Agenda and draft minutes

Strategic Planning Committee
Thursday, 17th October, 2024 7.00 pm

Venue: George Meehan House, 294 High Road, Wood Green, London, N22 8JZ

Contact: Kodi Sprott, Principal Commitee Coordinator  5343, Email: kodi.sprott@haringey.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

FILMING AT MEETINGS

Please note this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method.  Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on.  By entering the ‘meeting room’, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

 

The Chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual, or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council.

Minutes:

The Chair referred to the notice of filming at meetings and this information was noted.

2.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillor Emery, Councillor Collett, Councillor Buxton and Councillor Rice.

 

3.

URGENT BUSINESS

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business.  (Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with under item 9 below).

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business.

4.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct

 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

5.

DEPUTATIONS / PETITIONS / PRESENTATIONS / QUESTIONS

To consider any requests received in accordance with Part 4, Section B, paragraph 29 of the Council’s constitution

Minutes:

There were no deputations/ petitions/ presentations/ questions.

6.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 316 KB

To confirm and sign the minutes of the Strategic Planning Committee meeting held on 20th June as a correct record.

Minutes:

RESOLVED

 

To confirm and sign the minutes of the Strategic Planning Committee held on 20th June as a correct record.

 

·         It was noted by members that Northumberland Park seemed to have an increase in HMOs. Officers explained that this issue was to be picked up through new local plan policy, this would give officers greater control of the number of HMOs in borough.

 

·         The number of agency staff in the Planning team was being reduced to 6.

 

·         Officers had not seen any evidence of a link between HMOs and short term lets, nor a correlation with the stadium location and Northumberland Park.

 

7.

Planning and Building Control 2024/25 Q1-Q2 Update pdf icon PDF 970 KB

A report on the work of the Planning and Building Control services from April to September 2024.

Minutes:

Rob Krzyszowski, Assistant Director for Planning, Building Standards and Sustainability introduced the report as set out in the agenda pack.

 

Planning Cross Cutting Matters –

 

The following was noted in response to questions from the committee:

 

  • To ensure decisions met the statutory time limits, it was important to have a good working relationship with applicants. Officers would engage with applicants to make sure that they completed amendments to the scheme within the time limits, it was about the quality and the speed of this and also having a good working relationship and with the committee.

 

Development Management and Enforcement –

 

The following was noted in response to questions from the committee:

 

  • There had been 200 HMO referrals this year, this was a substantial increase. This increase was due to new the licensing regime. Officers had met with the licensing team; a lot of cases would not necessarily require enforcement action. Officers could use some of the licensing fees to support the planning enforcement work.

 

  • There had been a 10% decrease in minor decisions taken. Excluded applications could include things such as listed buildings or consent work to trees. Officers could list the different categories in future reports.

 

  • Once an application process had exceeded 16 weeks, the applicant could request a refund of fees. The teams’ approach was to try and progress all of those cases to a decision to avoid that refund request.

 

  • Officers needed to look at whether there was a genuine need for additional enforcement resources.

 

Building Control – 

 

  • Job evaluation had been completed and turned around relatively quickly. The business case had taken some time to complete, this would go out to staff consultation in the next few weeks.

 

  • Whilst Building Control has no formal powers regarding health & safety on construction sites, if there was a complaint in regard to scaffolding, the team could investigate the issue and report to the Health & Safety Executive (HSE).

 

  • A majority of the jobs that would go to private inspectors were normally employed by the builders who were carrying out the work. Officers have added on informatives regarding the usage of Haringey Building Control.

 

RESOLVED

 

To note the report.

8.

Response to Ombudsman Complaint Reference 23 016 137 (Haringey Reference LBH/14192823) in relation to planning application HGY/2022/4537 pdf icon PDF 520 KB

Response to Ombudsman Complaint 23 016 137 (Haringey Reference LBH/14192823) in relation to the determination of planning application HGY/2022/4537 in Crouch End Ward. 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

 

Rob Krzyszowski, Assistant Director for Planning, Building Standards and Sustainability introduced the report as set out in the agenda pack.

 

There were no questions on this item.

 

RESOLVED

 

That this report be noted

 

 

9.

NEW ITEMS OF URGENT BUSINESS

Minutes:

There were no new items of urgent business.

 

Officers would bring the Infrastructure Funding Statement to the next available committee.

 

10.

DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS

To note the dates of future meetings:

 

24th February 2025

Minutes:

It was noted that the dates of the next meeting was 20th February.