subject of the potential use of the Show Ground at Hermitage for housing would receive a written response from the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Housing.

(g)       The question submitted by Mr Ian Morrin on the subject of the budget assigned to the Education Team and how performance was measured would receive a written response from the Portfolio Holder for Children, Young People and Education.

(h)      The question submitted by Mr Graham Storey on the subject of the new housing register and what proportion of people of the old register had applied would receive a written response from the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Housing.

(l)        The question submitted by Mr Stuart Gourley on whether the planning application to demolish the clubhouse at Faraday Road would be withdrawn if the Rugby Club proposal was approved was answered by the Portfolio Holder for Finance and Economic Development.

(m)     The question submitted by Ms Alex Pulleyn on the subject of a moratorium on incineration would receive a written response from the Portfolio Holder for Environment.

(n)      The question submitted by Mr Vaughan Miller on the subject of the negative impact of opening up the Faraday Road football ground for youth football was answered by the Portfolio Holder for Finance and Economic Development.

(o)       The question submitted by Mr Gary Norman on the subject of the costs associated if the Motion to postpone the demolition of the football ground clubhouse was approved was answered by the Portfolio Holder for Finance and Economic Development.

(p)       The question submitted by Mr Jack Harkness on the subject of the serious financial implications of delaying the demolition of the clubhouse was answered by the Portfolio Holder for Finance and Economic Development.

(q)       The question submitted by Mr Paul Morgan on the subject of whether a decision to reject the motion to postpone the demolition of the clubhouse had left the Council open to a charge of predisposition, predetermination or bias was answered by the Portfolio Holder for Finance and Economic Development.

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