Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence.

To approve as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting held on 26 January and 9 March 2026

Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 30 to be announced, together with the special circumstances that justify their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chair to rule on the admission of such items.

To receive any declarations of interest.

That:

·         Policy and Resources Committee agree the Corporate Peer Challenge Action Plan.

·         That public access to the report be immediate.

That:

·         The revenue year end variance after carry forwards of £0.461m be noted.

·         That the capital year end position as summarised in paragraph 3.12 and Appendix 3 be noted.

·         To approve to carry forward the unspent service budgets from 2025/26 to 2026/27 which total £0.580m to enable completion of projects as detailed at Appendix 2.

·         To approve the rephasing of capital projects from 2025/26 to 2026/27 as detailed at Appendix 4

That:

·         Members approve CIL funding for the following schemes detailed in Table 1 of this report and summarised in the table below for 2026/2027:

·         The final funding and implementation of the 3 agreed projects is delegated to the Director of Finance, in consultation with the Lead Members for Resources and Planning Policy and Infrastructure, to determine to enable the agreed projects to be progressed and implemented. 

That Members agree one of the following options:

·       Option 1:

o   Agree the draft Conservation Area Appraisal Programme based on chronological order in Appendix 1.

·       Option 2:

o   Agree the Conservation Area Appraisal Programme in Appendix 1 with the Heronsgate Conservation Area Appraisal update being prioritised to follow after the ongoing Rickmansworth Conservation Area Appraisal update.

·       Option 3:

o   Agree the Conservation Area Appraisal Programme in Appendix 1 with the Heronsgate Conservation Area Appraisal update prioritised to follow after the two Sarratt Conservation Area Appraisal updates.

That:

·         Members note the introduction of the Regulations and the Council’s duties as the licensing authority.

·         Approve the adoption of a primate licensing scheme in accordance with the Regulations

·         Approve the proposed fee structure set out in 3.7 of this report, which will them form part of the annual fees and charges process.

That:

·         The Health and Safety Policy Statement 2026 is approved.

That:

·         The proposed PHF Policy is adopted and that this is added to the Policy Register for, review every three years.

·         The professional genealogists are not used at this time.

·         That authority to make any minor amendments required to this policy be delegated to the Associate Director for Environment.in consultation with the Lead Member.

That:

·       The Policy and Resources Committee approves the application submitted by Watford Rural Parish Council for a Neighbourhood Area covering the whole Watford Rural parished area.

That:

·       The Policy and Resources Committee adopt the council’s HMO Licencing Policy.

That:

·       Committee adopt the council’s Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy that will enable the council to adhere to our statutory obligations and ensure any enforcement action is fair, consistent, proportionate and in line with an adopted council Policy.

That:

·       Committee recommends to Full Council to adopt the committee timetable for the 2027 to 2028 municipal year.

That:

·       Committee to review and agree the adoption of the Council Plan 2026 - 2029 Delivery Plan

·       Committee to agree the Delivery Plan will be presented to the Policy and Resources committee annually.

To note the Work Programme.

           If the Committee wishes to consider the remaining item in private, it will be appropriate for a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-

            “that under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under paragraph X of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act. It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

            (Note:  If other confidential business is approved under item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional items.)

To receive any declarations of interest.