Issue - meetings

To approve the minutes of the Regulatory Committee on 21 September and Special Regulatory Committees on 9 November 2015 and 4 January 2016.

Cllr Bevan requested an update on meeting with the Quality Review Panel, both as Design Champion and as part of the Committee. Officers responded that Peter Studdart from the Quality Review Panel was due to attend the meeting but had to give apologies due to illness. Mr Studdart would hopefully be attending the next meeting to update the Committee on the Quality Review Panel.

The AD Planning added that he was attempting to facilitate the Quality Review Panel meeting with local amenity groups as requested and was looking at what the most efficient and effective manner of doing that would be.

The Chair proposed that this should be done through a community conference to ensure that all groups get equal access. The AD Planning agree to look in to putting together an annual sharing and review process with the panel and Members, potentially around April time and to look in to a similar process for community groups.

Action: Stephen Kelly

Cllr Bevan requested clarification on the issue of security grills within the conservation area on Noel Park Estate. Officers responded that the Committees’ concerns around security grills had been reflected in the Noel Park Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan, presented to the Committee at Agenda Item 8.

Cllr Bevan also sought clarification on pooled resources with the GLA around viability assessments. The AD Planning was due to meet the lead officer on this project last week but the meeting was rescheduled, he advised that Haringey were working with the GLA to move to an agreed and shared protocol.

Cllr Bevan requested an update on the previous action around the terms affordable housing and social housing being set out in a glossary and also consistency in their use in Council reports. Officers responded that a review was undertaken of Local Plan documents to ensure that the terms were used in a consistent manner and that the definition adopted was derived from the National Planning Policy Framework. Officers commented that the Housing and Planning Bill proposed including starter homes being part of that definition.

Cllr Bevan also sought clarification on the re-definition of Travellers and the impact on the provision for Travellers sites within the borough. Officers responded that they had engaged consultants ORS to undertake the further survey work required in light of the change in definition.

Cllr Cater requested that the minutes of 21^st September be amended to reflect that he was a Director of the Friends of Finsbury Park Group Ltd and  that the minutes reflect that it was a limited company and a registered charity.

Action: Clerk

RESOLVED

That the minutes of the Regulatory Committee on 21^st September and the Special Regulatory Committees on the 9^th November and the 4^th January be approved.