Sustainable Development Planning and Transport Committee - 13 March 2018

13 March 2018
Sustainable Development Planning and Transport Committee - Agenda and Reports

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Tuesday 13 March 2018 at 7.30pm.

Members of the Sustainable Development, Planning and Transport Committee:-

Councillors:-      Stephen Giles-Medhurst (Lead Member)      Martin Trevett (Lead Member)

David Coltman

Steve Drury      Joan King

David Major

Peter Getkahn      Kate Turner

Paula Hiscocks      Reena Ranger

Angela Killick

Steven Halls, Chief Executive

5 March 2018

Lead Member Responsibilities:

Economic Development, Sustainability and Transport - Energy efficiency and Beat the Killer Cold; Economic Development; Sustainability – promoting energy efficiency and ‘green’ matters; Supporting public transport, better buses and cycling.

Housing, Planning and Strategic Schemes – Council house allocations and lettings (transfers and Choice-Based Lettings bids; Homelessness and housing advice; Housing grants for improvement and adaptation; Private housing condition and Houses in Multiple Occupation (including stock condition surveys); Building Control; Car parking (provision, fines, permits); Highways and infrastructure schemes; Development Management; Heritage (i.e. conservation areas, listed buildings, tree protection); Land Charges; Land Drainage; Local Plans (i.e. conservation areas, neighbourhood forums, local listing); To purchase any property for use as temporary accommodation.

The Sustainable Development, Planning and Transport 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 Sustainable Development, Planning and Transport 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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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE


MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the Sustainable Development, Planning and Transport meeting held on 14 November 2017 and the Extraordinary meeting held on 20 February 2018.

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NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS

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 such items.


DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

To receive any declarations of interest.


BUDGET MONITORING

Attached is the comprehensive period 10 (January) budget monitoring report for the all the Council’s Committees.

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND TRANSPORT

6.       SERVICE AND FINANCIAL PLANNING 2018-2021

That the Committee considers the Economic and Sustainable Development service plan and recommends its content to Council at its meeting on 22 May 2018.

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BUS SERVICES REVIEW

To receive all report.

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HOUSING, PLANNING AND STRATEGIC SCHEMES


SERVICE AND FINANCIAL PLANNING 2018-2021

That the Committee considers the Housing Services service plan and recommends its contents to Council at its meeting on 22 May 2018.

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  1. SERVICE AND FINANCIAL PLANNING 2018-2021

That the Committee considers the Regulatory Services service plan and recommends its contents to Council at its meeting on 22 May 2018.

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10.   DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A NEW PARKING STRATEGY

Further to the decision to enter into a parking partnership with Hertsmere BC (HBC) to provide the Council’s civil parking enforcement service, HBC was invited to take the lead in developing a Parking Strategy, which will act as a framework for more detailed decisions on new parking schemes and parking enforcement within the District.

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WORK PROGRAMME

11.       WORK PROGRAMME

To review and make necessary changes to the Committee’s work programme.

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

13.      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(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under paragraphs (1 -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.)


OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3 above.

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