Councillor Tony Cox, having previously declared a personal prejudicial interest in this item, left the ‘virtual’ meeting room whilst it was under consideration.

Councillor Pat Cleary moved and Councillor Chris Cooke seconded the following motion submitted in accordance with Standing Order 13:

“Council notes:

the targets for new housing imposed by government on Wirral, the desire to protect our precious greenbelt and the resulting need to achieve higher density levels in new housing developments;

the unanimous declaration of a Climate Emergency by Council in July last year and the related “clean travel” commitments outlined in the Cool 2 climate strategy with a clear objective to decarbonise local travel

the many changes indicated as part of the Cool 2 strategy which include: “a shift from individual ownership of vehicles to the use of travel services, e.g. car clubs”;

that Car Clubs are an alternative to car ownership. They enable people to share cars, and only pay when they are using them. Although many schemes now operate across the country, there is no established scheme for Wirral;

that many councils actively support local car clubs in a variety of ways – providing financial and/or marketing support, facilitating vehicle access and via specific policies which, for example, mandate provision for car club vehicles in new housing schemes.

Car clubs therefore have a role to play in supporting a number of the council’s objectives for transportation, regeneration, climate change and sustainability.

Council requests that:

The Environment, Climate Emergency and Transport Committee incorporate a study of car clubs into its work programme, to include:

·  A survey of the current provision of car clubs in the Liverpool City Region

·  An analysis of council support for car clubs elsewhere in the country and the potential application of similar support in Wirral

·  Recommendations as to the specific policies and measures required to help facilitate future car club provision in Wirral”

Councillor David Burgess-Joyce moved and Councillor Andrew Gardner seconded the following amendment, submitted in accordance with Standing Order 13.3:

“Replace final bulletin point with:

Recommendations as to the specific non-punitive or sanctionable policies and measures required to help facilitate future car club provision in Wirral.”

Having applied the guillotine in accordance with Standing Order 9.1, the Council did not debate this matter.

The amendment was put and lost (18:39) (One abstention).

The substantive motion was then put, and it was –

Resolved (39:18) (One abstention) – That Council notes:

the targets for new housing imposed by government on Wirral, the desire to protect our precious greenbelt and the resulting need to achieve higher density levels in new housing developments;

the unanimous declaration of a Climate Emergency by Council in July last year and the related “clean travel” commitments outlined in the Cool 2 climate strategy with a clear objective to decarbonise local travel;

the many changes indicated as part of the Cool 2 strategy which include: “a shift from individual ownership of vehicles to the use of travel services, e.g. car clubs”;

that Car Clubs are an alternative to car ownership. They enable people to share cars, and only pay when they are using them. Although many schemes now operate across the country, there is no established scheme for Wirral;

that many councils actively support local car clubs in a variety of ways – providing financial and/or marketing support, facilitating vehicle access and via specific policies which, for example, mandate provision for car club vehicles in new housing schemes.

Car clubs therefore have a role to play in supporting a number of the council’s objectives for transportation, regeneration, climate change and sustainability.

Council requests that:

The Environment, Climate Emergency and Transport Committee incorporate a study of car clubs into its work programme, to include:

·  A survey of the current provision of car clubs in the Liverpool City Region

·  An analysis of council support for car clubs elsewhere in the country and the potential application of similar support in Wirral

·  Recommendations as to the specific policies and measures required to help facilitate future car club provision in Wirral.