Decision Maker: Executive
Made at meeting: 23/11/2021 - Executive
Decision published: 25/11/2021
Effective from: 03/12/2021
Decision:
That the all decisions reserved to the shareholder relating to the effective operation of the Company, be delegated to the Chief Executive, acting as East Herts Council’s appointed company shareholder representative to Hertfordshire Building Control Company to, in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning and Growth.
The RIF MoU sets out how funds reclaimed from Garden Town developers under the HIG Agreement will be held and how spend will be considered. To consider endorsement of the MoU.
Decision Maker: Executive
Made at meeting: 23/11/2021 - Executive
Decision published: 25/11/2021
Effective from: 03/12/2021
Decision:
A. That the Memorandum of Understanding relating to The Harlow and Gilston Garden Town Rolling Infrastructure Fund (attached as Appendix 1 to the report) be agreed and its submission to Homes England by the end of November 2021 as required of the Harlow and Gilston Garden Town Authority partners and specifically Hertfordshire County Council be agreed (as accountable body for the Housing Investment Grant funding to which the Memorandum of Understanding relates).
B. That the set up and operation the Rolling Infrastructure Fund ‘in principle’ be agreed subject to more detailed work and approval of the appropriate governance and operational arrangements for its management.
C. That the Rolling Infrastructure Fund is governed initially in accordance with the approved Memorandum of Understanding as required by Homes England as a condition of the Housing Investment Grant funding and subsequently in accordance with any further governance arrangements that may be put in place following further agreement between the HGGT partners.
D. That the Head of Planning and Building Control, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, be authorised to agree any further non-material amendments.
Lead officer: Kevin Steptoe
To consider endorsement of the HGGT Transport Strategy following consideration of the Strategy by the HGGT Board on 12 Oct 21.
Decision Maker: Executive
Made at meeting: 23/11/2021 - Executive
Decision published: 25/11/2021
Effective from: 23/11/2021
Decision:
The Leader of the Council presented a report on the Harlow and Gilston Garden Town Transport Strategy. She said that the document was the final version for endorsement which set out a clear view on the strategy for transport expected into the Garden Town. Once adopted by Council, it would become a material planning consideration.
Councillor McAndrew added that it was a big document and thanked Officers for their time and commitment. He referred to page 224 of the report and highlighted the example of how people with restricted mobility would be able to move around in a new development and said that this was often forgotten.
The Garden Town Lead Officer said that it was a much stronger document after going through the consultation process. He said that there was a focus on consulting with an audience that are not normally reached as the Garden Town was a development for the future and the next generation so it was important to get their views.
Councillor Haysey proposed, and Councillor McAndrew seconded a motion supporting the recommendation in the report. On being put to the meeting and a vote taken, the motion was declared CARRIED.
RESOLVED - That (A) the HGGT Transport strategy be recommended to Council for adoption as a material consideration in the planning process for the preparation of masterplans, pre-application advice, assessing planning applications and any other development management purpose for sites within the Garden Town area;
(B) delegation is given to the Head of Planning and Building Control, in consultation with the Director of the Harlow and Gilston Garden Town, to make any minor text or design amendments to the Transport Strategy prior to its publication should there be necessity for clarification or changes proposed by the respective decision makers of East Herts, Harlow and Epping Forest Districts and Essex and Hertfordshire Counties in order to ensure a consistent document; and
(C) The Executive acknowledge that the ambition, mode share objective and principles in the Transport Strategy should help shape existing and future work programmes of the Highway Authorities across the Garden Town, and can provide supporting justification for funding submissions and spending commitments in relation to transport.
Lead officer: Kevin Steptoe
Officers have agreed terms for a Deed of Grant
giving vehicular access along North Drive, High Cross for a site
that has planning consent for the construction of 9 detached houses
(3/21/1910/FUL). North Drive is an unadopted road owned by the
Council that has a history of disrepair and surface water flooding
due to run-off from surrounding land and insufficient surface water
drainage. In return for the grant of vehicular access the developer
Osprey Homes (South East) Limited will pay the Council the sum of
£100,000 on completion and carry out an agreed schedule of
works to upgrade and repair the road and provide additional surface
water drainage both to the road and ancillary land. The value of
these works is in the region of £120,000. The majority of the
works will be carried out before the houses are developed with the
remaining area that will be affected by construction works being
completed within 3 months of the development completing. The
Solicitor for the Grantee will hold a sum of £20,000 for the
Council to draw on should the developer default on this later phase
of works. The works will be subject to a maintenance period of one
year from the date of completion. The granting of this access
provides a capital receipt for the Council and will improve and
upgrade the road surface and surface water drainage of North Drive
reducing future repair costs and flood risks for the Council.
Decision Maker: Head of Strategic Finance and Property
Decision published: 24/11/2021
Effective from: 23/11/2021
Decision:
The Head of Strategic Finance and Property to
authorise a Deed of Grant for vehicular access along North Drive to
Osprey Homes (South East) Limited in connection with planning
consent 3/21/1910/FUL.
Lead officer: Anna Osborne
Decision Maker: Executive Member for Environmental Sustainability
Decision published: 23/11/2021
Effective from: 11/12/2021
Wards affected: Bishop's Stortford All Saints; Bishop's Stortford Central; Bishop's Stortford Meads; Bishop's Stortford Silverleys; Bishop's Stortford South;
Lead officer: Jess Khanom-Metaman