Issue - meetings

That the Officers’ responses to the Task and Finish Group’s review contained within the report be approved.

The Executive considered a report setting out the Officer response to the Adoption of Estate Infrastructure Review which was undertaken by an Overview and Scrutiny Task and Finish Group.

Councillor Andy Croy, the Chairman of the Task and Finish Group, introduced the report and advised that the review was carried out because residents had informed the Council that the adoption of new estate infrastructure i.e. highways, open spaces etc had often not proceeded as they had hoped and this had often lead to a lot of distress.  The purpose of the Task and Finish Group was therefore to look at the issues surrounding adoption and to see if recommendations could be made to the Executive which would allow for a smoother and more transparent adoption process.  The aim was for the Borough, and particularly affected residents, to be provided with better quality infrastructure more quickly.

The Leader of Council went through the recommendations from the Task and Finish Group and the Officers’ responses related to each was noted.

The Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee, Councillor Helliar-Symons, stated that she had found the report to be extremely balanced and welcomed the Officer input.   She also voiced her support for all the recommendations within the report and hoped that the Executive would accept them.

RESOLVED:  That the Officers’ responses to the Task and Finish Group’s review contained within the report be approved.