Executive Committee - 21 May 2007
NOTICE AND AGENDA
For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Monday, 21 May 2007 at 7.30pm.
Members of the Committee:-
To be appointed at Annual Council on 15 May 2007.
Tony Beirne, Director of Strategic Services - 11 May 2007
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The Executive 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 Committee. Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting. |
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE |
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MINUTES |
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To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Executive Committee meeting held on 27 March 2007. |
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NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS |
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Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 31 to be announced, together with the special circumstances which justify their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items. |
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DECLARATION OF INTERESTS |
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To receive any declarations of interest. |
RESOURCES |
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NATIONAL NON-DOMESTIC RATE – CONSIDERATION OF RELIEF |
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To consider applications for additional relief from payment of the National Non-Domestic Rate for the period. 07 05 21 EX i - (05) nndr relief (doc) 07 05 21 EX i - (05) nndr relevance form (doc) |
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CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE LEISURE AND COMMUNITY POLICY PANEL |
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To receive the recommendations of the Leisure and Community Policy Panel held on 18 April 2007, in relation to the following items on the agenda for the Executive Committee on 21 May 2007 |
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WEST HYDE & MAPLE CROSS COMMUNITY HALL – GRANT OF GROUND LEASE |
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To consider the grant of a 35 year lease to the Maple Cross Club for the use of the land at Longcroft Road, Maple Cross. |
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FEEDBACK ON THE RECENT LEISURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS |
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The purpose of this report is to update Members on the Mill End Power Football project, the Inclusive Nightclub programme, the Everyday Sport campaign and the Youth Inclusion Support Panel and Video Conferencing. |
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LEISURE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT CONTRACT EXTENSION – PERFORMANCE REVIEW |
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This report describes the performance of Hertsmere Leisure in the first year of the Leisure Facilities Management Contract, and makes a recommendation for the extension of the contract to the remaining sites in 2008. |
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CAPITAL GRANTS |
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For the Panel to consider a capital grant application from the Barton Way Allotment Association. |
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LEISURE AND COMMUNITY GRANT APPLICATIONS |
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To consider the first round of applications from groups and organisations for grant support from the Leisure and Community Grants 2007/08 revenue provision. |
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ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE FOOD LAW AND HEALTH AND SAFETY LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICE PLANS |
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To recommend referral of both the Food Law and the Health and Safety Law Enforcement Plans to the Public Services and Health Policy Panel for detailed consideration in accordance with the Budget and Policy Framework requirements of the Council Constitution. 07 05 21 EX i - (07) food and hs law enf plans 2007-08 (doc) |
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CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENT POLICY PANEL |
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To receive the recommendations of the Housing and Environment Policy Panel held on 10 April 2007, in relation to the following items on the agenda for the Executive Committee on 21 May 2007 |
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THREE RIVERS PARKING SCHEME – PROPOSED NEW RESTRICTIONS, BEDMOND HIGH STREET |
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To confirm new parking restrictions following consultation. |
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TOWN CENTRE ENHANCEMENTS |
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To consider priorities for enhancement in the financial year 2007/8. |
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DISTRICT HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND CAR PARK IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME 2007/8 |
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To agree priorities for implementation. 07 05 21 EX i - (8c) highway improvements (doc) |
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PLANNING POLICY STATEMENT 3 (PPS 3) - REVISION OF THRESHOLDS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING |
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To consider the recent national guidance (PPS 3) in respect of the provision of affordable housing through the planning system and to agree to endorse the use of the new national threshold of 15 dwellings in the determination of planning applications for residential development. |
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IMPLICATION OF TRANSFERRING 2 AND 4 OXHEY LODGE COTTAGES TO THE HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT |
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This reports details the financial implications of transferring 2 and 4 Oxhey Lodge Cottages to the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) from the General Fund (GF), following a review of non HRA assets earlier this year. |
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DECENT HOME GRANT IN EXCESS OF DELEGATED APPROVAL LIMIT OF £20,000 |
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To request Executive Committee approval for a Decent Home Grant where the total proposed works are in excess of the delegated approval limit of £20,000. |
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HERTFORDSHIRE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S PLAN (CYPP) – ‘ONE YEAR ON 2007/08’ |
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The Hertfordshire Children’s Trust Partnership (HCTP) has updated the Hertfordshire Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP). The final version of the plan, ‘One Year On’, was approved by the Hertfordshire Children’s Trust Partnership on 19 March 2007. Three Rivers District Council, as a member of the HCTP, has been asked to note the achievements, priorities and planned improvements for the forthcoming year of the HCTP, as detailed in Parts A and B of the CYPP ‘One Year On’ (hard copies distributed separately). See Appendix A. The Council’s Executive Committee originally endorsed the CYPP on 6 March 2006. |
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APPOINTMENTS TO BODIES WITH EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS |
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To determine appointments to the following bodies exercising executive functions: West Herts Crematorium Joint Committee, Three Rivers Community Safety Partnership Three Rivers District Local Strategic Partnership; Housing and Regeneration Initiative (HARI). |
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EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC |
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If the Committee wishes to consider the remaining items in private, it will be appropriate for 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 items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under paragraphs 1, 3 and 6 respectively 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). |
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ENVIRONMENT |
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REVIEW OF ENERGY ADVISER POST |
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To combine the role of Energy Adviser with a more proactive and self-funding approach to Planning Obligations and including Business Support, in the post of Principal Projects Officer. |
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BERESFORD ALMSHOUSES |
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To recommend the making of an Article 4 Direction having the effect of requiring planning permission for certain alterations to the specified building. |
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RICKMANSWORTH AQUADROME – REPLACEMENT CAFÉ AND PUBLIC CONVENIENCES |
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This report updates Members on progress with this project, following the presentation made to Committee in September 2006. |
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OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3 above |