The Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Regeneration, Housing and Planning, updating on two of Wirral’s Neighbourhood Planning Frontrunner communities: Devonshire Park Neighbourhood Forum and Hoylake Community Planning Forum; who had applied to the Council for formal designation of their constitutions and area boundaries as the Neighbourhood Planning Forum for their respective areas.

Councillor P.Hackett, Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Planning Strategy introduced the report which indicated that following six week public consultation periods from which no substantive representations had been made, Cabinet is asked to recommend to Council the designations of the two Neighbourhood Planning Forums as the qualifying bodies for their respective areas, enabling them to progress the preparation of their Neighbourhood Plans in accordance with the Government’s Neighbourhood Planning Regulations. Their status as the sole Neighbourhood Planning body for their respective areas is time-limited to five years from designation.

RESOLVED:

That Council be recommended to designate Devonshire Park Neighbourhood Planning Forum and Hoylake Community Planning Forum as the Neighbourhood Planning Forums for their respective areas for five years from the date of designation or until the respective designation is withdrawn, with boundaries as agreed in the recently completed public consultation.