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Minutes of a special meeting of the Council |
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held on Tuesday 13 June 2023at 6.30 pm
at the Meeting Room 1, Abbey House, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JE
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Open to the public, including the press |
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Present: |
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Councillors: Sally Povolotsky (Chair), Kiera Bentley (Vice-Chair), Ron Batstone, Cheryl Briggs, James Cox, Debra Dewhurst, Neil Fawcett, Katherine Foxhall, Hayleigh Gascoigne, Debby Hallett, Scott Houghton, Diana Lugova, Patrick O'Leary and Max Thompson |
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Officers: Patrick Arran, Head of Legal and Democratic, and Steven Corrigan, Democratic Services Manager
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10. Apologies for absence
Apologies for absence were submitted on behalf of Councillors Caul, Clegg, Coleman, Cooke, Crawford, de la Harpe, Duveen, Edwards, Forder, Foulsham, Hannaby, James, Maddison, Patel, Helen Pighills, Mike Pighills, Rayner, Roberts, Shaw, Skinner, Smith, Thomas and Webber.
11. Declarations of interest
Councillor Bentley declared an interest as a member of East Challow Parish Council.
12. Urgent business and chair's announcements
None.
13. Public participation
None.
14. Making the East Challow Neighbourhood Development Plan
Council considered the recommendation of Councillor Hallett, Cabinet member for corporate services, governance, policy and transformation, made on 30 May 2023, to make the East Challow Neighbourhood Development Plan part of the development plan for Vale of White Horse.
Councillor Barrow, the local ward member, addressed Council remotely in support of the adoption of the Plan.
The Chair of council thanked the local community of East Challow for their work in progressing the Plan.
RESOLVED: to
1. make the East Challow Neighbourhood Development Plan, so that it becomes part of the council’s development plan.
2. authorise the head of policy and programmes, in consultation with the Cabinet member for corporate services, governance, policy and transformation and in agreement with the Qualifying Body – East Challow Parish Council, to correct any spelling, grammatical, typographical or factual errors together with any improvements from a presentational perspective.