Agenda and decisions

To receive any apologies for absence.

To receive any announcements from the Leader of the Council.

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 2 June 2026.

To receive any Member(s) declaration(s) of interest.

That Executive (A) approved in principle the establishment of an arts-focused charity, that would raise and distribute funds for local arts and cultural activities, with a more detailed proposal to be brought back to the Executive for decision.

That Executive: (A) Note the general fund revenue outturn of £678K overspend to be funded from the general reserve; and

(B) Note the capital outturn position and approve carry forward budgets of £1.142m.

(C) Receive the 2025/26 draft statement of accounts prior to them being audited.

(A) That the 2025/26 quarter four corporate risk register and actions being taken to control and mitigate risk be considered and noted.

(A)   To accept the changes to the published appendix A and appendix B, as laid out in the supplementary table document.

(B)   That the Green Belt Assessment, attached as the main report at Appendix A, as amended by the supplementary table document, and a series of individual parcel maps and reports at Appendix B (parts 1 to 19), as amended by the supplementary table document, be agreed as part of the evidence base to inform the new East Herts Local Plan and as a material consideration for Development Management purposes in the determination of planning applications, and

(C)  That any minor amendments to the content of the Green Belt Assessment be delegated to the Director for Place, in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning and Growth.

(A)   That the Retail and Town Centres Study and appendices (attached at Appendices A and B be agreed as part of the evidence base to inform the new East Herts Local Plan and as a material consideration for Development Management purposes in the determination of planning applications.

(B) That any minor amendments to the content of the Retail and Town Centres Study be delegated to the Director for Place, in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning and Growth.

(A)          That the Hertford and Ware Employment Study, attached as Appendix A, be agreed as part of the evidence base to inform the new East Herts Local Plan and as a material consideration for Development Management purposes in the determination of planning applications; and

(B)          That any minor amendments to the content of the Hertford and Ware Employment Study be delegated to the Director for Place, in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning and Growth.

(A)   That the Sawbridgeworth Employment Study, attached as Appendix A, be agreed as part of the evidence base to inform the new East Herts Local Plan and as a material consideration for Development Management purposes in the determination of planning applications; and

(B) That any minor amendments to the content of the Sawbridgeworth Employment Study be delegated to the Director for Place, in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning and Growth.

(A)   That the Indoor Sport Assessment and Strategy, attached as Appendix A, B C and D be agreed as part of the evidence base to inform the new East Herts Local Plan and as a material consideration for Development Management purposes in the determination of planning applications; and

(B)   That future updates of the Indoor Sport Action Plan be delegated to the Director for Place, in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning and Growth; and

(C)  That any minor amendments to the content of the Indoor Sport Needs Assessment and Strategy be delegated to the Director for Place, in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning and Growth.

To consider such other business as, in the opinion of the Chairman of the meeting, is of sufficient urgency to warrant consideration and is not likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information.

If Part II business is notified and the procedures set out in the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 have been complied with, the Chairman will move: - That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the discussion of item XX on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph XX of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the said Act and the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.