Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member Development and Safety

RESOLVED THAT

1.    The  Cheltenham Borough Council’s representations to Gloucestershire’s Local Transport Plan (2015 – 2041) draft for consultation (as set out in appendices 2 and appendix 3), be agreed

2.    Authority be delegated to the Director of Planning to formally submit Cheltenham Borough Councils representations no later than 26th March 2020.

The Cabinet Member Development and Safety introduced the report. In his opinion the Local Transport Plan was out of step with the Joint Core Strategy and the Cheltenham Plan. In addition he felt that it did not address climate change or other significant issues such as those addressed in the Connecting Cheltenham commission.

He referred to the detailed points raised by the consultation as contained in Appendices 2 and 3 of the report.

The Cabinet Member explained that the summary of priorities in Appendix 3 represented a synthesis of the more detailed schedule of comments from CBC to the LTP consultation and reflected the positive stakeholder engagement generated through the Systra ‘Connecting Cheltenham’ commission and reflected the GCC engagement session with elected members and stakeholders. Concern was expressed that the Local Transport Plan was not sufficiently addressing these issues

Finally, he believed that the Local Transport Plan represented a real opportunity to put a marker down. Significant changes lay ahead and there was a need to think more radically if we were to succeed.

The Leader added that the key thing was for the County Council to take leadership on the issues and hoped that the recommendations of CBC would be taken on board. The County Council had regretfully become involved in the JCS rather late in terms of transport and this was a fundamental part of the future for Gloucestershire.

RESOLVED THAT

1.    The  Cheltenham Borough Council’s representations to Gloucestershire’s Local Transport Plan (2015 – 2041) draft for consultation (as set out in appendices 2 and appendix 3), be agreed.

2.    Authority be delegated to the Director of Planning to formally submit Cheltenham Borough Councils representations no later than 26th March 2020.