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With the permission of the Chairman the full Licensing Committee scheduled for 1^st April has been brought forward to Monday 9^th March 2020. This was so the deadline could be met to forwarded on a report on Gabling Policy to the 7^th April Council meeting for agreement. Having a Licensing Committee on 1^st April would mean we could not meet the agenda deadline for that Council meeting.

As usual the Licensing Committee meeting will start at 2.30pm and be held in the Council Chamber.

(Further information: Adrian Hendry ext. 4246)

At Full Council in December, Councillor S Neville asked the Leader what progress had been made following the adoption of the Climate Emergency Motion on 19 September 2019. This was in relation to the Council publishing an action plan on how they would achieve the target to become carbon neutral by 2030; and how the Council would monitor carbon emissions in the Epping Forest area to achieve the target.

Response:

Progress has been made in regard to appointment of Portfolio Holders for the Climate Change agenda, with Councillors Nigel Bedford and John Phillip being appointed at the Cabinet meeting on 6 January 2020 and the following actions have been progressed;

• Funding has been secured for a Climate Change Officer post and a draft Job Profile has been drawn up. (NB. The job profile for this role has been developed in conjunction with the profile for the Council’s new Sustainable Travel Officer post and it is envisaged that these two posts will work closely together across the climate agenda). As agreed at Stronger Place Select Committee on 9 December, the draft Job Profile will be circulated to members to comment prior to going to advert.
• An initial meeting has been held with the nominated Portfolio Holders and officers;
• Work is underway to collate baseline data from across the Council;
• A recruitment timeline has been agreed; and,
• A strategic action plan has been drafted that will set out the timeline for delivering our objectives. This will include the development of a Climate Change Action Plan to achieve the Councils pledge to do everything within its power to make Epping Forest District Council carbon neutral by 2030

There are additionally several existing projects underway that are relevant to the work of the new post including the development of sustainability guidance to secure high standards in new development, the development of an air quality mitigation strategy for Epping Forest Special Area of Conservation and the development of a Green Infrastructure Strategy – a draft is due to be reported to Cabinet in March 2020 for wider consultation. 

It is envisaged that the Climate Change Officer will be in post by end of April.

Members may have recently received email communication purporting to be from the Chairman of the Council, Councillor Richard Bassett.

The Chairman is aware that his personal Gmail account appears to have been hacked and members that may have received such communication are asked to disregard and delete these messages. Members should seek to be vigilant at all times with regard to the security of their own personal email accounts.

(Further information: Steve Tautz ext 4180)

It is with regret that Cllr Bassett has decided to cancel the ‘Prosecco, Pudding and Cheese Evening’ that was due to take place on Monday 27 January at the Cart Shed Restaurant, Epping.

Arrangements have been made for all cheques to be returned or direct payments refunded.

Cllr Bassett would like to thank everyone who had booked for their support and will try to rearrange another date later in the spring.

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 Officer                                            Debbie Houghton 01992 564336

1.            Appeals Lodged

EPF/2261/19 – Brick Cottages 1 Anchor Lane Abbess Roding Ongar CM5 0JP - Application for Removal of Condition 10"works shall be carried out in accordance with drawings" for EPF/1070/17. (Removal of first floor of existing dwelling &  conversion to domestic garage, & erection of a replacement single storey detached dwelling) – Sukhi Dhadwar ext. 4597 – Written reps

2.         Forthcoming Planning Inquiries/Hearings -

Hearing – 28 January 2020 – EPF/1649/17 - White Rose Curtis Mill Lane Stapleford Abbotts Essex  RM4 1HS - Material change in use of land to provide for stationing of caravans for residential occupation by Gypsy family with associated hardstanding, fencing/gate, septic tank, gas tank (retrospective) – Sukhdeep Jhooti ext. 4298

Inquiry – 11^th – 14^th February 2020 – EPF/1032/18 and LB/EPF/1036/18 - A new residential dwelling along with the demolition of derelict glasshouse structures and alterations to the historic garden wall – Caroline Brown ext. 4182

Hearing – 8^th and 9^th July 2020 – EPF/3174/18 – Old Epping Laundry Site Bower Hill Epping CM16 7AD - Demolition of existing buildings and the erection of 58 no. residential units split between four blocks, along with internal landscaping and associated car and cycle parking – Sukhi Dhadwar ext. 4597

3.            Enforcement Appeals

None this week

4.            Appeal Decisions

EPF/1288/19 Tylers Green Stores Vicarage Lane North Weald CM16 6ET - Proposed replacement outbuildings used for storage and erection of a 2 metre high fence around the plot – Allowed with Conditions

5.         Tree Preservation Orders

None this week

6.         S106 Agreements

None this week

7.         Changes to Planning Systems

None this week

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.