Agenda

Housing, Planning and Development Scrutiny Panel
Thursday, 20th March, 2014 6.30 pm

Venue: Civic Centre, High Road, Wood Green, N22 8LE. View directions

Contact: Martin Bradford x6950 

Items
No. Item

1.

Webcasting

Please note: This meeting may be filmed for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council's internet site - at the start of the meeting the Chair will confirm if all or part of the meeting is being filmed. The images and sound recording may be used for training purposes within the Council.

 

Generally the public seating areas are not filmed. However, 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 for webcasting and/or training purposes.

 

If you have any queries regarding this, please contact the Scrutiny Support Officer at the meeting.

2.

Apologies

3.

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 Members’ Register of 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 interest are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

4.

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 at the end of the agenda.

5.

Deputations

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

 

6.

Friends of Parks Groups (18.30) pdf icon PDF 58 KB

As part of its work with local Environmental Groups, Friends of Parks groups have been invited to attend to discuss the following:

 

1)    What barriers do Friends of Parks groups face for engagement in local environmental projects and how can these be overcome?

 

2)    What are the features of successful Friends of Parks groups and can these be developed further across Haringey?

 

3)    What practical steps can the council take to support Friends of Parks groups in the future?

 

It is anticipated that there will be a small number of dedicated slots for individual groups to feedback to the panel as well as more generalised discussion.

 

Attached: List of Friends of Parks Groups in Haringey

7.

Leisure Client Services - Haringey Council (20.00)

Simon Farrow, Client Services Manager

8.

Community Engagement within Planning Services (20.30) pdf icon PDF 244 KB

To:

1)    Discuss key evidence from the evidence gathering sessions

2)    Outline conclusions and recommendations from the review

Additional documents:

9.

Strategic Enforcement (21.00)

To:

1)    Discuss key evidence from the evidence gathering sessions

2)    Outline conclusions and recommendations from the review

10.

Minutes of previous meetings pdf icon PDF 380 KB

·        19th November 2013

·        2nd December 2013

·        28th January 2014-03-12 -  to follow

·        24th February 2014 -  to follow

 

 

Additional documents:

11.

Future work programme suggestions