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Currently meetings are subject to change, postponement or cancellation.

Many meetings will be held virtually but Democratic Services will advise arrangements for individual meetings.

Committee Management System

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Constitution

The Council’s Constitution is available at:

https://rds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CId=638&Info=1

Queries concerning the Constitution should be addressed to the Democratic Services Manager

ECC Highways Portal

Up to date details of all Highways work is available at:

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Member Contact

Please be aware that all Member queries should be addressed to membercontact@eppingforestdc.gov.uk as this will ensure that your query or question is properly logged and chased up if you have not received a response within 5 days.

The Overview & Scrutiny Committee is due to perform some external scrutiny of Local Mental Health Services at its next meeting on 15-Oct-20. Topics previously identified for scrutiny were:

(a)        how issues of isolation within the local population, particularly amongst older residents, were addressed through the provision of local mental services;

(b)    how apparent mental health concerns amongst local students could be referred to service providers by primary and secondary schools in the Epping Forest District and how quickly such referrals could expect to be assessed;

(c)       whether funding for local mental health services was being maintained or            increased by the Clinical Commissioning Group, at a time when the mental health sector appeared to be under increasing pressure; and

(d)        How Epping Forest District Council could work effectively with the CCG and the NHS Trust to support the provision of local mental health services and how the CCG and NHS Trust intended to engage with this Council to ensure the best level of service provision to local residents.

The Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, who are attending the meeting, have advised that (b) is not within their remit.

If Members have any further issues that they wish to be raised at this meeting then please let me know by the close of play on Thursday 8-Oct-20.

(Further Information: Gary Woodhall ext 4470)

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Please find attached a timetable outlining plans across the Epping Forest and Brentwood Districts for a dedicated online engagement period between 28^th September and 12^th October. We will be hosting a number of Q+A sessions on Facebook, where questions will be answered live by the relevant beat officer, rural officer or District Commander, Chief Inspector Ant Alcock.

Questions are welcomed in advance to be answered on Facebook during the appropriate session:

EFD – eppingcommunitypolicingteam@essex.police.uk

Brentwood – brentwoodcommunitypolicingteam@essex.police.uk

Whilst we appreciate not everybody is on Facebook, the current pandemic and the new legislation this week has impacted on what we are able to do engagement wise. Of course, if we receive a question to the mailbox and it is noted that the individual doesn’t have Facebook access, we will answer. We will continue to advertise any physical engagements as and when.

(Further information: Melissa Faux ext 4197)

None this week

None this week

1.            Appeals Lodged

EPF/2375/19 The Old Waterworks Green Lane Nazeing EN9 6RS -  Retrospective consent for extension & change of use of a former stables building into a single residential dwelling.– Written reps – Caroline Brown ext. 4182 (see linked Enforcement appeal below) ** please note this planning appeal replaces the appeal on last weeks list, EPF/0661/20 which was linked by mistake **

2.         Forthcoming Planning Inquiries/Hearings -

EPF/1649/17 – White Rose Curtis Mill Lane Stapleford Abbotts RM3 1HS – Re determination appeal by new Inspector- date to be arranged.

3.            Enforcement Appeals

None this week

4.            Appeal Decisions

None this week

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.