Infrastructure, Housing and Economic Development Committee - 19 November 2019

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Tuesday 19 November 2019 at 7.30pm.

Members of the Infrastructure, Housing and Economic Development Committee:-

Councillors:-

Stephen Giles-Medhurst (Lead Member                     Margaret Hofman

Transport and Economic Development)                     Tony Humphreys

Steve Drury (Lead Member Infrastructure                 Joan King

and Planning Policy)                                                Reena Ranger

Andrew Scarth (Lead Member for Housing)               David Raw

Peter Getkahn                                                        Stephanie Singer

Joanna Clemens

David Hill, Interim Chief Executive

11 November 2019

Lead Member Responsibilities:

Transport and Economic Development – Community Toilet Schemes, Cycling Policy and Cycleway Provision, Economic Development, Highways, Parking, Public Transport, Rivertech, Town and Village Centre Improvements

Infrastructure and Planning Policy – Brownfield Register, Building Control, Conservation Areas and Local Listing, Community Infrastructure Levy, Development   Management Policy, Heritage, Infrastructure Schemes, Land Charges, Land Drainage, Listed Buildings, Neighbourhood Planning, Right to Build Register, Tree Protection

Housing – Housing Policy, Homelessness and Housing Advice, Housing and Disabled Facilities Grants, Management of Traveller Sites, Private Housing and Houses in Multiple Occupation, Residential Environmental Health, Temporary Accommodation.

The Infrastructure, Housing and Economic Development Committee welcomes contributions from members of the public to its discussion on agenda items. Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes. Please note that, in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will automatically be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Infrastructure, Housing and Economic Development Committee.   Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.

In accordance with The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 any matters considered under Part I business only of the meeting may be filmed, recorded, photographed, broadcast or reported via social media by any person.

Recording and reporting the Council’s meetings is subject to the law and it is the responsibility of those doing the recording and reporting to ensure compliance. This will include the Human Rights Act, the Data Protection Legislation and the laws of libel and defamation.

1.  APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2   MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the Infrastructure, Housing and Economic Development Committee meeting held on 24 September 2019.

3.  NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS

Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 30 to be announced, together with the special circumstances that justify their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.

4.  DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

To receive any declarations of interest.

5.  BUDGET MONITORING

This report covers this Committees financial position over the medium term (2019 – 2023) as at Period 6 (end of September).

The Period 6 comprehensive Budget Management report has already been presented to the Policy & Resources Committee at its meeting on 2 November 2019 which sought approval to a change in the Council’s 2019 - 2023 medium-term financial plan.

TRANSPORT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

6.  DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT (PLANNING) LOCAL LAND CHARGES SEARCHES, STREET NAMING AND NUMBERING AND PARKING SERVICES FEES AND CHARGES

This report provides an overview of all discretionary charges for Development Management, Local Land Charges Searches, Street Naming and Numbering and Parking

TRANSPORT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLANNING POLICY AND HOUSING

7.  STRATEGIC, SERVICE AND FINANCIAL PLANNING 2020-2023

This report enables the Committee to comment to the Policy and Resources Committee on the strategic priorities, the Committee’s draft service plans, and the growth bids to support them for the three years commencing on 1 April 2020.

(excluding the Local Plan)

(only items on Rivertech and Temporary Accommodation)

8.  WORK PROGRAMME

To agree the Committee’s work programme

9.  OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3 above.

10.  EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

If the Committee wishes to consider the remaining item in private, it will be appropriate for a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-

“that under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under paragraphs 1 to 7 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act. It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

(Note: If other confidential business is approved under item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional items.)

1. OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3 above.

General Enquiries: Please contact the Committee Team at committeeteam@threerivers.gov.uk