Members are invited to disclose any interests in any of the items on the agenda at this point of the meeting. Members may still disclose an interest in an item at any time prior to the consideration of the matter.

There were no declarations of interest.

Cabinet:

Agreed to receive the supplementary Cabinet agenda and noted the amendments to be made to the report as detailed therein.

Cabinet:

(a)            Approved the Council’s responses to the representations submitted during the consultation in 2015 on the Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule  (Appendix 1 of the report);

(b)            Approved for public consultation, the following Proposed Submission documents, prior to their submission to the Secretary of State :

·       the Havering CIL Draft Charging Schedule (Appendix 2) as revised and updated from the Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule;

·       the draft Regulation 123 list (Appendix 3) ;

·       the procedural and evidence based documentation supporting the Draft Charging Schedule as listed below :

(i)              Consultation Statement following consultation on the Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule (2018) (Appendix 1)

(ii)             Infrastructure Funding Gap Report (2018) (Appendix 4)

(iii)            Viability Assessment (2018) (Appendix 5)

(iv)           Infrastructure Delivery Plan (2018) (Appendix 6)

(c)      Delegated authority to the Director of Neighbourhoods, following consultation with the Leader, to finalise and approve the proposed Submission documents, as set out in 1(b) (above) for submission to the Secretary of State, including to:

(i)              make modifications to the Submission documents arising from consultation;

(ii)             submit the Draft Charging Schedule, the draft Regulation 123 list, the Council’s responses to the representations submitted to the Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule, and the necessary procedural and evidence base documentation, together with any proposed modifications, to the Secretary of State;

(iii)            make submissions to the Examiner in support of the Submission Draft Charging Schedule (including the supporting procedural and evidence base documentation);

(iv)           make modifications to the Submission documents during, and as a result of, the Examination process;

(v)            undertake any further consultation required during the Examination ;

(d)      Approved the revocation of the Havering Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document (2013) on adoption of the CIL

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Damian White introduced Martyn Thomas, Development and Transport Manager to present his report to Cabinet. 

Mr Thomas detailed the proposals for the Havering Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), stating that the Council recognises the delivery of infrastructure will be the key to successfully realising planning  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10.