Executive Committee - 25 June 2012
NOTICE AND AGENDA
For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Northway, Rickmansworth on Monday 25 June 2012 at 7.30pm.
Members of the Committee:-
Councillors Ann Shaw OBE (Chairman), Philip Brading (Vice-Chairman) (Public Services and Health)
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Matthew Bedford (Resources) |
Ralph Sangster |
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Sara Bedford (Sustainability) |
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Roger Seabourne (Community Safety) |
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Chris Hayward |
Martin Trevett (Environment) |
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Stephen King |
Keith Williams (Leisure and Community) |
David Gardner, Director of Corporate Resources and Governance
15 June 2012
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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 2 April 2012 and the Extraordinary Executive Committee meeting held on 23 April 2012. |
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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. |
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CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE LEISURE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY POLICY AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE |
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To receive the recommendations of the Leisure and Community Safety Policy and Scrutiny Committee held on 30 May 2012 in relation to the following items on the agenda for the Executive Committee on 25 June 2012. |
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THE AQUADROME, BURY LAKE YOUNG MARINERS |
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To apprise the Committee of progress on the initiative to develop a replacement facility at The Aquadrome for use of the Bury Lake Young Mariners (BLYM) and to recommend the project as “exceptional”. |
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LEISURE, COMMUNITY AND CAPITAL GRANT APPLICATIONS |
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The Committee is asked to consider applications for grant support from the Leisure and Community Grants and Capital Grants 2012/13 budgets, from Croxley Green Society, Rickmansworth Sailing Club and Age UK Hertfordshire. |
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2012/14 PLAY AREA CAPITAL PROGRAMME AND S106 UPDATE |
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The purpose of this report is to update members on the 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2013/14 play area capital programme including S106 funded schemes. 12 06 25 EX i - (5c) play area capital programme (doc) 12 06 25 EX i - (5c) play area capital programme-app 1 (doc) 12 06 25 EX i - (5c) play area capital programme-app 2 (pdf) 12 06 25 EX i - (5c) play area capital programme-app 3 (doc) |
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LEISURE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY / PUBLIC SERVICES AND HEALTH |
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CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE LEISURE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY AND PUBLIC SERVICES AND HEALTH POLICY AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEES |
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To receive the recommendations of the Leisure and Community Safety Policy and Scrutiny Committee and the Public Services and Health Policy and Scrutiny Committee meetings held on 30 May 2012 and 31 May 2012 in relation to the following item on the agenda for the Executive Committee on 25 June 2012. 12 06 25 EX i - (06) joint leisure and public services recs (doc) |
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INTRODUCTION OF DOG CONTROL ORDERS AT KEY SITES UNDER THE CLEAN NEIGHBOURHOODS AND ENVIRONMENT ACT 2005 |
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To report on the consultation process and adoption of a pilot scheme to introduce Dog Control Orders at Chorleywood House Estate and Chorleywood Common under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 in partnership with Chorleywood Parish Council. |
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SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT |
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CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT POLICY AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE |
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To receive the recommendation of the Sustainable Environment Policy and Scrutiny Committee held on 29 May 2012 in relation to the following items on the agenda for the Executive Committee on 25 June 2012. |
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SUSTAINABLE TIMBER – MOTION FROM COUNCIL |
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To consider committing to ensuring that timber and timber products bought by the Council are legal and sustainable in line with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) timber pledge. |
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DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT POLICIES LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENT |
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This report seeks the Council’s approval for publication of the Development Management Policies Local Development Document (LDD), as amended following public consultation. Publication of the document is a formal and advanced stage in the preparation of a LDD (under Regulation 19 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012). The document is published to enable representations to be made on whether it is legally compliant and sound. It is also the stage preceding the submission of the document to the Secretary of State for independent examination. 12 06 25 EX i - (08) dev mngmnt policies ldd (doc) |
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SOUTH OXHEY INITIATIVE CONSULTATION RESULTS AND NEXT STEPS |
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To inform Members of responses received to consultation on plans for the South Oxhey Initiative and to agree the next steps to take the Masterplan for the South Oxhey Initiative forward. 12 06 25 EX i - (09) south oxhey initiative (doc) |
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LANGLEYBURY AND THE GROVE DEVELOPMENT BRIEF |
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To adopt a Development Brief for Langleybury and The Grove as a material consideration for development management and planning policy purposes to guide future development on these sites. 12 06 25 EX i - (10) langleybury-grove dev brief (doc) 12 06 25 EX i - (10) langleybury-grove dev brief-app 2 (pdf) 12 06 25 EX i - (10) langleybury-grove dev brief-app 3 (doc) |
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CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE LDF MEMBER WORKING GROUP |
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To receive the recommendations of the LDF Member Working Group meetings held on 13 March 2012 and 8 May 2012 in relation to the following item on the agenda for the Executive Committee on 25 June 2012. |
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GENERAL |
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CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE AUDIT COMMITTEE |
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To receive the recommendations of the Audit Committee held on 14 June 2012 in relation to the following items on the agenda for the Executive Committee on 25 June 2012. |
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AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL – RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY |
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The report recommends that the Executive Committee approves the Risk Management Strategy. |
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AUDIT & INTERNAL CONTROL – FRAUD ANNUAL REPORT AND REVISED ANTI-FRAUD AND CORRUPTION STRATEGY |
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This report informs Members of the work of the Fraud Section for the financial year 2011/2012 and provides updates on progress and developments for the current financial year. In addition it also seeks the adoption of a revised Anti-Fraud & Corruption Strategy (AFCS) that now includes a new Bribery Act policy (as Appendix 4 of the AFCS). The Bribery Act 2010 received Royal Assent in April 2010. This necessitated a review of the AFCS to specifically deal with the new legislation. The AFCS is included as an appendix to Part 5 – Codes and Protocols – of the Council’s Constitution. Also attached to this report at Appendix C is a revised and harmonised Money Laundering Guidance document. This guidance does not form part of the Council’s Constitution and is reported here for noting. 12 06 25 EX i - (12b) audit and internal control - benefit fraud (doc) 12 06 25 EX i - (12b) audit and internal control - benefit fraud-app b (doc) 12 06 25 EX i - (12b) audit and internal control - benefit fraud-app c (doc) |
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REVIEW OF STRATEGIC RISKS |
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This report gives details of progress against the Risk Treatment Plans for the Strategic Risks identified in the Strategic Plan 2012-15. |
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LOCAL AUTHORITY MORTGAGE SCHEME |
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To approve the Council’s participation in the Local Authority Mortgage Scheme (LAMS). |
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RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SOUTH OXHEY INITIATIVE STEERING GROUP |
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To receive the recommendation of the South Oxhey Initiative Steering Group held on 11 June 2012 in relation to the following item on the agenda for the Executive Committee on 25 June 2012. |
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LEISURE CENTRE, SOUTH OXHEY | |
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To propose a way forward to investigate the opportunities for a new Leisure facility in South Oxhey in line with the South Oxhey masterplan recently published. |
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OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3 above. |
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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 3 and 5 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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WILLIAM PENN LEISURE CENTRE REFURBISHMENT LEGAL ACTION |
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This report updates Members on preparations for the issuing of High Court proceedings against Gee Construction and Atkins relating to the refurbishment of William Penn Leisure Centre, and on an Adjudication action launched against the Council by Gee Construction. |
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CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE RESOURCES POLICY AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE |
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To receive the recommendation of the Resources Policy and Scrutiny Committee held on 14 June 2012 in relation to the following item on the agenda for the Executive Committee on 25 June 2012. |
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1 BRAMSHOT WAY SOUTH OXHEY: RELEASE OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT |
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This report brings to Members’ attention a request by the owner of 1 Bramshot Way, South Oxhey, to be released from a restrictive covenant placed on part of his garden when it was sold by the Council. |
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