Infrastructure, Housing and Economic Development Committee - 7 January 2020

REVISED

INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Tuesday 7 January 2020 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

23 December 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.

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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 19 November 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.

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TRANSPORT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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5. Proposal For an Improved Community Transport Service

Three Rivers supports one community transport bus, which is run by Hertfordshire County Council, called the “Dial-a-Ride” service. This provides a similar service to an accessible taxi for elderly and disabled residents to use. Fares are less expensive than private taxi fares.

The proposal is to withdraw from funding a second discretionary dial a ride bus and instead fund a scheduled shopper service, which collects people from their homes in a different settlement each day and takes them to a specific large retail centre.

6.  Work Programme

To agree the Committee’s work programme.

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

8.  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 paragraph 3 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.  PROPOSAL FOR AN IMPROVED COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE

To consider Appendix A to item 5 above.

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

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