Part A
1
Welcome and Announcements
The Chairman will welcome members of the public and Councillors and remind everyone to use microphones at all times when they are speaking. The Chairman will also explain action in the event of an emergency, mobile phones switched to silent, audio-recording of the meeting. Councillors who are members of the committee will introduce themselves.
2
Substitutions
Councillors will be asked to say if they are attending on behalf of a Committee member who is absent.
3
Urgent Items
The Chairman will announce if there is any item not on the published agenda which will be considered because it is urgent and will explain the reason for the urgency.
4
Declarations of Interest
Councillors will be asked to say if there are any items on the agenda about which they have a disclosable pecuniary interest which would prevent them from participating in any discussion of the item or participating in any vote upon the item, or any other registerable interest or non-registerable interest.
5
Minutes of Previous Meeting
The Councillors will be invited to confirm that the minutes of the meeting held on 11 December 2023 and 15 January 2024 are a correct record.
6
Have Your Say! (Hybrid Council meetings)
Members of the public may make representations to the meeting. This can be made either in person at the meeting or by joining the meeting remotely and addressing the Council via Zoom. Each representation may be no longer than three minutes. Members of the public wishing to address the Council remotely may register their wish to address the meeting by e-mailing democratic.services@colchester.gov.uk by 12.00 noon on the working day before the meeting date. In addition a written copy of the representation will need to be supplied for use in the event of unforeseen technical difficulties preventing participation at the meeting itself.
There is no requirement to pre register for those attending the meeting in person.
The Committee are invited to approve the proposed extension to the boundary of Colchester Conservation Area No 4: North Station and Environs to include a further 6 terraced houses in Causton Road. Further to this the Committee are invited to adopt the revised draft Character Appraisal and Management Proposals and to agree to commence the statutory process for the making of the Article 4 Directions.
The Committee are invited to note the progress made in the Local Plan Review, agree to publish the placemaking questionnaire including the themes set out in appendix 1, to agree to the approach outlined for the engagement on the Health and wellbeing theme being primarily with the health professionals and partners, working together with the Alliance and other relevant stakeholders. Further to this the Committee are invited to agree to publish Essex County Council's recommended Climate Change Policies, included in appendix 2, for engagement.
The Committee are invited to note the submissions received through the Call for Sites Process and to note the updates for the evidence base documents required to support the Colchester Local Plan Review.
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Exclusion of the Public (not Scrutiny or Executive)
In accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the public, including the press, from the meeting so that any items containing exempt information (for example confidential personal, financial or legal advice), in Part B of this agenda (printed on yellow paper) can be decided. (Exempt information is defined in Section 100I and Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972).