Agenda

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Representatives of the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust will be attending the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to be held on 17 April 2018. If members have any specific questions that they would like to raise with the Trust at the meeting, please send written notification of such matters to democraticservices@eppingforestdc.gov.uk by 26 March 2018. In accordance with usual practice, notice of all questions and matters to be raised will be provided to the Trust in advance of the meeting.

(Further information: Steve Tautz ext 4180)

Following on from Thursday, 1 March’s postponed Resources Select Committee meeting due to the adverse weather conditions.

It has been agreed that this meeting will be rescheduled for Wednesday, 14 March 2018, and that we will use the agenda issued for the 1 March meeting.

No new agenda will be issued.

(Further information: Adrian Hendry ext 4246)

The House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee has recently published recommendations arising from its enquiry onto the effectiveness of local authority overview and scrutiny committees. The report of the Committee is available at:

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmcomloc/369/369.pdf

The Council’s written evidence submitted to the enquiry is available at:

http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/housing-communities-and-local-government-committee/overview-and-scrutiny-in-local-government/written/48361.html

Any legislative changes made by the Government to existing arrangements for the operation of local authority overview and scrutiny committees, that arise from the enquiry, will be considered by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee at the appropriate time.

(Further information: Steve Tautz ext 4180)

At the joint meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Chairmen held on 6 March 2018, members requested that a review be undertaken of the possible combination of the Governance and Resources Select Committees with effect from the 2018/19 municipal year, primarily as a result of a reduction in work programme activity for both select committees over the course of the last year.

A report in this regard will therefore be considered by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee at its meeting on 17 April 2018. If members have any initial views or observations to make on the suggested combination of the Select Committees, please let me have these by 22 March 2018.

(Further information: Steve Tautzext 4180)

Please see attached.

Members are asked to note that Related Party Declarations for the 2017/18 Statutory Statement of Accounts will not be posted to their home addresses. As with previous years, can all members please ensure they have read the Guidance Notes attached and amended and signed their declaration by Friday 6^th April, to do so, please speak to any member of the Democratic Services section when attending the Civic Offices over the coming weeks.

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                   Nuala Clark  01992 564340

Licensing  Compliance Officer                  Joanne Owen 01992 564721

Licensing Compliance Officer                   Handan Ibrahim 01992564153

Licensing Officer                                       Jane Mullinger 01992 564461

1.               Appeals Lodged

  None this week

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 2QH – COU to waste transfer stations, scaffolding yards and other businesses – Public Inquiry – Clare Munday ext. 4114

4.         Appeal Decisions

None this week

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\00172 – Land to rear of 61 Traps Hill Loughton Essex IG10 1TD - Proposed development of a new dwelling – Jonathan Doe ext. 4103

EF\2018\ENQ\00175 – Hill Farm Rye Hill Road North Weald Epping CM16 6NQ -  Proposed redevelopment to create one new dwelling – Steve Andrews ext. 4337

EF\2018\ENQ\00195 – Weald Place Farm Duck Lane North Weald Epping Essex CM16 6NE - Development of a subterranean shooting centre on set aside land adjacent to M11. Importation of inert materials and landscaping to minimise usual and acoustic impact – Jill Shingler ext. 4106

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.