Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member Customer and Regulatory Services

RESOLVED THAT:

1.       Paragraph 1.7 of this report be reviewed, and Members consider whether very exceptional circumstances should be inserted into the policy;

a) In the event of Cabinet deciding that it should be inserted, to add ‘Exceptions to this will need to be approved by Cabinet’ after ‘Streets should not be named after living individuals’;

2.       Taking into account recommendations 1 and 1a above, the draft Street Naming and Numbering Policy as provided at Appendix 2 of this report, with any amendments arising, be approved;

3.       Authority be delegated to the Director of Planning, in consultation with the Cabinet Member Customer and Regulatory Services, to make any minor changes to the policy should further best practice emerge.

The Cabinet Member Customer and Regulatory Services presented the report, noting that the council was responsible for the naming and numbering of all streets in Cheltenham, and that the policy behind this needed to be refreshed. He thanked Tracey Birkinshaw and Charlotte Harber for their hard work in ensuring that the policy was built on best practice.

He proposed two amendments to the policy and recommendations before Cabinet. The first related to recommendation 1, which asked Cabinet to review paragraph 1.7 of the report and consider whether exceptional circumstances could be taken into account when naming streets after living individuals. The earlier policy required that they wait until 20 years had passed after the individual’s name, and for the consent of the next of kin to be sought. He suggested that, in exceptional circumstances, Cabinet should have the option to name streets after living individuals.

The second amendment related to the member questions submitted by Cllr. Willingham regarding the policy, and would enable the council to correct data errors on computer systems more easily.

The Leader moved to the vote, where it was unanimously:

RESOLVED THAT:

1.       Paragraph 1.7 of this report be reviewed, and Members consider whether very exceptional circumstances should be inserted into the policy;

a) In the event of Cabinet deciding that it should be inserted, to add ‘Exceptions to this will need to be approved by Cabinet’ after ‘Streets should not be named after living individuals’;

2.       Taking into account recommendations 1 and 1a above, the draft Street Naming and Numbering Policy as provided at Appendix 2 of this report, with any amendments arising, be approved;

3.       Authority be delegated to the Director of Planning, in consultation with the Cabinet Member Customer and Regulatory Services, to make any minor changes to the policy should further best practice emerge.