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NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL
Week ending 31 July 2020
MEMBERS’ INFORMATION
Topic Page News and information
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CCTV Reports
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Pre-Agenda, Agenda and Decision sheets
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Planning consultations
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Planning applications received & decisions
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Press releases
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Produced by the Communications Team. Any comments, suggestions or contributions
should be sent to the Communications Team at [email protected]
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NEWS AND INFORMATION
AGENDA & REPORTS
PUBLISHED WEEK COMMENCING 27 JULY 2020
Licensing and Appeals Sub-Committee – Monday 10 August 2020 – 10:00am
Community Facilities Capital and District Wide Grants Panel – Wednesday 12 August 2020 – 4:00pm
FORTHCOMING MEETINGS WEEK COMMENCING 3 AUGUST 2020
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CHAIR’S ENGAGEMENTS WEEK COMMENCING 1 AUGUST 2020
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VICE-CHAIR’S ENGAGEMENTS WEEK COMMENCING 1 AUGUST 2020
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OTHER EVENTS WEEK COMMENCING 1 AUGUST 2020
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LEGAL AND COMMUNITY DEMOCRATIC SERVICES
MEMBERS INFORMATION NOTE
EXPENSE CLAIMS
As you are aware Members must now make expense claims using the ITrent payroll system Details of how to access the system and make claims have previously been sent to you. If you require support in making expenses claims please contact Matthew Hepburn our Payroll Champion on 01462 474311 [email protected] Claims must accord with the Members Allowances Scheme, which can be viewed here: https://www.north-herts.gov.uk/home/council-and-democracy/councillors/councillors-allowances Please do not use the “Out of Pocket Expenses” element for any claims. Any claim using this description will be rejected as it does not feature in the Members Allowances Scheme For more information please contact: Hilary Dineen Committee, Member and Scrutiny Manager Tel: 01462 474655 Email: [email protected] Matthew Hepburn Committee, Member and Scrutiny Officer Tel: 01462 474311 Email: [email protected]
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LEGAL AND COMMUNITY COMMUNITY PROTECTION
MEMBERS INFORMATION NOTE
United Nations World Day Against Trafficking in Persons -Blue
Heart Campaign
(30th July 2020)
The focus of this year's UN Blue Heart campaign is highlighting the essential role of first responders, such as local authorities, in identifying, supporting, counselling and seeking justice for victims of trafficking, and challenging the impunity of the traffickers. North Herts District Council has been showing its support to the campaign by promoting it on its social media platforms to help raise local awareness of the issue.
Further information on the Blue Heart campaign can be found on the UN’s website: United Nations World Day Against Trafficking in Persons and examples of national and local campaign messages can be found at the end of this article.
Whilst the true extent of modern slavery in the UK, and indeed globally, is unknown it is widely regarded as being second only to murder in terms of harm to its victims and society and estimated to cost the UK up to £4.3 billion a year. It is the fastest growing international crime and human trafficking has become the second most profitable industry after drug trafficking. Between April 2019 to March 2020, statistics for Hertfordshire identified:
- 85 police recorded offences - 96 National Referral Mechanism (NRM) referrals - 133 third party referrals - 9 Duty to Notify (DTN) referrals
Although data for North Herts indicates that the risk and threat of modern slavery and human trafficking is low, it is very much a hidden crime and that is why the Council continues to raise both organisational and public awareness of this crime. Over the past 12 months the Council has worked hard to play its role in combating modern slavery and human trafficking and this has included;
• Ensuring our procurement procedures and supply chain comply with the Charter Against Modern Slavery and the Council’s Transparency Statement on Modern Slavery
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• Participating in a review of our modern slavery procedures with the Hertfordshire Modern Slavery Partnership and Shiva Foundation
• Regularly raising awareness around modern slavery with both staff and local communities through Insight/intranet content, social media, our web pages and NH Now.
Further information on the Council’s work to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking can be found on the Council’s website and intranet. For more information please contact: Becky Coates Community Protection Manager Tel: 01462 474504 Email: [email protected]
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PLACE
MEMBERS INFORMATION NOTE
Howard Park and Gardens Playground Renovation Project – Consultation Exercise The current Greenspace Strategy 2017 – 2021 has identified a capital budget for the renovation of the play area at Howard Park and Gardens Letchworth Garden City. Consequently, we are undertaking a public consultation exercise to establish what the users would like to see in Howard Park and Gardens in the future to try and identify what they do and do not like currently with the play area. A link to the online consultation is below for your information if you wish to complete and add your own thoughts to the process. Please also feel free to forward this link to anyone that might be interested in completing the survey which ends on the 10th August 2020. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/HowardPark For more information please contact: Andrew Mills Service Manager Greenspace Tel: 01462 474272 Email: [email protected]
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STRATEGIC PLANNING AND ENTERPRISE
MEMBERS' INFORMATION NOTE
DfT £2 billion funding for Cycling and Walking
The DfT has published a new cycling and walking plan for England. The Prime Minister made an announcement this week on thousands of miles of new protected bike lanes, cycle training for everyone and bikes available on prescription will be rolled out under new plans to overhaul cycling and walking in England – specific commitments include:
- creating more low traffic neighbourhoods to reduce rat running, including by consulting on communities’ right to close side streets
- putting in place more “school streets” to reduce traffic by schools - intensive funding of 12 new areas to become more cycle friendly, known as ‘Mini
Hollands’ - creating at least one zero-emission transport city centre - increasing access to e-bikes by setting up a new national e-bike programme
New standards for cycling infrastructure have also been published and these will be overseen by a new inspectorate, Active Travel England, which will be responsible for the cycling budget and help make sure schemes are compliant with the new standards. In addition, the first batch of bike repair vouchers worth £50 were released to the public in a pilot scheme to encourage thousands of people get back into cycling. For more information on the new cycling and walking plan for England: www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycling-and-walking-plan-for-england For more information on the Prime Minister’s announcement: www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-kickstarts-2bn-cycling-and-walking-revolution For more information on the new standards for cycling infrastructure: www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycle-infrastructure-design-ltn-120 For more information on the £50 bike repair vouchers: www.gov.uk/guidance/fix-your-bike-voucher-scheme-apply-for-a-voucher Contact Officer: Daniel Washington
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PLACE (WASTE & RECYCLING)
MEMBERS INFORMATION NOTE
Garden Waste Web Portal Opens – 3rd August 2020 The new garden waste web portal will have a soft launch on Monday 3rd August. Residents will be able to sign up to the new subscription year from Monday. In order to control the impact on the customer contact centre at Urbaser we are encouraging residents to sign up online. This is still the quickest and easiest way. https://www.north-herts.gov.uk/home/waste-and-recycling/garden-waste-collection-service We will be writing to and emailing residents in a phased approach inviting them to sign up. We aim to send approximately 1000 letters a day but can increase or decrease this to help manage the impact on the customer contact centre. Residents should sign up by 15th September in order to ensure no disruption to current services. We will only be deploying social media posts relating to garden waste if sign up numbers are not on track. Residents who sign up online will now have the opportunity to set up a direct debit for the service, which will mean an automatic sign up in future years making it easier for customers to renew and further reducing the pressure on phone lines. This year also sees the introduction of a concession for those residents on the Council Tax Reduction Scheme. These residents are also being encouraged to sign up online but cannot sign up for a direct debit. All households currently receiving the benefit will receive a letter over the coming weeks informing them of the introduction of the concession. The concession amount for the first bin is going to be £20. We are unable to accept cash or cheque payments this year as the Customer Contact Centre at the DCO is still closed. The phone lines over the coming weeks will be busy, even with the extra staff in place to take calls, therefore as well as residents being asked to sign up online we would also encourage any missed bin reports to also be reported via our website, and to only contact Urbaser if absolutely necessary. https://www.north-herts.gov.uk/home/waste-and-recycling/report-missed-bin For more information please contact: Name Louise Overington
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PR 3474 28 July 2020
Howard Park and Gardens Play Areas Consultation – have your say
The play areas at Howard Park and Gardens in Letchworth are set to have an upgrade, and
we need your views on how they could be improved.
North Herts District Council (NHDC) and Groundwork East* are inviting residents to
complete a short online survey. This is an opportunity for local people, particularly parents,
to identify potential improvements and help shape the future of the play areas for their
children. Following the results of the consultation, Groundwork will begin the process of
preparing detailed designs for the play areas.
NHDC had previously identified the play areas as part of its Green Space Strategy, and
funding has been set aside for improvements to the play areas.
Cllr Steve Jarvis, NHDC’s Executive Member for Leisure said: “We want to give local people
in Letchworth the chance to help shape the design of the play areas at Howard Park and
Gardens so that they meet the needs of young children in the future. Please take part in the
survey to have your say”.
Julia Watts, Senior Landscape Architect said: “We are grateful to all those able to spend 5-
minutes completing the survey about the play areas. Collecting the opinions of as many
people as possible is an important part of the landscape design process and it will help us
ensure that the upgrade really benefits the Letchworth community”.
PRESS RELEASE
NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL
Council Offices, Gernon Road, Letchworth, Herts. SG6 3JF
Telephone: (01462) 474000. Email: [email protected]
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Fill out the survey via: https://www.north-herts.gov.uk/howard-park-and-gardens The survey is open until 10 August.
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For further information contact Senior Communications Officer, Sarah Jenkinson on 01462
474 210, email: [email protected]
*NOTE TO EDITOR:
About Groundwork East
Changing places, changing lives – one green step at a time Big global issues – the economy, the environment – have a big local impact. We work across the UK helping communities find practical solutions to the challenges they face. We provide training and create jobs, reduce energy and waste, re-connect people with nature and transform whole neighbourhoods. Step by step we’ll go on changing places and changing lives until everywhere is vibrant and green, every community is strong enough to shape its own destiny and everyone can reach their potential. For more information visit www.groundwork.org.uk/east
