Issue - meetings

The Chief Executive and Director of Customer and Community Services submitted a report setting out the performance of key indicators relating to Environment Scrutiny for the period April to July 2014, the detail of which was set out in the report now submitted and supporting Essential Reference Papers.

In respect of EHPI 157a, Processing of planning applications: ‘Major’, Members were advised that the workload of Officers was very high and additional staff had been recruited and they were working through a backlog of applications.

In respect of EHPI 2.4, removal of fly tips, Members were advised that the data on page 35 was incorrect and an updated health check spreadsheet had been tabled for the Committee.  Adjusted performance data was detailed in the report on page 27.

In relation to EHPI 191, the Chief Executive and Director of Customer and Community Services advised that the residual household waste per household was 441 kilos against a target of 448 kilos.  Members were also advised that, in respect of EHPI 192, the percentage of household waste sent for reuse, recycling and composting was 54.4%.

In response to a query from Councillor D Abbott in respect of EHPI 2.4, the removal of fly tips, Members were advised that there was no correlation between the closure of household waste and recycling sites and fly tipping in East Herts.

The Committee received the report.

RESOLVED – that the performance for the period April to July 2014 be noted.