Agenda

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Other venues are shown in full.

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

The members’ extranet facility for the Modern.Gov system is available at:

https://eppingforestextranet.moderngov.co.uk/extranet

Members may wish to save this link on their computer or mobile devices. Queries concerning login and password details for the extranet should be addressed to the Democratic Services Manager.

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:

https://www.essexhighways.org/Transport-and-Roads.aspx

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.

Please see attached poster.

The Epping Civic building transformation into a collaborative space for employees, partners and public is going well. This New Ways of Working Workshop will explore the vision of our working approach. We will be sharing the building look and feel, customer journeys and how all this will come together under one brand.

(Further information: Sue Glenmere (Change Manager) ext 2574)

Community Grants have received an application for Grant Aid funding from the groups named below. If you have any pertinent or relevant information on these applications for funding, please notify us via email at grantaid@eppingforestdc.gov.uk

You must declare an interest if you are involved with the group in any way.

1.           Name of Group/Applicant: Epping Forest Cricket Club

Nature of Application: Epping Forest Cricket Club are applying for new roll out covers for the pitch and a defibrillator for club and Pitch 3.

2.         Name of Group/Applicant: ABACEI

Nature of Application: The organisation uses the arts, music, dance and performing arts as the vehicle of education and the inspiration for disadvantaged people in the community. The group would like to run an educational and social inclusion programme in Epping Forest to improve the quality of life of young people that come from disadvantaged backgrounds. These will take place in Epping Hall.

3.         Name of Group/Applicant: Rotary Club of Loughton, Buckhurst Hill and Chigwell

Nature of Application: Application for funding towards rent for premises at 13 Sun Street to enable the 3food4u project to run. This project supports over 600 Epping Forest residents per week to be supplied with food. 

4.         Name of Group/Applicant: Waltham Abbey Community Centre 

Nature of Application: Application for funding towards core costs. Due to the pandemic the centre has suffered from restrictions and has not been able to be used. The Community Centre is applying for funding towards their contents insurance renewal and their essential music licence.

Please advise Carly Stratton (Community Grants Officer) of your comments within 7 days from the date this notice.

(Further information: Carly Stratton ext 4096)

Please be advised that the Licensing Unit has received the following application for Street Trading Consent Renewal:

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

None this week.

None this week.

1.            Appeals Lodged

EPF/2908/20 – Roding China Restaurant, Market Place, Lambourne RM4 1UA –  Application for Grade II Listed Building for repairs to x3 no. modern windows, external and internal decoration – Written reps – Zara Seelig ext. 4379.

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.