Agenda and minutes

Agreed.

Appendix A to this report is included within Supplementary 1

Received a report concerning the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 which provided for the saving of policies in adopted or approved local structure and unitary development plans (such as the Barking and Dagenham Unitary Development Plan) for a period of three years from the commencement date of the Act, which was 28 September 2004.

Local Planning Authorities were expected to ask the Secretary of State to save a number of UDP policies beyond the three year period, if they wanted to be able to continue using them.

Attached to the report was a schedule setting out all of the adopted UDP policies and identifying which of them it was suggested that the Secretary of State should be asked to extend.

Agreed, in order to avoid having a ‘policy gap’ between 27 September 2007 and such a time as the Local Development Framework is adopted and therefore assist the Council achieve its community priorities of ‘Regenerating the Local Economy’ and ‘Improving Health, Housing and Social Care’, to:

1.  The Proposed Schedule attached at Appendix A of the report which set out which UDP policies LBBD would like to save for use beyond September 2007;

2.  The deletion of those policies which LBBD does not want to save for use beyond September 2007; and

3.  The Director of Regeneration being authorised to make non-material changes as may be necessary prior to submission, particularly in respect of the Council’s arguments for saving policies, and also any changes recommended by Government Office for London (GOL) or the Greater London Authority (GLA) in response to the current pre-submission consultation, subject to no additional policies being earmarked for deletion.

Considered a report concerning the proposed Barking Abbey and Barking Town Centre Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan.

The purpose of an appraisal of an existing conservation area was to re-assess and evaluate it and to determine how it would be conserved and managed in the future. The Executive noted that the community would also be involved in the process. 

Agreed, in order to assist the organisation in meeting the Council’s performance indicators and contribute to the community priority of ‘Raising Pride in the Borough’, that:

1.  The draft conservation area appraisal be approved and the Corporate Director of Regeneration be authorised to make any non-material changes necessary for wider consultation; and,

2.  The consultation process as detailed in the report can be carried out.

Received a report describing the feedback from customers about existing green waste services, and the proposals for its improvement.

Agreed, in order to meet the Council’s community priority of ‘Making Barking and Dagenham Cleaner, Greener and Safer’, to:

1.  The improved fortnightly collection scheme;

2.  A discount of £5 per bin being provided from the Waste Performance and Efficiency Grant and residents paying the remaining cost of the bin;

3.  Residents who cannot use a bin paying £5 a year for 2 rolls of biodegradable sacks; and

4.  The procurement of bins through a Consortium Framework Agreement.

Received a report detailing those areas of the Respect Housing Management Standard which, in order for Barking and Dagenham to sign up to, required a change of policy.

Agreed, in order to help bring Council Services in line with those regarded as best practice, and to help to combat anti-social behaviour, to:

1.  Sign up to the Respect Standard for Housing Management;

2.  The reviewed Anti-social Behaviour Policy and Procedures (Housing Management);

3.  The use of Demotion Orders as a suitable tool to tackle antisocial behaviour in tenancies managed by the Council where appropriate;

4.  The use of Introductory Tenancies as a tool to tackle anti-social behaviour in all new Council tenancies, subject to public consultation;

5.  Delegate power to the Divisional Director of Housing Services to revise the Conditions of Tenancy, following public consultation, to reflect Introductory Tenancies, new legislation and other changes since 2003.

6.  Note that the proposals will be funded from the Housing Revenue Account.

Received a report concerning the proposed location of two managed workspace business centres following the successful bid for Local Enterprise Growth Initiative (LEGE) funding. 

The report proposed two Council–owned sites (part of The Lintons and part of Frizlands) that met the location requirements, and set out the results of a consultancy report on taking the project forward to tender. Members noted that in order to secure the Dagenham site, a parking area would need to be closed and Central Stores relocated to another part of the Frizlands site.

Agreed, in order to assist the Council in achieving its Community priorities of ‘Regenerating the Local Economy’, ‘Raising General Pride in the Borough’, ‘Making Barking and Dagenham Cleaner, Greener and Safer’, and ‘Promoting Equal Opportunities and Celebrating Diversity’, that:

1.    The area of the Lintons, as identified in Appendix A (subject to minor boundary amendments) of the report, be the site for the Barking LEGI Business Centre;

2.    The area of Frizlands, as identified in Appendix B (subject to boundary amendments agreed with Shanks) of the report, be the site for the Dagenham LEGI Business Centre;

3.  The following actions are taken to ensure the site is made available within the LEGI timetable:

a)  Relocation of Central Stores to another part of the Frizlands site.

b)  The car parking area identified on Appendix B of the report  is closed following a period of 3 months consultation and notification.

c)  Enter negotiations with Shanks to produce a better boundary between the two sites.

d)  Relocate the salt store elsewhere on the Frizlands site.

3.  In accordance with the Constitution (Contract Rules 3.6) to authorise the Director of Regeneration, in consultation with Councillors Alexander, Fairbrass and Kallar, to tender for a development partner through the OJEU Restricted Procurement Procedure.

Received a report seeking approval to update the three-year rolling work programme for the Local Development Framework, known as the Local Development Scheme (LDS). 

The main change to the current LDS was the revised adoption dates and other key milestones.  These had been revised to learn from emerging practice, and to reflect changes in staffing levels and resource availability.

Agreed, in order to comply with the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (2004) and expediate the process of bringing the Local Development Scheme into effect, to:

1.  The Revised Local Development Scheme as set out at Appendix 1 of the report;

2.  Approve the submission of the revised Local Development Scheme to the Secretary of State for approval;

3.  The revised Local Development Scheme coming into effect from the date at which the Government Office for London notifies the Council that the Secretary of State has signed it off; and

4.  Delegate authority to the Corporate Director of Regeneration to make any minor amendments as may be necessary to the revised Local Development Scheme , including any which may be recommended by Government Office for London  or the Planning Inspectorate, prior to it being submitted to the Secretary of State, and to make any further amendments as guided by the Secretary of State prior to bringing it into effect.