Issue - meetings
FP1011 Welwyn Garden City Estate Management Scheme
Meeting: 09/03/2021 - Cabinet (Item 236)
236 Welwyn Garden City Estate Management Scheme (Forward Plan Reference FP1011) 
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Report of the Corporate Director (Public Protection, Planning and Governance) on the review of the Welwyn Garden City Estate Management Scheme.
Additional documents:
Decision:
Cabinet agreed to create an EMS Member Group with terms of reference to consider the administration of the Scheme and to make recommendations to Cabinet in respect of overall policies, design guide and enforcement (but will not be responsible for individual decisions on applications, appeals or enforcement cases).
Minutes:
Report of the Corporate Director (Public Protection, Planning and Governance) on the review of the Welwyn Garden City Estate Management Scheme.
(1) The Decision Taken
RESOLVED:
(unanimous)
Cabinet agreed to create an EMS Member Group with terms of reference to consider the administration of the Scheme and to make recommendations to Cabinet in respect of overall policies, design guide and enforcement (but will not be responsible for individual decisions on applications, appeals or enforcement cases).
(2) Reasons for the Decision
The Welwyn Garden City Estate Management Scheme is about protecting values and amenities of garden city heritage.
The Council has been undertaking a review of the Welwyn Garden City Estate Management Scheme, in light of recognised administration and enforcement challenges.
The review had including public consultation with residents and legal advice.
Recommend the creation of the Estates Management Scheme Member Group to consider the review process, emerging recommendations and possible costs and implications of options.
It should be politically proportionate of make-up of Borough as a whole.
It should ideally comprise of 7 members from Welwyn Garden City wards.
The group should present recommendations to Cabinet.
The group’s purpose should be to consider and make policy, design guide, enforcement protocol and fee recommendations.
The group should not decide on individual applications, appeals or enforcement cases.
(Note: Councillor F.Thomson declared an interest in this item – Minute 234 refers).