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Recently correspondence has been received from the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government concerning Local Authorities Preparedness for the upcoming UK exit from the EU.

Councils were asked to consider seven questions concerning their district and any contingency arrangements which may be needed.

This paper was considered at a recent Leadership Team.  In general terms Senior Officers were of the opinion that this Council was in a good position and that there were no serious concerns locally.

The responses to the questions posed by the DHCLG are outlined below.

1.     Members will want to be assured that the council has undertaken an assessment of the proportion of EU nationals in its workforce. 

Answer: We have a very small number of EU nationals in our establishment and support will be provided to them should the need arise.

2.      Members will want to be assured that the council has undertaken an assessment to consider the potential impact on your regulatory services.

Answer: Our main concern would be around food hygiene inspection in the chilled food chain should the ports and airports be overwhelmed due to them having to inspect food from the EU which is presently not subject to inspection.  In the event that this happens it may be that the Government will require inspection to take place at the final destination (which could be in our district).  In that event our current establishment of Environmental Health Officers will be re-tasked to undertake this work.

3.      Members will want to be assured that the council has considered whether it will face either direct or indirect impacts on the provision of essential services if there are delays at the border.

Answer: It is considered that any direct impact on services in this district will be minimal.

4.      Members will want assurances that their council and any strategic delivery partners that they have impact assessed their supply chain and that appropriate mitigation plans are in place in order to assure the council of their preparedness for any identified risk to the delivery of statutory services.

Answer:  As previously stated the direct impact on this Council is considered to be minimal, however, assurances have been obtained from our key suppliers and contractors (e.g. BIFFA, Places for People etc) that they have adequate contingency plans in place.

5.     Members will want to ensure that their council have undertaken necessary assessments and that business continuity plans in place for all ICT and data handling that impacts the council.

Answer: The main concern here is for those organisations that have systems hosted in the EU.  All our data storage and backups are held within the UK.

6.     As leaders of place, the local authority will want to ensure that all local partners and local partnerships are effectively planning and considering mitigations for EU Exit.

Answer:  The principal partnership forum for these matters is the Essex Resilience Forum.  Arrangements have been put in place to ensure excellent communication between partners during the transition period.  We will  ...  view the full agenda text for item 3.

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None this week.

1.               Appeals Lodged

EPF/0141/18 – Land east of Church Lane Sheering -    Erection of 3 no. new dwellings complete with garages, infrastructure, and associated works, including access from Church Lane – Sukhi Dhadwar ext. 4597 – Written reps

EPF/0904/18 – Barn adj to Great Knotts, Moreton Road, Bobbibngworth, CM5 0LU – Corey Isolda ext. 4380 – Written reps

EPF/1366/18 – 209D/E High Road Loughton Essex IG10 1BB - Application for variation of condition 2 'plan numbers' and 3 'use of rear double doors' on planning application EPF/0808/17 (Erection of rear conservatory) – Johnathan Doe ext. 4103 – Written reps

EPF/1406/18 – 1 Mount End Mount End Road Theydon Mount Epping Essex CM16 7PS – Ian Ansell ext. 4481 – Written reps

EPF/1441/18 – King Harolds Head Nazeing Common EN9 2RY - First floor extension to form residential flat and ground floor extension to replace store for restaurant use – Caroline Brown ext. 4182 – Written reps

EPF/1710/18 – Ridge House Hoe Lane Nazeing Essex EN9 2RJ - Demolition of existing two storey detached dwelling and erection of four new detached houses – Sukhi Dhadwar ext. 4597 – Written reps

EPF/2009/18 – Ricotta Transport Tylers Cross Nursery Epping Road Roydon Essex EN9 2DH - Retention of two residential caravans used in connection with the existing road haulage business – Alastair Prince ext. 4462 – Written reps

EPF/2505/18 – Nazeing Service Station Nazeing Road Nazeing EN9 2HU - Application for Removal of Condition 4 'Removal of permitted development rights' and Condition 5 'No conversion of roofspace to living space' of EPF/2698/16 (Demolition of the existing service station and construction of 6 x 2 Bedroom Houses with amenity space, off-street parking and landscaping. Alternative design to approved scheme EPF/0303/13 with higher roof heights) – Caroline Brown ext. 4182 – Written reps

EPF/2550/18 – Lillicroft Nurseries Abrige Road Theydon Bois Essex CM16 7NR - Demolition of detached bungalow and erection of replacement with pedestrian and vehicle access from the existing private access roadway within the site. (Revised application to EPF/2528/17) – Jonathan Doe ext. 4103 – Written reps

2.         Forthcoming Planning Inquiries/Hearings -

25^th – 28^th February 2019 - EPF/2499/17 – 13 -15A Alderton Hill Loughton Essex IG10 3JD - Demolition of houses at 13, 15 and 15a, Alderton Hill, and the erection of linked blocks of elderly persons apartments, with integrated care facilities (Use Class C2) with supporting amenity facilities, landscaping, 64 car spaces in undercroft parking at the rear and south side of the block, and associated ground works

** This venue for the first day of this appeal, will be at Epping Hall, Epping Town Council, St John’s Road. Epping ** The follow days will be at EFDC **

14^th March 2019 – 12a Alderton Close Loughton Essex IG10 3HQ - Residential redevelopment to provide 4 x 3 bed houses – Ian Ansell ext. 4481

3.               Enforcement Appeals

None this week

4.                Appeal Decisions

None this week

5.         Tree Preservation Orders

TPO/EPF/04/18 – Former St Thomas More Church site, 106 Willingale Road, Loughton, IG10 2DA – confirmed 13^th February 2019

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.

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