Issue - meetings

[An item to be considered by the Cabinet in accordance with the Cabinet ProcedureRules and Regulation 5 of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012, no representations having been received to such consideration taking place under Regulation 5(5) thereof]

Report of the Head of Economy, Enterprise and Skills (EES/20/5),attached for the attention of members of the Committee.

(An item taken under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 during which the press and public were excluded, no representations having been received to such consideration under Regulation 5(5) of the  Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012).

Councillors Connett, Dewhirst and Hannaford attended remotely in accordance with Standing Order 25(2) and the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 and spoke to this item).

(Councillors Connett and Dewhirst declared personal interests in this matter by virtue of being District Councillors and Leader and Deputy Leader of Teignbridge District Council).

The Cabinet considered the Report of the Head of Economy, Enterprise and Skills (EES/20/5), relating to industrial estates and relevant development.

The matter having been debated and the options and/or alternatives and other relevant factors (e.g. financial, sustainability, carbon impact, risk management, equality and legal considerations and Public Health impact) set out in the Head of Service’s Report and/or referred to above having been considered:

It was MOVED by Councillor Gilbert, SECONDED by Councillor Hart, and

RESOLVED that recommendations (a) to (d), outlined fully in Report, relating to negotiations, capital and revenue costs and implications thereof and the development of a business plan, be approved.