Decisions

It was clarified that, at the meeting of the Board held on 15 September, Councillor Darvill had given apologies and been substituted by Councillor McGeary.

The minutes of the meeting of the Board held on 21 July, 19 August and 15 September were otherwise agreed as a correct record.

This matter was removed from the Agenda given that at the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Board on Tuesday 13^th October, 2020, the Call-in was not upheld.

Cabinet APPROVED:

·       The proposed Extension of the Romford Town Centre Public Space Protection Order (PSPO). A copy of the PSPO is set out in Appendix 1 of the report and the Map is shown as Appendix 2.

The PSPO contains the following conditions; 

o   Persons must not be in possession of an open container of alcohol in a public place within the Alcohol Control Area (save on licensed premises or on a designated area where a pavement licence is in force);

o   Persons must not consume alcohol in a public place within the Alcohol Control Area (save on licensed premises (save on licensed premises or on a designated area where a pavement licence is in force);

·       the procurement, replacement and display of appropriate signage

Cabinet will be asked to agree the content of the amended byelaws and submit an application to the DCLG.

Cabinet:

1.    Agreed the draft New Byelaws for the Borough’s Pleasure Grounds, Public Walks, and Open Spaces as shown in Appendix 1 and amended Schedule of areas as shown in Appendix 2 for public consultation.

2.    Agreed that the existing Pleasure Ground Byelaws as shown in Appendix 3 and existing Schedule of Sites as shown in Appendix 4 are revoked once the final versions of the new Byelaws and Schedule of areas as set out in recommendation 1) above have been approved by Cabinet and subsequently full Council.

Key decision to create a DPS for Taxi service provision and associated

delegations following a tender evaluation process, during the full contract

period (5 years). The contract value will be approximately up to £6 million.

Cabinet will be asked:

·         Make permanent the 20% discount which is offered for anyone using a

council car park only via the cashless service (pay and display

machines will not offer the 20% discount)

·         Make permanent the hours free parking for all customers, on street

only, via cashless and at on-street pay and display machines

·         To extend the Havering Hero’s permit until the end of January 2021,

under the existing terms and conditions.

Cabinet APPROVED the following measures to be introduced permanently:

• a 20% discount will be offered for customers using Council Car Parks where payment is made only via the cashless service  (the discount will not be applicable for payments made via pay and display machines);
• one hours free on street parking for all customers, applicable whether payment is made via the cashless service or via pay and display machines (the free parking allocation excludes Council Car Parks and all off street parking provision);
• Due to the continued threat posed by Covid-19 it is recommended that the Havering Hero’s permit (permitting parking in residential bays and Council Car Parks for 3 hours) is extended until the end of January 2021, under the existing terms and conditions (Appendix B)

·       That the Council’s Enforcement Agents do not clamp and or remove vehicles until such time as deemed reasonable and dependent on the status of the Covid-19 pandemic. This will be monitored and agreed between the service and Lead member going forward

Cabinet will be asked to approve whether the service should implement and enforce further extension of landlord licensing across the Borough to have additional licensing Borough wide and Selective licensing in Brooklands and Romford Town.

Cabinet:

Considered the representations received in response to the consultation on the selective licensing and additional HMO licensing scheme (detailed in Appendix 3 of the report).

1) Agreed to introduce a selective licensing of private rented properties and to designate a selective licensing area of the district of the London Borough of Havering as delineated and shaded pink on the map at Annex A in Appendix 5 which covers 2 wards (Romford Town and Brooklands) in the Borough and to come into force from 25th January 2021 and be of five years duration.

2) Agreed to introduce an additional licensing of houses in multiple occupation (HMO’s) and to designate an additional licensing area of the district of the London Borough of Havering as delineated and shaded pink on the map at Annex A in Appendix 4 which covers Cranham, Emerson Park, Hacton, Hylands, St Andrews and Upminster wards in the Borough and to come into force from 25th January 2021 and be of five years duration.

3) Agreed that the selective licensing scheme shall be cited as the London Borough of Havering Designation for an Area for Selective Licensing No 1, 2020

4) Agreed that the additional HMO licensing scheme shall be cited as the London Borough of Havering Designation for an Area for Additional Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation No 2, 2020.

5) Agreed that the scheme shall be publicised as required by regulation before enforcement starts and a comprehensive publicity campaign to begin as soon as the schemes are approved.

6) Delegated to the Director of Neighbourhoods in consultation with the Lead Cabinet Member for Public Protection and Safety, the authority to agree minor changes to the proposed implementation and delivery, including administration, fees and conditions where necessary and ensure that all statutory notifications are carried out in the prescribed manner for the licensing designation.

Members noted that the application had been called-in.

As there was no representative present to explain the call-in it was AGREED that the application be referred back to officers for their consideration under the delegated powers procedure.

The  Committee noted that the application had been called in by Councillor Osman Dervish.

With its agreement the Committee was addressed by an objector with a response by the applicant.

The Committee considered the report and RESOLVED to GRANT PLANNING PERMISSION.

The vote for the resolution to grant planning permission was carried by 5 votes to 2.

Councillors White and Sutton voted against the resolution to grant planning permission.

The minutes of the meeting held on 27 August 2020 were agreed as a correct record and would be signed by the Chairman at a later date.

There were no disclosures of interest.