Infrastructure, Housing and Economic Development Committee - 25 September 2018
INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
NOTICE AND AGENDA
For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Tuesday 25 September 2018 at 7.30pm.
Members of the Infrastructure, Housing and Economic Development Committee:-
Councillors:- Stephen Giles-Medhurst Joanna Clemens
(Lead Member for Economic Development) Peter Getkahn
Martin Trevett (Lead Member for Paula Hiscocks
Infrastructure and Planning Policy) Margaret Hofman
Andrew Scarth (Lead Member for Housing) Heather Kenison
Angela Killick Joan King
Jon Tankard
Steven Halls, Chief Executive
17 September 2018
Lead Member Responsibilities:
Economic Development – Economic Development, Rivertech, Sustainability, Supporting better buses, public transport and cycling; Transport; Car Parking.
Infrastructure and Planning Policy – Infrastructure Schemes; Development Management, Heritage, Listed Buildings, Land Charges, Land Drainage, Conservation Areas, Tree Protection, Community Infrastructure Levy; Local Plan; Neighbourhood Planning, Right to Build Register, Brownfield Register, Building Control
Housing – Residential Environmental Health (noise pollution); Council House Allocations and Lettings; Homelessness and Housing Advice; Housing grants for Improvement and Adaptation; Private Housing Condition and Houses in Multiple Occupation; To purchase any property for use as temporary accommodation, Travellers (incursions and management of traveller sites).
The Infrastructure, Housing and Economic Development 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 Infrastructure, Housing and Economic Development Committee. Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.
In accordance with The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 any matters considered under Part I business only of the meeting may be filmed, recorded, photographed, broadcast or reported via social media by any person.
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1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
2. MINUTES
To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the Infrastructure, Housing and Economic Development Committee meeting held on 14 August 2018.
18-08-14-ihed-draft-minutes-final-draft3. NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINES
Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 30 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 the following urgent item of business: Arriva Rail proposals to close the Customer Service Ticket Offices on the London Overground at South Oxhey Rail Station. If the item is agreed it will be taken as Item 8a on the agenda for the meeting.
4. DECLARATION OF INTERESTS
To receive any declarations of interest
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
5. BUDGET MONITORING REPORT - PERIOD 4 (end of July)
To review the budget monitoring report for all the Council’s Committee
18-09-25-ihed-i-5a-budget-monitoring-cover-report6. PROPOSED RESPONSE TO HCC CONSULTATION ON DRAFT GROWTH AND TRANSPORT PLAN FOR SOUTH WEST HERTFORDSHIRE
To receive a report on Hertfordshire County Council’s consultation on the draft South West Herts Growth and Development Plan.
18-09-25-ihed-i-06a-hcc-growth-transport-plan18-09-25-ihed-i-06b-hcc-growth-transport-plan-app-a18-09-25-ihed-i-06c-hcc-growth-transport-plan-app-b7. WORK PROGRAMME
To agree the Committee’s work programme.
18-09-25-ihed-i-07a-work-prog-cover18-09-25-ihed-i-07b-work-programme8. OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3 above.
8a. ARRIVA RAIL PROPOSALS TO CLOSE THE CUSTOMER SERVICE TICKET OFFICES ON THE LONDON OVERGROUND
To discuss a response by the Committee to the proposal to close the Ticket Office at South Oxhey rail station.
9. EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
If the Committee wishes to consider the remaining item 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 item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under paragraph 3 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.