Agenda

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Other venues are shown in full.

Please note that with the Chairman’s permission the meeting of the Area Plans Sub-Committee East’s meeting to be held on Wednesday, 11 July 2018 has been cancelled due to lack of business.

(Further information: Adrian Hendry ext 4246)

The Chief Executive of Citizens Advice Epping Forest District will be attending the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to be held on 24 July 2018.

If members have any specific questions that they would like to raise with Citizens Advice Epping Forest at the meeting, please send written notification of such matters to democraticservices@eppingforestdc.gov.uk by 16 July 2018.

In accordance with usual practice, notice of all questions and matters to be raised by members will be provided to the Chief Executive of Citizens Advice Epping Forest in advance of the meeting.

(Further information: Steve Tautz ext 4180)

Please note that with the Leaders permission, the next Cabinet meeting scheduled for 17 July 2018 has been cancelled due to lack of business.

(Further information: Adrian Hendry ext 4246)

At Chelmsford Magistrates Court on 28^th June 2018 a  prosecution was brought by Epping Forest District Council against Mr Raymond Sturgess of Stanford Court Waltham Abbey for failing to comply with a Notice served on him under Section 215 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 requiring him  to remove building materials, waste, household items plastic items , plastic and card from the former Royal Observer Corps site which were adversely affecting the visual amenity of the area. The site is in the Roding Valley Nature Reserve  adjacent to the M11 motorway and which had been bought by him in 2015 

Mr Sturgess pleaded guilty to the offence of failing to comply with the Notice served on him on 13th February 2018 which required compliance by 16^th March 2018.

The Magistrates fined Mr Sturgess £200 and ordered him to pay £200 towards the Council’s prosecution costs together with the statutory victim surcharge of £30. (The fine had been reduced by one third due to Mr Sturgess pleading guilty at the first hearing and also taking into account his current financial situation. The maximum fine possible was £1,000)

In mitigation Mr Sturgess told the Magistrates that due to unforeseen circumstances of injuring his knee he had been unable to comply with the Notice. He stated he was renovating the underground bunker for use by his children but vandals had gained access to it last year. He also blamed fly tippers for the state of the land. He would be using a quantity of the wood on the land to construct a high fence around it and would hopefully being doing this in the next few weeks.

The Magistrate told Mr Sturgess that they did not accept everything he had told them and they thought he had had ample opportunity to comply with the Notice.

Future failure to comply with the Notice renders Mr Sturgess liable to further prosecution with a possible fine of up to £100 for every day from 28^th June 2018 that he does not comply)

(Further information: Graeme Oakley ext 4012)

The following meetings have been cancelled due to a current lack of business:

·              Area Planning Sub-Committee East (11 July 2018); and

·              Cabinet (17 July 2018).

The highlight report (May 2018) for the Transformation Programme that would have been made to the Cabinet on 17 July 2018, is attached to this edition of the Bulletin.

(Further information: Steve Tautz ext 4180)

Please note that the Members’ Room will be in use from 8.30am to 1:30pm on 20 July 2018, for the official launch of the Epping Forest Community Safety Hub. The Members’ Room will be unavailable during this period.

(Further information: Steve Tautz ext 4180)

The next public meeting of the PFCC in the district is due to held on the 2^nd August  in the Council Chamber here at the  Civic Offices.  The meeting is due to start at 6pm and finish at 8.00pm.

(Further information: Caroline Wiggins ext 4122)

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                         Sarah Moran 01992 564270

Licensing Compliance Officer                         Handan Ibrahim 01992564153

Licensing  Compliance Officer                        Joanne Owen 01992 56 4721

Licensing Officer                                             Denise Bastick 01992 564334

1.               Appeals Lodged

EPF/0339/18 – 2 Gladstone Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5SW - Two storey and single storey side and rear extension – Householder – Ian Ansell ext.4481

EPF/0679/18 – 1 Ripley View Loughton Essex IG10 2PB - Extension of the existing garage to provide space for family gym and home office – Householder  - David Baker ext. 4514

EPF/2785/17 – 26 Maypole Drive (land adj) Chigwell Essex IG7 6DE - Demolish existing structure and construct one bedroom, two storey dwelling house – Ian Ansell ext. 4514 – Written reps

EPF/3124/17 – 154 Princes Road Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 5DJ - Two storey side extension to accommodate 1 bedroom self contained flat on ground floor and 1 studio flat on first floor with on-site parking and amenity space – Jonathan Doe ext. 4103 – Written reps

2.         Forthcoming Planning Inquiries/Hearings -

31/07/2018 – EPF/3364/17 – 119 Theydon Park Road Theydon Bois Essex CM16 7LS – Sukhvinder Dhadwar

3.               Enforcement Appeals

None this week

4.         Appeal Decisions

EPF/3036/17 – 1 Woodbury Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1JB - Removal of further sections of roof above ground floor addition at the rear, and raising of the roof of part of ground floor back addition - representing revisions to previously approved scheme ref EPF/2744/16 – Allowed with conditions

5.         Tree Preservation Orders

None this week

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.

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.