Agenda and minutes

In accordance with the Council’s Constitution, Members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interest they may have in any matter which is to be considered at this meeting.

There were no declarations of interest.

Agreed.

Received a report from the Corporate Director of Customer Services setting out how the provision of a financial framework of small grants as set out in the draft Housing Assistance Policy will assist the Council in achieving the Government’s target of making 70% of dwellings of the most vulnerable private sector households decent by 2010 and 75% by 2020.

Agreed, in order to assist the Council in achieving its Council Priorities of “Improving Health, Housing and Social Care” and “Making Barking and Dagenham Cleaner, Greener and Safer” to approve the Housing Assistance Policy as set out in the report.

Deferred.

Received a report from the Corporate Director of Regeneration outlining the key changes to the Core Strategy and Borough Wide Development policies focusing on areas of material change and issues of particular local importance.

Members discussed in detail the need for:

(i)  The social infrastructure to be in place at an early stage;

(ii)  The provision of schools and finance in relation to any new developments;  and

(iii)  Road and transport links.

Agreed, in order to assist the Council in achieving all its Community Priorities and to commence the Examination in Public process, to:

(i)  The Core Strategy and Borough Wide Development Policies and supporting documents as set out in the report;

(ii)  The submission of the documents to the Secretary of State for approval;  and

(iii)  Authorise the Corporate Director of Regeneration to make non-material changes and consider and incorporate any suggested amendments, raised by the Greater London Assembly or Government Office for London, to the submission documents.

Received a report from the Corporate Director of Regeneration setting out the requirement for the Council, in partnership with the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation, to produce an Area Action Plan for Barking Town Centre and a Preferred Options Report, which outlines the policies and proposals, prior to a stakeholder and community consultation.

Agreed, in order to assist the Council in achieving all its Community Priorities, meet the statutory requirements involved in the production of the Barking Town Centre Area Action Plan and progress towards successfully adopting and implementing the Plan, to:

(i)  Approve the Preferred Options Report for Barking Town Centre Area Action Plan, in accordance with the Council’s adopted Statement of Community Involvement and the Town & Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004;

(ii)  Authorise the Corporate Director of Regeneration to make any non-material changes that may be necessary to the Preferred Options Report;  and

(iii)  Authorise the Corporate Director of Regeneration to approve the non-technical summary, the response form and the Sustainability Appraisal for consultation alongside the Preferred Options Report.

The appendices to this report will be circulated under separate cover.

Received a report from the Corporate Director of Regeneration on the Site Specific Allocations Development Plan Document (DPD), which forms part of the Council’s Local Development Framework, and will assist in the delivery of relevant elements of the Borough’s Community Strategy.

It was confirmed that the extension of the existing Dockland Light Railway would be to Dagenham Dock.

Agreed, in order to assist the Council in achieving all its Community Priorities and progress to formal public consultation, to:

(i)  Approve the Site Specific Allocations Development Plan Document Issues and Options paper for consultation; and

(ii)  Delegate authority to the Corporate Director of Regeneration to make any appropriate and necessary non-material changes.

N.B.  Following the Executive agreement of Agenda items 5, 6 and 7, and the completion of the proposed consultations, a further report will come back to the Executive.

Concerns a contractual matter (paragraph 3)

Deferred.