Agenda and draft minutes

The Leader/Cabinet Member will advise of any items they have decided to take as urgent business. Any new items of urgent business accepted by the Chair will be considered under Item 3 below.

None.

The report seeks approval for the Council to expressly delegate to London Councils Transport and Environment Joint Committee (TEC) the exercise of powers under section 1 of the Localism Act 2011 for the sole purpose of providing a parking on private land appeals (POPLA)service for the Council under contract with the British Parking Association(BPA).

A report was tabled seeking the Leader’s approval for the Council to expressly delegate to London Council’s Transport and Environment Joint Committee (TEC) the exercise of powers under section 1 of the Localism Act 2011 for the sole purpose of providing a parking on private land appeals (POPLA) service for the Council under contract with the British Parking Association (BPA).

The Leader noted that London Councils have written to all 33 member council’s asking them to specifically delegate these powers to them for the purposes of entering the agreement with BPA to run the POPLA service and to agree a formal variation to the London Councils TEC Governing Agreement.

RESOLVED

That the Leader:

I).Confirms that the exercise of functions delegated to London Councils TEC to enter into the arrangement with the  British Parking Association to deliver the Parking on Private Land Appeals Service were and continue to be delivered pursuant to section 1 of the Localism Act 2011;

II). Delegates the exercise of section 1 of the 2011 Act to London Councils TEC Joint Committee for the sole purposes of providing an appeals service for parking on private land (POPLA) for the British Parking Association under contract; and

III). Authorises the Assistant Director of Corporate Governance to take all of the relevant steps to give effect to the matters set out in (I) and (II) above through formal variation to the London Council TEC Governing Agreement.

To consider any new items of urgent business admitted under item 1 above.

None.