Agenda and minutes

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Items
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36.

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.  Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting.  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 and using the public seating area, 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:

Noted.

37.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Beacham.

38.

Urgent business

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business. Late items will be dealt with under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with at item 10 below.

Minutes:

None.

39.

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:

Councillor Mitchell informed the Committee that he lived within the area covered by the Wood Green Area Action Plan, but was advised by the Council’s Lawyer that this was not a prejudicial or disclosable pecuniary interest.

40.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 122 KB

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 9 October 2017.

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 9 October 2017 be approved as a correct record.

41.

REVIEW OF FEES AND CHARGES 2018-19 - LICENCES pdf icon PDF 91 KB

This report seeks approval of the increases to the Council’s licensing fees and charges, with effect from 1 April 2018, and approval of the adoption of the street trading fees.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Daliah Barrett, Licensing Officer, introduced the report as set out.  The report detailed the year to year fees and charges, and the proposed increases.  Ms Barrett explained to the Committee that the fees for gambling were at the maximum levels and could not be increased further, and the licensing fees were set by the Secretary of State.  It was proposed that consultation would be carried out regarding the increase in street trading fees.  It was noted that there was an error in the figure for Special Treatment Premises, Class 4, where the rounded down charge had been written as £84, when it should be £87.

 

RESOLVED that

i)          The increases to the Council’s licensing fees and charges be approved, with effect from 1 April 2018; and

ii)        The street trading fees be adopted, subject to a further public notice for the adoption.

42.

Wood Green Area Action Plan and Strategic Regeneration Framework pdf icon PDF 350 KB

Regulatory Committee are asked to:

 

1.         note the findings of the February 2017 ‘preferred option’ consultation on the Wood Green Area Action Plan (“AAP”), as set out in the consultation report at Appendix A.

 

2.         note the key changes between the previous and the revised ‘preferred option’ versions of the AAP, as set out at paragraphs 6.6 and 6.7.

 

3.         note the revised “preferred option” Wood Green AAP, as set out in Appendix B, for publication for public consultation and puts forward its comments for consideration at Cabinet.

 

4.         note the proposal to revoke the now out of date Haringey Heartlands Development Framework (2005).

 

5.         note the proposal to adopt the Wood Green Strategic Regeneration Framework (Appendix A), to be published in March 2018 and put forward its comments for consideration at Cabinet.

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Emma Williamson, Assistant Director Planning, introduced the report as set out.  There were two main documents – the Wood Green Area Action Plan (AAP), which had been updated to remove the predication on Cross Rail 2, as well as adding / removing sites; and the Strategic Regeneration Framework (SRF), which was due for adoption by Cabinet.  The papers would be reported to Cabinet on 16 January 2018 and if approved, there would be a consultation between February-March 2018, with the SRF launching in March 2018.

 

The Chair asked for comments from the Committee, and advised that any comments made would be provided to Cabinet on 16 January 2018.

 

NOTED:

-           Pages 370 onwards of the agenda pack appeared to be the same as the previous version, with references to Cross Rail 2, and 2017 dates, and it was suggested that this needed updating.

-           It needed to be clearer in the response to comments where a decision had been made to remove a site from the AAP.

-           Page 107 of the agenda pack referred to Policy DM7 – it was suggested that this should be DM6.

-           In relation to secondary schools, it was requested that a detailed response be provided to give the reasons why there was not a need for secondary schools.

-           Page 30 of the AAP (page 266 of the agenda pack) referred to the rat running along Watsons Road / Ringslade Road / Cumberland Road due to drivers wanting to avoid the Wood Green junction – it was pointed out that drivers used this as a cut through due to them being unable to turn right at the junction.  It was also noted that there was no information as to how this would be dealt with.

-           It was unclear how the improvements to parks in the area would be funded.

-           Page 3 of the SRF referred to 12,000 people living in Wood Green – clarification was requested as to whether this was the number of people in the AAP area, as there were more than 12,000 people living in Woodside ward alone.

-           Some members of the Committee raised concerns that there was a decline in people visiting town centres and an increase in online shopping.  There was also questions raised around competition with large retail areas such as Stratford.

-           Councillor Brabazon wished to place on record that she could not endorse the plan in its’ current form.  She raised concerns about including sites in the AAP which were predicated on the HDV going ahead, the future of building high rise towers following completion of the Grenfell Tower inquiry, and the lack of provision of genuinely affordable housing and the reliance on the new Council office.  In response, Emma Williamson advised that 5 out of the 28 allocation sites had been identified as potential HDV sites, however, this was not predicated on the HDV going ahead, as these sites would still be suitable for development by others, that the affordable housing  ...  view the full minutes text for item 42.

43.

UPDATE ON CONSULTATION RESPONSES ON S106 SUPPLEMENTARY PLANNING DOCUMENT

To receive a verbal update.

Minutes:

Matthew Patterson, Head of Policy, Transport & Infrastructure Planning, provided an update on the consultation responses to the s106 Supplementary Planning Document (SPD).  The draft SPD had been published on 17 October, with consultation running from 13 November to 15 December.  There had been 18 representations made, with some small tweaks to wording.  It was expected that the final SPD would be taken to Cabinet in March for adoption.

 

RESOLVED that the update be noted.

 

44.

PERFORMANCE REPORT

To receive a verbal update.

Minutes:

Emma Williamson, Assistant Director Planning, provided an update on the performance of the Planning Service.  The service was in the top quartile in London across all deliverables.  Further work was required in speeding up the building process once planning permission had been granted, and the time taken to grant planning permission.  There had been 1037 approvals for residential units, with a further 1687 pending subject to agreements of s106 and conditions.  The service had received 655 complaints of potential enforcement breaches, with 53 enforcement notices served.

 

In response to questions from the Committee, Emma Williamson explained that further information regarding the types of housing would be available in the Annual Monitoring Report. 

 

RESOLVED that the update be noted.

45.

New items of urgent business

To consider any new items of urgent business admitted under agenda item 2 above.

Minutes:

None.

46.

Dates of future meetings

22 February 2018

Minutes:

22 February 2018.