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At Chelmsford Magistrates Court on 5 April 2018  prosecutions were brought by Epping Forest District Council against Mr Salinder Minhas and Mrs Parminder Minhas, the owners of 3 Alderton Close Loughton Essex for failing to comply with Notices served on them under Section 215 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 requiring them to remove building materials, paint pots, plastic items and cardboard from their front and rear gardens and from the flat roof of the garage which were adversely affecting the visual amenity of the area.

Mr. & Mrs Minhas each pleaded guilty to the offence of failing to comply with the Notice served on them on 23 November 2017. They should have complied by 21 December 2017.

The Magistrates fined Mr Minhas £110 and ordered him to pay £308 towards the Council’s prosecution costs together with the statutory victim surcharge of £30. Mrs Minhas was fined £100 and ordered to pay costs of £308 and a Victim Surcharge of £30 (the fines had been reduced by one third due to Mr & Mrs Minhas pleading guilty at the first hearing and also taking into account their current financial situation. The maximum fine possible was £1,000 each)

The Magistrate told Mr & Mrs Minhas that having seen the photographs taken by the Council he was not surprised that neighbours had complained about the state of the property and the Council had quite rightly brought the prosecution having given them every opportunity to clear the land. Mr & Mrs Minhas informed the court that they would now fully comply with the Notice. Failure to do so renders them liable to a further prosecution with a possible fine of up to £100 for every day that they do not comply from 5 April 2018)

(Further information: Graeme Oakley ext 4012)

With the agreement of the Chairman, an additional meeting of Area Plans Sub-Committee South will be held on 25 April 2018, as a result of the significant number of planning applications currently requiring consideration by the Sub-Committee. The next scheduled meeting of the Sub-Committee (18 April 2018) will commence at 7.00pm and the additional meeting of the Sub-Committee will start at 7.30pm as usual, for consideration of the remainder of the outstanding applications.

(Further information: Steve Tautz ext 4180)

Members may wish to know that the agenda for the next meeting and the minutes of the last meeting of the Essex Police, Fire and Crime Panel can be obtained online at:

https://cmis.essexcc.gov.uk/essexcmis5/CalendarofMeetings/tabid/73/ctl/ViewMeetingPublic/mid/410/Meeting/3880/Committee/127/Default.aspx

(Further information: Adrian Hendry ext 4246)

12 Tomswood Road Chigwell - Vinod Kumar Pandhi

On 5 April 2018 in Chelmsford Magistrates Court Mr. Vinod Kumar Pandhi of 12 Tomswood Road Chigwell Essex pleaded guilty to causing or permitting the cutting down of a hornbeam tree at his property without the authorisation of Epping Forest District and which was protected by a Tree Preservation Order

FACTS

On 11 September 2017 the Council’s Tree and Landscape officer was notified that a Hornbeam tree had been cut down in the garden of 12 Tomswood Road Chigwell.

The tree was protected by a Tree Preservation Order made in 2009 and no consent had been given for the work carried out.

MrPandi was interviewed under caution and stated that he was unaware that the tree were protected and he believed it to be causing damage to his house although no usual investigations had been carried out to verify this.. He had approached persons carrying out tree work in a neighbour’s garden to cut down the tree but he failed to provide details to the Council to enable it to carry out further investigation with a view to also prosecuting those directly responsible for carrying out the work.

Having pleaded guilty Mr Pandhi was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay the Council’s prosecution costs of £813.73 and a victim surcharge of £100. (The fine had been reduced by one third as a result of Mr Pandhi having pleaded guilty at the first hearing and took account of his current finances).

(Further information: Graeme Oakley ext  4012)

Please see attached.

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                         Debbie Houghton 01992 562953

1.               Appeals Lodged

EPF/0479/18 – 146 Hainault Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5DL - Demolition of existing building and garage and new build three storey residential development comprising of 11 units with on site car parking, cycle storage and refuse store – Ian Ansell ext. 4481 – Written reps

EPF/1075/17 – Greenacre, 9 Woodman Lane E4 7QR - Demolition of existing building and erection of detached dwelling with basement and rooms in the roof. (Revised drawings) – Sukhi Dhadwar ext. 4597 – Written reps

2.         Forthcoming Planning Inquiries/Hearings -

None this week

3.               Enforcement Appeals

None this week

4.         Appeal Decisions

EPF/0713/17 – King Harold Court Sun Street Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1ER - Subdivision of previously approved flats to create three new flats  - Allowed with conditions

5.         Tree Preservation Orders

None this week

6.         S106 Agreements

None this week

7.         Changes to Planning Systems

None this week

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.

The notification of decisions taken by individual Portfolio Holders is no longer included in the Council Bulletin.

All members of the Council receive automatic email notification of the publication of each individual Portfolio Holder decision and the call-in period for each decision commences immediately. Members wishing to call-in a decision should complete the attached call-in form and return it to Democratic Services before the expiry of five working days following the publication date of the decision. Members should refer to the Constitution (Article 6 - Overview and Scrutiny) for the rules of call-in.