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Fly tipping cardboard and other waste in bins intended for the use of residents of flats at the Broadway Loughton Essex resulted in fines and cost of £781.

Evidence gathered by the Council’s Environment & Neighbourhood team led to a prosecution in Chelmsford Magistrates Court on 8 February 2018 against Mr Gavin James Pye of Chelmsford Road Holland-on-Sea Essex who pleaded guilty to the offence of fly-tipping. Mr Pye admitted to the fly tipping from a Ford Transit van on 21 April 2017.

The Magistrates stated that it was a negligent act and Mr Pye was ordered to pay a fine of £231. He was also ordered to pay the Council’s prosecution costs of £500 together with a Victim Surcharge £30.)

(Further information: Richard Gardiner ext 4089)

Epping Forest District Council prosecuted Fadimana Altinsoy (DOB 15 November 1972) of Cockrell Close Basildon Essex for three offences under the Fraud act 2006 and one of Money Laundering under the Proceeds of Crime act 2002 and having pleaded not guilty in the Chelmsford Magistrates Court in February 2017, the Magistrates declined jurisdiction and transferred the matter to Chelmsford Crown Court. She maintained her not guilty pleas at a number of hearings in that court but on the 22 January 2018 being the first day of a trial listed for six days she changed her pleas to guilty. She agreed to pay the sum of £28,000 (Home Ownership Grant) back to the Council together with its prosecution costs of £12,500 before 5 March 2018. A sentence hearing was fixed for 9 March 2018.

On that date she was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment suspended for 2 years together with a requirement to carry out 200 hours unpaid work with a probation supervision order for 12 months

The basis of the prosecution was that when applying for Council housing in 2003 Ms. Altinsoy had failed to declare her ownership of two properties jointly owned by herself and other relatives in Forest Gate London E7 and Grays in Essex RM17.

She was granted a tenancy of a property in Copperfield Chigwell Essex on 22 January 2007 and the following day she completed a further Housing Application form seeking a move from a flat to a house and again failing to state that she jointly owned the properties. Had the Council been aware of her ownerships, she would not have been given the tenancy of the property at Copperfield Chigwell.

On 18 June 2010 she applied to the Council for a Home Ownership Grant to assist her in purchasing a private property and again failed to reveal that she had an interest in two other properties. Epping Forest District Council gave Ms Altinsoy one of six grants of £28,000 available which she used to purchase a property in Basildon, Essex SS13 on 24 June 2011. However having not been entitled to the grant of the tenancy of the property in Copperfield Chigwell, she was not therefore entitled to have received the grant.

(Further information: Graeme Oakley ext 4012)

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Please be advised that the Licensing Unit has received the following applications for New Premises Licence made under the Licensing Act 2003 for the premises below:

Please ensure that any comments/objections are received by the Licensing team on or before the consultation end date.

Manager                                                          Kim Tuckey 01992 564034

Licensing Compliance Officer                         Sarah Moran 01992 564270

Licensing Compliance Officer                         Nuala Clark  01992 564340

Licensing  Compliance Officer                        Joanne Owen 01992 564721

Licensing Officer                                             Jane Mullinger 01992 564461

1.               Appeals Lodged

EPF/2640/17 – 8 Brook Road Epping Essex CM16 7BS - Double storey side extension and single storey rear extension – Steven Andrews ext. 4337 – Householder written reps

2.         Forthcoming Planning Inquiries/Hearings -

15 March 2018 - EPF/3062/16 – Fernbank Nursery Nazeing Road Nazeing Essex EN9 2JN - Outline application for the redevelopment of nursery to provide up to 50 dwelling houses including means of access (all other matters reserved) – Hearing

3.               Enforcement Appeals

ENF/0353/16 – Sarnia Nursery Avey Lane Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3DQ -COU to waste transfer stations, scaffolding yards and other businesses – Public Inquiry – Clare Munday ext. 4114

4.         Appeal Decisions

EPF/2614/16 – 21 Park Hill Loughton Essex IG10 4ES - Front, side and rear extensions at upper ground floor level including formation of roof terrace on rear extension – Allowed with conditions

5.         Tree Preservation Orders

None this week

6.         S106 Agreements

None this week

7.         Changes to Planning Systems

None this week

8.         Pre-application enquires

The following requests for paid pre application advice have been received and allocated to officers.  These are not public documents and are not available to view on the website, but if ward members would like more information or would like to discuss the proposals please contact the named case officer within 21 days.

EF|2018\ENQ\00207 – 3 Blacksmiths Cottages, The Street, High Ongar CM5 9NF - Kitchen extension on back of property 4.5m x 4.5m square, single storey – Jonathan Doe ext. 4103

EF\2018\ENQ\00224 – Tadgells Barn Housham Tye Road Matching Essex CM17 0NX - Arrangement of residential outbuildings to provide Gym, Spa, Sauna etc to improve the enjoyment of the Grade II listed main dwelling – Jill Shingler ext. 4106

It is important to note, that when enforcement action has been authorised, this includes any subsequent action under Part VII of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, including a prosecution or an injunction.

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