Agenda

Executive - Tuesday 14th July, 2026 7.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, Wallfields, Hertford. View directions

Contact: Stephanie Tarrant Tel: 07592 400115 Email: stephanie.tarrant@eastherts.gov.uk

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Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies To receive any apologies for absence.
2.	Leader's Announcements To receive any announcements from the Leader of the Council.
3.	Minutes PDF 98 KB To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 2 June 2026.
4.	Declarations of Interest To receive any Member(s) declaration(s) of interest.
5.	Establishing an Arts Charity PDF 184 KB View the background to item 5. Additional documents: Enc. 2 for Establishing an Arts Charity , item 5. PDF 56 KB
6.	Annual Report and refresh of LEAF priorities PDF 83 KB View the background to item 6. Additional documents: Appendix A - LEAF Report 25-26 , item 6. PDF 1 MB Appendix B - changes to LEAF priorities for 26-27 , item 6. PDF 101 KB
7.	Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2026-31 PDF 91 KB View the background to item 7. Additional documents: Appendix A - EHDC Homeless and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2026-31 , item 7. PDF 233 KB Appendix B - EIA - Homelessness Rough Sleeping Review Strategy 2026-31 , item 7. PDF 142 KB
8.	Provisional Outturn 2025/26 and Draft Statement of Accounts 2025/26 PDF 118 KB View the background to item 8. Additional documents: Appendix A - Revenue outturn 2025/26 , item 8. PDF 70 KB Appendix B - Summary of significant variances 2025/26 , item 8. PDF 65 KB Appendix C - Capital outturn 2025/26 , item 8. PDF 55 KB
9.	Strategic Risk Register Quarter 4 2025/26 PDF 145 KB View the background to item 9. Additional documents: Appendix A - Corporate Risk Register Q4 2025/26 , item 9. PDF 189 KB
10.	Local Plan: Green Belt Assessment PDF 129 KB View the background to item 10. Additional documents: Appendix B1 - Bishop's Stortford North East , item 10. PDF 5 MB Appendix B2 - Bishop's Stortford North West , item 10. PDF 3 MB Appendix B3 - Bishop's Stortford South , item 10. PDF 6 MB Appendix B4 - Bishop's Stortford West , item 10. PDF 4 MB Appendix B5 - Datchworth , item 10. PDF 5 MB There are a further 15 documents.View the full list of documents for item 10.
11.	Local Plan: Retail and Town Centres Study PDF 135 KB View the background to item 11. Additional documents: Enc. 1 for Local Plan: Retail and Town Centres Study , item 11. PDF 3 MB Enc. 2 for Local Plan: Retail and Town Centres Study , item 11. PDF 5 MB
12.	Local Plan: Hertford and Ware Employment Study; PDF 131 KB View the background to item 12. Additional documents: Appendix A: Hertford and Ware Employment Study , item 12. PDF 3 MB
13.	Local Plan: Sawbridgeworth Employment Study. PDF 128 KB View the background to item 13. Additional documents: Appendix A Sawbridgeworth Employment Study , item 13. PDF 3 MB
14.	Local Plan: Indoor Sport Needs Assessment and Strategy PDF 127 KB View the background to item 14. Additional documents: Appendix A: Executive Summary , item 14. PDF 186 KB Appendix B: Indoor Sport Needs Assessment and Strategy- Needs Assessment Report , item 14. PDF 4 MB Appendix C: Indoor Sport Assessment and Strategy- Strategy Report , item 14. PDF 585 KB Appendix D: Facilities Planning Model for sports halls and swimming pools , item 14. PDF 17 MB
15.	Urgent Business 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.
16.	Exclusion of the Press and Public (if required) 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.