Agenda

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Currently meetings are subject to change, postponement or cancellation.

Many meetings will be held virtually but Democratic Services will advise arrangements for individual meetings.

Committee Management System

The members’ extranet facility for the Modern.Gov system is available at:

https://eppingforestextranet.moderngov.co.uk/extranet

Members may wish to save this link on their computer or mobile devices. Queries concerning login and password details for the extranet should be addressed to the Democratic Services Manager.

Constitution

The Council’s Constitution is available at:

https://rds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CId=638&Info=1

Queries concerning the Constitution should be addressed to the Democratic Services Manager

ECC Highways Portal

Up to date details of all Highways work is available at:

https://www.essexhighways.org/Transport-and-Roads.aspx

Member Contact

Please be aware that all Member queries should be addressed to membercontact@eppingforestdc.gov.uk as this will ensure that your query or question is properly logged and chased up if you have not received a response within 5 days.

Please be advised that Jack Cooper in now in post. Jack replaces Louise Warren as Member Contact and Digital Inclusion Team Manager

Jack can be contacted on 01992 564000 ext 2527 or jcooper@eppingforestdc.gov.uk

Members please can you log any IT fault you have through calling our service desk on 01992 564888, please do not contact Democratic services or anyone else directly as this will relate in your enquiry taking longer to be resolved.

If your enquiry relates to your iPad please contact either Jack Cooper or Will Defoe to receive further assistance.

(Further information: Jack Cooper tel: 01992 564000 ext 2527)

Please see attached.

Will Defoe will be contacting all Members regarding their experience using the Councils ICT equipment and software, to gain their overall user experience of the technology being provided.

If you have any suggestions for improving the service ICT provides for Members, we would like you to share your ideas.

Your invaluable feedback will be explored so improvements can be made to the service ICT provides for you.

Will is happy to speak over the phone/MS Teams/email to discuss this at a convenient time including the evenings and weekends.

(Further information: Will Defoe ext 4295)

In response to recent legal changes, the Council’s Flexible Secure tenancy Agreement has been amended with effect from Monday 24^th August 2020, to include a forfeiture and break clause.

This change is not retrospective.

In addition, both the Flexible Secure Tenancy Agreement and the Secure Tenancy Agreement now include a requirement for tenants to advise the Council should they acquire an interest in property. This is further to the Cabinet Decision on 20/07/2020.

If you would like any further information, please send your queries to contactus@eppingforestdc.gov.uk

Please find attached the press release that will be sent out to week beginning 7 September 2020 to inform the public about the council’s housing repair team moving over the Qualis Management Ltd from Monday 28 September.

Please see attached invite.

Any Councillors who would like to attend should register directly with the provider.

Please find attached details of the Better Health Festival.

This is happening in the areas of Ongar and Waltham Abbey in response to a Community Consultation the Community Health and Wellbeing team took out in July, to see how our residents were feeling during lockdown.

(Further information: Vanessa Gayton ext 4559)

None this week

Please be advised that the Licensing Unit has received the following application for a Premises Licence made under the Licensing Act 2003:

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 Team                                              licensing@eppingforestdc.gov.uk

1.            Appeals Lodged

EPF/1072/20 Scathes Matching Green CM17 0P - Application for Variation of Condition 2 `plan numbers' for EPF/2975/17. (Demolition of an existing house in-conservation area & erection of a replacement dwellinghouse) – Written reps – Zara Seelig ext. 4379

2.         Forthcoming Planning Inquiries/Hearings

EPF/1649/17 – White Rose Curtis Mill Lane Stapleford Abbotts RM3 1HS – Re determination appeal by new Inspector- date to be arranged.

3.            Enforcement Appeals

None this week

4.            Appeal Decisions

EPF/1629/19 - The Barn 5 Chambers Manor Mews Epping Road Epping Upland CM16 6NZ - Proposed new dwelling – Dismissed

5.         Tree Preservation Orders

None this week

6.         S106 Agreements

None this week

7.         Changes to Planning Systems

None this week

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.