Council to look into its decision making process

It follows complaints from the public and some councillors

- BY BELINDA RYAN Local Democracy Reporter

CHESHIRE East is to look into how it delegates decision-making to officers and how those decisions are reported following complaints from members of the public and some councillors.

The matter came to a head recently when the controversial decision to close Middlewich Leisure Centre was made by officers under delegated authority.

Some councillors questioned whether officers had the authority to make the closure decision.

Their anger - and that of the public - was compounded by the fact the officer decision record (ODR) was not published, as is legally required, due to an administrative error.