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Constitution

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Waste Management Task and Finish Panel – next meeting 3 March at 19.00

At the Chairman’s request the next Panel meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday 3 March at 19.00.

(Further information: Vivienne Messenger ext 4265)

Please see attached instructions on how to download your P60s.

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The Housing Management Teams within the Housing and Property Service have recently undergone a restructure, which came into effect on 3 February 2020. The changes will help to manage the service more effectively.

Previously, tenants were allocated a specific Housing Management Officer at either the Civic Offices, the Broadway Office or the Limes Centre, depending on whether they live in the North or South of the district. The Housing Management function is no longer carried out in this way across the three offices. Instead, there are three separate teams dealing with matters as follows:

Rent issues – are now dealt with by the Income Recovery Team based at the Civic Offices. Responsibilities consist of rent collection, including rent arrears.

Estate and Land issues – which relate to estates and land acquired/held under Housing Act powers are now dealt with by the Estate and Land Team based at the Broadway Office in Loughton.

Responsibilities include: estate inspections, clearance of communal areas following Fire Risk Assessment, estate enhancements and tenancy audits. The team will also be responsible for day-to-day management of, regularisation and some enforcement action relating to the use and/or misuse of the Council’s housing land.

Tenancy issues – are now dealt with by the Neighbourhoods Team based at the Limes Centre in Chigwell.

Responsibilities include: tenancy sustainment, tenancy breaches, succession cases, anti-social behaviour from council tenants, sign-up of tenancies (with effect from April), joint tenancy applications, and changes to tenancies.

Communication is currently taking place to inform tenants of these changes and to provide them with the new contact details.

If you would like any further information, please send your queries to MemberContact@eppingforestdc.gov.uk

The Government are currently running a consultation on strengthening police powers to tackle unauthorised encampments The consultation deadline is 5 March 2020.

The link to the Consultation is below;

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/strengthening-police-powers-to-tackle-unauthorised-encampments

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Please find attached for information, the presentation given on Monday 3 February's briefing, from the legal advisors Penningtons on the Council Group Companies

(Sacha Jevans ext 4229)

The Council is working closely with its partners through the Harlow and Gilston Garden Town project to develop a Transport Strategy to improve the way vehicles, cyclist and pedestrians move around the Garden Town. The Transport Strategy will shape the way the we approach transport related issues in the Garden Town. See attached Transport Strategy Briefing Note for further information on the Transport Strategy.

Through a series of events and an online survey, the Harlow and Gilston Garden Town team are welcoming comments on the Transport Strategy for 6 weeks from 31 Jan through to 13 March 2020.  There will be an opportunity to speak to the Garden Town team and find out more about Getting Around in the Garden Town at the following consultation display dates:

Thursday 6 February 2020 : 10am – 4pm @ Harvey Centre, Harlow

Saturday 8 February 2020 : 10am – 4pm @ Harvey Centre, Harlow

Wednesday 4 March 2020: 1.30 – 7.30pm @ Epping Forest District Council Civic Office

There will also be a public exhibition display @ Epping Forest District Council Civic Office from Monday 24 February to Friday 6 March.

Further information is available on the Harlow and Gilston Garden Town website.  http://harlowandgilstongardentown.co.uk/transport

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None this week

1.            Appeals Lodged

None this week

2.         Forthcoming Planning Inquiries/Hearings -

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/1111/19 – Wyldingtree, 66 The Plain Epping Essex CM16 6TW - Demolition of existing chalet bungalow and construction of 2 x pairs of semi-detached houses with associated parking and gardens – Dismissed

EPF/2160/18 – Magnolia House Vicarage Lane Chigwell Essex IG7 6LZ - Certificate of Lawful Development for existing development: construction of hard surfaced driveway – Dismissed

ENF/0124/17 – 7 High Silver Loughton Essex IG10 4EL - Without planning permission the erection of a wall, pillars and gates over 1m high adjacent to a highway - Dismissed

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.