Agenda

Key to abbreviations:

Other venues are shown in full.

Please be reminded of the following Member Training;

·        Chairmanship Skills – 19 June 2018 – 6pm ~ 9pm

Attendees;

Steven Heather

Steven Neville

David Dtocker

·        Transformation – 28 June 2018 – 7pm ~ 9pm

Attendees;

Peter Bolton

Heather Brady

Rose Brookes

Steven Heather

Sam Kane

Steven Neville

David Stocker

Liz Webster

Janet Whitehouse

·        Local Authority Finance and Budget Process – 5 July 2018 – 2pm ~ 4pm

Attendees;

Peter Bolton

Ian Hadley

Steven Heather

Sam Kane

David Stocker

Janet Whitehouse

·        Code of Conduct (repeat) – 10 July 2018 – 6pm ~ 8.30pm

Attendees;

Peter Bolton

Rose Brookes

Steven Heather

Stephen Murray

Would Councillors who will be attending but are not listed above kindly advise Kim Partridge, kpartridge@eppingforestdc.gov.uk as soon as possible.

(Further information: Kim Partridge ext 4443)

Please see attached.

Consultation runs from 15 June to 30 June 2018.

Introduction and background

The Council is responsible for enforcement in a wide range of areas, this enforcement can take many different forms including undertaking inspections, investigating complaints, providing advice, licensing activities, persons or premises, issuing statutory or fixed penalty notices, taking prosecutions and undertaking works in default of those responsible. 

The decision of when and what enforcement action to take (or not take) can have serious implications and it is important that there is an effective policy in place to ensure that officers take a consistent approach.  With this in mind the Council has reviewed and updated its Corporate Enforcement policy having regard to the Statutory Regulators Code and the five principles of good regulation (that regulatory activities should be transparent, accountable, proportionate, consistent and targeted).

In general the Council will treat compliant individuals and businesses with lighter, alternative interventions and other incentives but for those who commit serious breaches or flout the law we will not hesitate to take all necessary enforcement action.  The intention is that this overarching policy will be supplemented by further documents specific to each area of regulation.  This will help to provide a clear and consistent approach that businesses and others can understand.

Consultation information

We want to get this right, so your views would be greatly appreciated, please send any comments on the 2018 version of the policy (below) to rray@eppingforestdc.gov.uk.

Contact

If you have any questions about this consultation, contact Robin Ray at rray@eppingforestdc.gov.uk or 01223 457951.

Post any correspondence to Robin Ray, Epping Forest District Council, Civic Offices, Epping, Essex, CM16 4BZ.

Additional information and documents

Corporate Enforcement Policy 2018 [see above].

Next steps

All submitted comments will be considered and where appropriate the policy amended prior to submission to Cabinet for approval and publication on our website.

Please see attached.

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 01992 564153

Licensing  Compliance Officer                        Joanne Owen 01992 564721

Licensing Compliance Officer                        Denise Bastick 01992 564334

Licensing Officer                                             Jane Mullinger 01992 564461

1.               Appeals Lodged

  EPF/0184/18 – Rozel Loughton Lane Theydon Bois Essex CM16 7JY - Construction of new chalet bungalow in land to rear of Rozel. Re-submission of refused application EPF/2364/17 – Sukhdeep Jhooti- ext. 4298 - Written reps

  EPF/1943/17 – End House 8 Hill Crest Road Stanford River Essex CM5 9SH - Construction of 1 new dwelling. Re-submission of refused application: EPF/1046/17 – Ian Ansell ext. 4481 – Written reps

  EPF/2248/17 – 1 Mount End, Mount End Road, Theydon Mount Epping Essex CM16 7PS - Demolition of barn and erection of two detached houses – Ian Ansell ext. 4481 – Written reps

  EPF/2448/17 – 38 High Road North Weald Essex CM16 6BU - Change of use from post office (A1) to takeaway (A5), installation of extract flue and alterations to front elevation.  Revision to previous refused scheme with revised opening hours (11am - 9pm) – Jill Shingler ext. 4106

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/3063/17 – Quires Green Walls Green Willingale Ongar Essex CM5 0QP - Demolition of existing garage block and construction of new garage building with study and shower room to rear and room within roof – Allowed with conditions

EPF/2648/17 – 30 Boxted Close Buckhurst Hill Essex IG9 6BX - Loft conversion with front and rear dormers – Allowed with conditions

5.         Tree Preservation Orders

TPO/EPF/03/18 – Hobbs Cross Farmhouse and 3 Hobbs Cross Cottages, Hobbs Cross Road, Theydon Garnon CM16 7NY – Effective from 6^th June  2018

6.         S106 Agreements

None this week

7.         Changes to Planning Systems

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.