Decisions

To provide an update on the meetings of the Garden Communities Delivery Member Governance Board.

RESOLVED to note the update for meetings of the Garden Communities Delivery Member Governance Board between September 2018 and May 2019.

To appoint three members to the Assets of Community Value and Local Heritage List Committee.

RESOLVED to appoint as members of the Assets of Community Value and Local Heritage List Committee Councillors Anthony Gerard, Barbara Light and Petrina Lees.

To appoint two representatives to the West Essex Wellbeing Joint Committee.

RESOLVED to appoint as members of the West Essex Wellbeing Joint Committee Councillors Petrina Lees and Mike Tayler.

To appoint a substantive representative and a substitute member to the North Essex Parking Partnership.

RESOLVED to appoint as the Council’s representative to the North Essex Parking Partnership Councillor Deryk Eke, and Councillor Alexander Armstrong as substitute member.

To appoint representatives to outside bodies.

RESOLVED to appoint the Members identified in the report as the Council’s representatives on the outside bodies listed in the report.

To review and appoint membership of Cabinet Working Groups.

RESOLVED to appoint membership of the Cabinet Working Groups, and where indicated, Chairs, as set out in the report to the meeting.

To appoint three members to the Voluntary Support Grants Committee.

RESOLVED to to appoint as members of the Voluntary Support Grants Committee Councillors Neil Hargreaves, Petrina Lees and John Lodge.

To consider the nominations of the Swan Inn and Chequers PH Felsted as Assets of Community Value.

RESOLVED to list as Assets of Community Value:

a. The Swan Inn, Station Road, Felsted

b. The Chequers Public House Braintree Road, Felsted

A Village Design Statement (VDS) is an advisory document for planners, designers, developers and local people. A VDS gives a detailed description of the existing character and main design feature of design in a village and guidelines for how this should be respected in any new development. Having been produced with wide community involvement the finished VDS should represent the views of the village as a whole. If it meets the requirements of the local authority, it can be suitable use as a material consideration in the determination of planning applications.

RESOLVED to adopt the Elmdon Village Design Statement as Council

Approved Guidance for the purposes of Development Management and

Planning Policy.

To set out the Council’s response to the themes and objectives raised in the ASGP.

RESOLVED that officers send the Council’s response to HM Government’s consultation on the Aviation Strategy Green Paper (ASGP).

Amendment of a restrictive covenant in respect of a recreation ground at the rear of Parkers in Berden and the acquisition of the access road to the Council owned properties at Parkers.

RESOLVED:

a.    To vary the restrictive covenant to remove the reference to a croquet pitch or bowling green requirement so that the Parish Council can use the grounds for any recreational activity of their choice without first seeking the Council’s approval.

b.    The acquisition of the access road at Parkers, Berden for £1 so that the

Council is placed in the position it had intended when the recreation ground was sold to the Parish Council in 1997.

c.     To pay the Parish Council’s legal/valuation costs which will be capped at £1,500 including VAT.

The Leader of the Council is requested to approve the use of RTB receipts and HRA borrowing to purchase on the open market a 2 bedroom house as additional stock within the HRA at a cost of £295K as an Executive Decision.

To approve the use of RTB receipts and HRA borrowing to purchase on the open market a 2 bedroom house as additional stock within the HRA at a cost of £295K as an Executive Decision.