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Please submit quarterly expenses forms to Kim Partridge by 3 December 2018 for payment on 31 December 2018.

(Further information: Kim Partridge ext 4443)

At the request of Member’s the slides of the presentation are attached.

(Further information: Jackie Leither ext 4756)

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On 29 May 2019 Epping Forest District Council was alerted by a member of the public to the fact that work was being carried out at 19 Hartland Road Epping adjacent to a cedar tree that was protected by a Tree Preservation Order made in 2001. The work being carried out was the construction of a new driveway at the property. An inspection revealed that a number of significant roots of the tree had been cut and that no consent had been sought or obtained from the Council as required in the Tree Preservation Order.

When interviewed the owner of the property Toby Kingsley stated that he knew the tree was protected and had informed his contractor, Mr Miles Delaney of Orchard Drives George Lane Woodford of this fact and that nothing should be done to disturb the tree roots. Mr Delaney failed to attend for interview under caution on three occasions stating he was either on holiday or too busy to attend.

Both Toby Kingsley and Miles Delaney were prosecuted by Epping Forest District Council and at the hearing in Chelmsford Magistrates Court on 15th November 2018 Mr Kingsley pleaded guilty to the offence of causing or permitting the cutting of the tree roots without consent. He was given an absolute discharge and ordered to pay a contribution towards the Council’s costs of £200. 

Mr Delaney failed to attend and was convicted in his absence of cutting the roots. He was fined £660 and ordered to pay the balance of the Council’s costs of £945.32 and a Victim Surcharge of £66

(Further information: Graeme Oakley ext 4012)

At Chelmsford Magistrates Court on 15^th November 2018 a prosecution was brought by Epping Forest District Council against Mr HalilKanteper of Stoke Newington Road London N1  for carrying out unauthorised work to the listed building at 309 High Street Epping known as Poppy’s Café and the first floor of that building.

Mr Kanteper pleaded guilty to the offence and was fined £1,200 and ordered to pay costs of £500 and a Victim Surcharge of £120.

Consents had been granted in 2016 and 2017 for an extension and conversion of the first floor into 2 flats and for a replacement shop front at the property but on 15^th August 2017 the Council was alerted to the possibility of work being carried out to the listed building which was more extensive than contained in the permissions granted. Council officers visited the property the same day and it was immediately clear that substantial unauthorised work had been carried out, including walls being stripped of their historic lath and plaster, ceilings floors and joists removed in their entirety and stud walls being removed.

The builder Mr Halil Kanteper admitted carrying out the work without the knowledge of the owners. He told the Council he believed the work was required due to there being a leak in the roof causing substantial damage to the building. No evidence of this was supplied to the Council and the Council’s Senior Conservation officer had not seen any evidence of this when she visited the property on several occasions prior to the work being carried out. In her opinion any leak would not have resulted in so much harm being caused to justify the amount of unauthorised work being needed which has now harmed the building’s special historic interest.

The barrister representing Mr Kanteper told the Magistrates that Mr Kanteper had not been paid for the building work carried out at the property and it was not his intention to claim it. He is now working on the reinstatement of the building for free.

Work is being carried out now in conjunction with new planning approvals and hopefully the café will be open before Christmas. 

(Further information: Graeme Oakley ext 4012)

The Licensing Sub-Committee on the 4 December has been cancelled and two new meetings have been arranged they are:

Wednesday 12 December; and

Tuesday 18 December.

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1.               Appeals Lodged

EPF/1543/18 – 12 Farm Way Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5AH - Retrospective application for rear dormer – Written reps Householder appeal – Sukhdeep Jhooti ext. 4298

2.         Forthcoming Planning Inquiries/Hearings -

25^th – 28^th February 2019 - EPF/2499/17 – 13 -15A Alderton Hill Loughton Essex IG10 3JD - Demolition of houses at 13, 15 and 15a, Alderton Hill, and the erection of linked blocks of elderly persons apartments, with integrated care facilities (Use Class C2) with supporting amenity facilities, landscaping, 64 car spaces in undercroft parking at the rear and south side of the block, and associated ground works -

3.               Enforcement Appeals

None this week

4.                Appeal Decisions

EPF/0926/18 – 12 Garden Fields Stanford Rivers Ongar Essex CM5 9PL - Building carport with flat-sedum roof – Dismissed

5.         Tree Preservation Orders

TPO/EPF/05/18 – Lords Bushes Court, 700 High Road, Buckhurst Hill – effective 16^th November 2018.

6.         S106 Agreements

None this week

7.         Changes to Planning Systems

None this week

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.

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