Decisions

Council meeting 18th January 2023: Council resolved that the following amounts from the East Herts UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and the Rural Prosperity Fund (RPF) be agreed:

Up to £287,000 from UKSPF and up to £236,421 from RPF allocated to business support
Up to £630,000 from the UKSPF and up to £236,421 from the RPF for delivery of town and village centre improvements

And that decisions on spending be delegated to the Head of Communications, Strategy and Policy acting in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning and Growth

That the following amounts, totalling £176,782.07, are allocated as grant payments:

A grant of £9,677.59 to Chipping and Buckland Parish Council towards the purchase
of gazebos and other equipment to support the running of events.
A grant of £1,085 to Cottered and Throcking Parish Council towards the cost of additional bins for the village
A grant of £5,519.48 to Little Berkhamsted Parish Council towards pathway
improvements
A grant of £100,000 to Ware Town Council as a contribution to improvements to the public WC’s and creation of a Library of Things facility in the Priory Grounds
A grant of £57,500 to Hertfordshire County Council as a contribution towards installation of parking Variable Messaging Signs (VMS) in Hertford Town Centre
A new premises grant of £3,000 to We Heart Pole to support the costs of relocation and fit out of new premises in Ware

This report is to seek approval of the Environmental Health Service Plan 2024/25. The plan sets out the likely demands on both the ‘food hygiene’ and ‘occupational health and safety’ functions to be undertaken by Environmental Health in2024/25. The plan details how the team will use the allocated resources (both financial and staffing) to meet these demands.

Approve the Environmental Health Service plan for 2024/25.

A Deed of Easement has previously been issued to the owner of 143 North Road, Hertford permitting access rights over the adjacent access road owned by EHC. The Deed includes any successors in title but also requires any new owner to enter into a direct Deed of Covenant with EHC.

The Head of Strategic Finance and Property, acting under authority delegated by Paragraph 10.13.16 of Part 10 of the Council's Constitution, has decided to enter into a Deed of Covenant with new owners of 143 North Road, Hertford as required under the existing Deed of Easement.

The tenant may sublet part of the premises subject to obtaining formal written consent from the landlord (EHC). The proposed subletting is of a small part of the premises at a rent exceeding the passing rent and for a term of only 5 years. The sub-lease will be contracted out of ss24-28 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. The headlease term runs until 2095.

The Head of Strategic Finance and Property, acting under authority delegated by Paragraph 10.13.16 of Part 10 of the Council's Constitution, has decided to give consent to subletting of part plot 5S Warrenwood Industrial Estate by way of a licence to sublet.

Council meeting 18th January resolved that the up to £287,000 from UKSPF and up to £236,421 from RPF be allocated to business support and that decisions on spending
be delegated to the Head of Communications, Strategy and Policy acting in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning and Growth.

That the following amounts, totalling £29,473 are allocated as grant payments

• £3,000 to the Countryman Inn, Chipping, as a new premises grant
• £3,000 to StormX Recruitment, Ware, as a new premises grant
• £3,000 to Thirteen Artisan Bakery Ltd, Hertford, as a new premises grant
• £3,000 to Ecydsis Ltd, Watton-at-Stone as a new premises grant
• £17,473 to Attend2IT, Buntingford, as a large business grant