Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 14 December 2011, and to authorise the Chairman to sign them.

The minutes of the meeting of Cabinet held on 14 December 2011 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Members attending the Cabinet Meeting on 18 January and the Joint Meeting of all Overview & Scrutiny Committees on 19 January are requested to bring the copy of the budget report to the meeting(s) with them.

Councillor Roger Ramsey, Cabinet Member for Value, introduced the report

Cabinet received a report at the last meeting in December which set out the details of national developments and information on the financial position within Havering.

The current report updated Members on the progress of the 2012/15 corporate budget and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 46.

Councillor Roger Ramsey, Cabinet Member for Value, introduced the report

The report informed Members about the options available to the Council when the main insurance contract expired at the end of December 2012.  It was proposed that the current contract should be extended for two years from that date and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 47.

Councillor Roger Ramsey, Cabinet Member for Value, introduced the report

At various occasions over the last few years Cabinet approval had been given to the disposal of a number of Council-owned sites that had been identified as surplus - either as a result of specific projects or more general property  ...  view the full minutes text for item 48.

Councillor Robert Benham, Cabinet Member for Community Empowerment, introduced the report

The London Boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham and Redbridge had prepared a Joint Waste Development Plan Document (DPD) which was to be part of the Local Development Framework(s) for the respective boroughs.  Preparation of the Joint  ...  view the full minutes text for item 49.

Councillor Robert Benham, Cabinet Member for Community Empowerment, introduced the report

The Report before Cabinet reminded Members that Council had a legal responsibility to plan for the housing needs of all residents, including the Gypsy and Traveller community.  Havering’s statutory Local Development Framework (LDF) Core Strategy stated that sites  ...  view the full minutes text for item 50.

To consider whether the public should now be excluded from the meeting on the grounds that it is likely that, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, if members of the public were present during the following item there would be disclosure to them of exempt information within the meaning of paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 which it is not in the public interest to publish; and, if it is decided to exclude the public on those grounds, Cabinet to resolve accordingly on the motion of the Chairman.

Cabinet DECIDED, on the motion of the Chairman that the public should be excluded from the remainder of the meeting on the ground that it was likely that, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, if members of the public were present there would be disclosure  ...  view the full minutes text for item 51.

Councillor Lesley Kelly, Cabinet Member for Housing, introduced the report

Cabinet received a report (containing exempt information and not available to the press or public) setting out in detail aspects of the proposals referred to below.

The report sought permission to proceed with the making of a Compulsory Purchase Order  ...  view the full minutes text for item 52.