Agenda

Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday 9th June, 2026 7.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, Wallfields, Hertford. View directions

Contact: Peter Mannings Tel: (01279) 502174 Email: peter.mannings@eastherts.gov.uk

Media

Items
No.	Item
1.	Appointment of Vice-Chair for the 2026/27 civic year
2.	Apologies To receive apologies for absence.
3.	Minutes - 10 March 2026 PDF 87 KB To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 10 March 2026.
4.	Chair's Announcements
5.	Declarations of Interest To receive any Members’ Declarations of Interest.
6.	Sewage Discharge and Cumulative Impacts on East Hertfordshire’s Rivers PDF 107 KB View the background to item 6. Additional documents: Appendix A - Motion to protect our rivers by taking into account the cumulative impact of sewage discharge , item 6. PDF 92 KB
6a	Presentation from Thames Water (Jake Morley)
6b	Presentation from the Environment Agency - Chris Wilson (Area Director) and ManFai Tang (Leadership Team)
7.	Emerging Proposals to Establish an Arts-focused Charity PDF 156 KB View the background to item 7.
8.	Housing Strategy Action Plan Update PDF 84 KB View the background to item 8. Additional documents: Enc. 1 for Housing Strategy Action Plan Update , item 8. PDF 106 KB
9.	Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2026-31 PDF 78 KB View the background to item 9. Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2026-31 Additional documents: EHDC Draft Homeless and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2026-31 , item 9. PDF 233 KB EIA - Homelessness Rough Sleeping Review Strategy 2026-31 , item 9. PDF 142 KB
10.	Annual Report for 25 26 and refresh of LEAF priorities PDF 85 KB View the background to item 10. Additional documents: Appendix A LEAF Annual Report for 2025 26 , item 10. PDF 1 MB
11.	Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Draft Work Programme PDF 74 KB View the background to item 11. Additional documents: Enc. 1 for Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Draft Work Programme , item 11. PDF 87 KB
12.	Feedback from the Executive
13.	Urgent Items 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.