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Sustainable Environment Policy and Scrutiny Committee - 23 June 2009

Location: Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Dickinson Room, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Tuesday, 23 June 2009 at 7.30pm.

Members of the Policy and Scrutiny Committee:-

Councillors:-	Peter Wakeling (Chairman)	Barbara Lamb MBE
	Brian Norman (Vice-Chairman)	David Major
	Kerron Cross	Les Mead
	Harry Davies	1 vacancy
	Graham Denman

David Gardner, Director of Corporate Resources and Governance
15 June 2009

The Policy and Scrutiny Committee welcomes contributions from members of the public to its discussion on agenda items. Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes. Please note that, in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will automatically be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Policy and Scrutiny Committee. Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.

1.	APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.	MINUTES

	To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 17 March 2009 (copies enclosed for Members of the Policy and Scrutiny Committee). 09 03 17 SE mins DOWNLOAD

3.	NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS

	Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 31 to be announced, together with the special circumstances that justify their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.

4.	DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

	To receive any declarations of interest.

	POLICY

5.	ALL SAINTS LANE AND LAVROCK LANE, CROXLEY HALL WOODS

	To consider a petition and other representations about the condition of the tracks through Croxley Hall Woods. 09 06 23 SE i - (05) all saints and lavrock lanes DOWNLOAD 09 06 23 SE i - (05) all saints and lavrock lanes-app (petition) DOWNLOAD

6.	NEW PARKING SCHEMES

	To review a programme of proposed new parking restrictions following consultation (Woodland Road, Maple Cross and Gibbs Couch area, Carpenders Park). 09 06 23 SE i - (06) new parking schemes DOWNLOAD 09 06 23 SE i - (06) new parking schemes-app 1 DOWNLOAD 09 06 23 SE i - (06) new parking schemes-app 2 DOWNLOAD 09 06 23 SE i - (06) new parking schemes-app 3 (petition) DOWNLOAD

7.	PROTOCOL FOR DEALING WITH REQUESTS FOR NEW PARKING SCHEMES

	To consider a revised protocol for handling requests for new parking restrictions. 09 06 23 SE i - (07) parking protocol DOWNLOAD 09 06 23 SE i - (07) parking protocol-app2a (district wide) DOWNLOAD 09 06 23 SE i - (07) parking protocol-app2b (rickmansworth) DOWNLOAD

8.	BUS SERVICE CHANGES 2009 - 2010

	To comment on proposed bus service changes proposed by the Hertfordshire Passenger Transport Unit. 09 06 23 SE i - (08) bus services DOWNLOAD

9.	ENHANCEMENT OF SHOPPING PARADES

	To agree a refurbishment programme. 09 06 23 SE i - (09) retail parades DOWNLOAD 09 06 23 SE i - (09) retail parades-app 1 DOWNLOAD

	SCRUTINY

10.	THRIVE HOMES PERFORMANCE AGAINST OFFER DOCUMENT PROMISES 2008/9

	To report Thrive Homes’ progress in delivering the promises and meeting the terms of the Transfer Agreement 2008/9 with the Council. 09 06 23 SE i - (10) thrive homes DOWNLOAD 09 06 23 SE i - (10) thrive-app 2 DOWNLOAD

11.	SERVICE PLAN 2008/11 MONITORING AND REPORTING FRAMEWORK

	The purpose of reporting the Service Plan to the Committee is to enable Members to monitor ongoing performance up to the year end against a range of issues and to question the Heads of Service on these and other service related matters.

	(a) Building Control 09 06 23 SE i - (11a) building control 0809 DOWNLOAD

	(b) Development Management 09 06 23 SE i - (11b) dev mngmnt 0809 DOWNLOAD

	(c) Development Plans 09 06 23 SE i - (11c) dev plans 0809 DOWNLOAD

	(d) Housing Needs and Strategy 09 06 23 SE i - (11d) housing 0809 DOWNLOAD 09 06 23 SE i - (11d) housing 0809-app a DOWNLOAD

	(e) Sustainability 09 06 23 SE i - (11e) sustainability DOWNLOAD

12.	REPORTS ON POLICY MATTERS – PROGRESS TOWARDS IDENTIFIED PERFORMANCE TARGETS

	To facilitate the exercise by Policy and Scrutiny Committees of their function of scrutinising performance in achieving performance targets identified in reports made to committee. 09 06 23 SE i - (12) policy reports DOWNLOAD 09 06 23 SE i - (12) policy reports-app 1 DOWNLOAD

13.	BUDGET MONITORING REPORT – FEBRUARY 2009 (MONTH 11)

	This report seeks approval to changes in the approved medium-term financial plan based on information contained in the Financial Position Statement for the period ending on 25 February (Month 11) (circulated separately).

	WORK PROGRAMME

14.	SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT POLICY AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE’S WORK PROGRAMME

	To review and make necessary changes to the Policy and Scrutiny Committee’s work programme. 09 06 23 SE i - (14) work prog DOWNLOAD 09 06 23 SE i - (14) work prog-app DOWNLOAD

15.	OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3 above.

16.	EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

	If any confidential business is approved under item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional item(s) and a resolution to be passed in the following terms:

	“That under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under paragraphs (1 to 7) of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act. It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

	(Note: If other confidential business is approved under item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional items).

1.	OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3 above.