Decisions

Following consideration, the Committee resolved by majority vote to:

(1)          Authorise the Director of Environment, Housing and Regeneration to publish such notice and/or make such order as is considered necessary to propose the amendment of the Off Street Parking Places Traffic Order in respect of the car park in Kingston Road (Stoneleigh Parade) to include the following:

·                     Annual parking permits for residents and non-residents/businesses; and

·                     Daily, evening  and Sunday parking fees for visitors parking for over 3 hours, payable via cashless parking methods.

There were no questions received from members of the public.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)          Agree to the procurement of a long term service provider to offer cashless parking within Borough Council car parks.

(2)          Authorise the Head of Housing and Environment and the Head of Corporate Assurance, in conjunction with the Chair of the Environment & Safe Communities Committee, to procure a cashless parking service provider.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)          Authorise the Director of Environment, Housing and Regeneration to publish such notice and/or make such order as is considered necessary to propose the amendment of the Off Street Parking Places Traffic Order in respect of the car parks at the rear of Town Hall and Hope Lodge to include the following:

·                     The removal of the barrier controlled car parking system.

·                     The re-introduction of pay and display parking in conjunction with cashless parking options.

Following consideration, the Committee resolved unanimously to:

(1)      Award Officers an additional day’s leave to be taken on Thursday 30December 2021

(2)      Note: SMT are gifting the discretionary day’s leave to all Officers on Wednesday 29 December 2021 and that Officers will be required to take a compulsory day’s leave from their annual entitlement on Friday 31 December 2021, thus enabling the Council offices to be closed week commencing Monday 27 December 2021.          

(3)      Approve: Where the operational needs of the Council require services to operate over the Christmas period, affected Officers will receive an additional day’s pay in lieu of the award of an additional day’s leave.

(4)      Note:  Due to the exceptional circumstances the Council and Officers have all been working in, it is not envisaged that this will be repeated in future years.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)      Approve the use of £16,027.50 of funds from Section 106 to complete the refurbishment of the Hammer Throwing Cage Facility, as set out in section 4 of the report.

Following consideration, the Committee resolved unanimously to:

(1)      Award the purchase for Audio, Visual and Webcasting equipment to Auditel .

(2)      Agree the supplementary purchase of Option 1 – 12 additional microphones.

The Committee resolved by a majority vote to:

(3)      Agree the supplementary purchase of Option 3 -  TV Screens.

Following consideration, The Committee resolved by a majority vote to:

(1)      Authorise the Head of Property & Regeneration to submit the following Council owned sites to the Local Planning Authority for consideration as part of the Local Plan process:

a)    Depot Road / Upper High Street public car parks

b)   Hook Road Multi-Storey public car park and Rainbow Leisure Centre surface car park

c)    Ashley Centre Southern Extent (Global House, Ashley Centre multi-storey public car park and Epsom Playhouse)

d)   Town Hall and public car park

e)    Kiln Lane (Nonsuch) Industrial Estate

f)     Wells Site

g)   Gibraltar Crescent (land to rear)

h)   Hook Road Arena

i)     Clarendon Park (land encompassing South View and McKenzie Way)

j)     Manor Park (land encompassing Horton Lane and Chertsey Lane)

Note: Councillor Eber Kington left the room during the Committee’s consideration of this item and did not take part or vote on this item.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)      Approve the amendments to the Contract Standing Orders and recommend to Council that the Constitution be updated accordingly.

Following consideration, the Committee resolved by a majority vote to:

(1)       Review the Council’s draft response to the Boundary Commission at Appendix 1 to the report.

(2)       Approve, with any necessary amendments, the draft response for consideration by Full Council on 7 December 2021.

The following declaration of interest was made by a Councillor with respect to an item on the agenda:

Council Owned Sites for Development as part of the Local Plan

Councillor Eber Kington BA Cert Ed, Disclosable Pecuniary Interest: Councillor Eber Kington declared a disclosable pecuniary interest in that he owns a property near one of the sites considered by this report,  left the Chamber for the duration of the Committee's consideration of the item and did not take part in the vote.

The Minutes of the previous meeting of the Licensing and Planning Policy Committee held on 21 October 2021 were agreed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

The Committee resolved unanimously to:

(1)      Approve the draft selection criteria for nominations to the Local Heritage Asset List as set out in Appendix 1 to the report.

No questions were received from members of the public.