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05 October 2015
A meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee of North Norfolk District Council will be held in
the in the Council Chamber at the Council Offices, Holt Road, Cromer on Wednesday 14th October
2015 at 9.30am.
At the discretion of the Chairman, a short break will be taken after the meeting has been running for
approximately one and a half hours.
Members of the public who wish to ask a question or speak on an agenda item are requested to arrive
at least 15 minutes before the start of the meeting. It will not always be possible to accommodate
requests after that time. This is to allow time for the Committee Chair to rearrange the order of items on
the agenda for the convenience of members of the public. Further information on the procedure for
public speaking can be obtained from Democratic Services, Tel: 01263 516010, Email:
democraticservices@north-norfolk.gov.uk
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on the meeting. Anyone wishing to do so must inform the Chairman. If you are a member of the public
and you wish to speak on an item on the agenda, please be aware that you may be filmed or
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Sheila Oxtoby
Chief Executive
To: Mrs S Butikofer, Mrs A Claussen-Reynolds, Mrs J English, Ms V Gay, Mrs A Green, Mr M Knowles,
Mr P Moore, Mrs M Prior, Mr E Seward, Mr B Smith, Mr D Smith and Mr N Smith.
All other Members of the Council for information.
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AGENDA
1.
TO RECEIVE APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
2.
SUBSTITUTES
3.
PUBLIC QUESTIONS
To receive questions from the public, if any
4.
MINUTES
(page 4)
(9.30 – 9.35am)
To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny
Committee held on the 16th September 2015.
5.
ITEMS OF URGENT BUSINESS
To determine any other items of business which the Chairman decides should be considered as a
matter of urgency pursuant to Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.
6.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Members are asked at this stage to declare any interests that they may have in any of the
following items on the agenda. The Code of Conduct for Members requires that declarations
include the nature of the interest and whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest.
7.
PETITIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
To consider any petitions received from members of the public.
8.
CONSIDERATION OF ANY MATTER REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE BY A MEMBER
To consider any requests made by non-executive Members of the Council, and notified to the
Monitoring Officer with seven clear working days’ notice, to include an item on the agenda of the
Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
9.
RESPONSES OF THE COUNCIL OR THE CABINET TO THE COMMITTEE’S REPORTS OR
RECOMMENDATIONS
To consider any responses of the Council or the Cabinet to the Committee’s reports or
recommendations.
10.
EASTLAW PRESENTATION
(9.40 – 10.10)
To receive a presentation from in-house legal team eastlaw.
11.
CULTURAL SERVICES
(page 15)
(10.10 – 10.50)
To receive an overview of the role of NNDC in supporting arts and culture in the District,
identifying the resources required and the economic and community benefit for the District's
residents and visitors. A short film will also be shown.
12.
THE CABINET WORK PROGRAMME
(page 22)
To note the upcoming Cabinet Work Programme.
13.
OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY WORK PROGRAMME AND UPDATE
(page 27)
To receive an update from the Scrutiny Officer on progress made with topics on its agreed work
programme and to receive any further information which Members may have requested at a
previous meeting.
14.
EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC
To pass the following resolution, if necessary:
“That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded
from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely
disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph _ of Part I of Schedule 12A (as
amended) to the Act.”
15.
TO CONSIDER ANY EXEMPT MATTERS ARISING FROM CONSIDERATION OF THE PUBLIC
BUSINESS OF THE AGENDA
Agenda item no._______4_______
OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY
Minutes of a meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 16 September
2015 in the Council Chamber, North Norfolk District Council, Holt Road, Cromer at
9.30 am.
Members Present:
Committee:
Mr P Moore (Chairman)
Mrs S Butikofer
Mrs A Claussen-Reynolds
Mrs J English
Ms V Gay
Mrs A Green
Mr E Seward
Mr D Smith
Mr B Smith
Mr N Smith
Officers in
Attendance:
The Corporate Director (NB), the Head of Finance, the Policy and
Performance Management Officer, the Democratic Services Team Leader
and the Democratic Services Officer
Members in
Attendance:
Mrs P Grove-Jones, Mrs A Fitch-Tillett, Mr P High, Mr W Northam, Miss B
Palmer, Mr N Pearce, Mr R Reynolds, Mr A Yiasimi and Mr D Young
1.
APOLOGIES
Mr M Knowles and Ms M Prior
2. SUBSTITUTES
None.
3. PUBLIC QUESTIONS
None.
4. MINUTES
The minutes of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 15 July 2015 were
accepted as an accurate record with the following amendments and signed by the
Chairman.
Members asked that the grass cutting details were circulated to Members.
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5. ITEMS OF URGENT BUSINESS
None.
6. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
None.
7. PETITIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
None.
8. CONSIDERATION OF ANY MATTER REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE BY A
MEMBER
None.
9. RESPONSES OF THE COUNCIL OR THE CABINET TO THE COMMITTEE’S
REPORTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS
None.
10. PRESENTATION BY VICTORY HOUSING ASSOCIATION
Members received a presentation by CEO John Archibald
The Chairman thanked the Victory Housing CEO and commented that the conclusions
at the end of the presentation were worrying. He said that NNDC had originally sold their
housing stock at £5,000 per property. He invited Members to ask questions.
Mr W Northam said that it was an excellent presentation and said that there were a lot of
properties to manage. He said that the only complaints he had received from his
constituents was that they didn’t receive calls back following enquiries. He asked
whether there was anything preventing Victory from transferring a one person
household into smaller accommodation.
The Victory CEO said that they received around 60,000 telephone calls a year and that
all calls were recorded without exception so that they could track issues. Answering Mr
Northam’s second point, he said that moving a one-person household from a three bed
house to a one bed house was difficult as there were fewer one bed properties. He
added that the housing stock did not reflect the needs of residents and that they also
had to encourage people to downsize. The Victory CEO said that housing reform meant
that an elderly lady in a three bed house did not pay bedroom tax as she was of
retirement age and there was no incentive to move. He said that a family with three
children in a three bed house was more logical but that welfare reform was defunct for
large families and that rent became unaffordable for them.
Mrs A Claussen-Reynolds asked about the preserved right to buy, whether it was
decreasing and how many people remained in this category.
The Victory CEO said that the preserved right to buy had meant the sale of between 1-3
properties a year but that following an increase in discounts there had been a significant
uptake and that they had sold 20 properties last year. He said that 60% of tenants had
the preserved right to buy and that the new right to buy affected 30-40 properties a year
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adding that it was difficult to predict. He commented that children of tenants were
encouraging their elderly parents to buy because of the discounts.
The Chairman said that NNDC received a cut and that it was advantageous to the
budget.
The Victory CEO said that the preserved right to buy scheme would diminish over time
with 60% providing a cut for NNDC. He said that the new right to buy scheme provided
no money for NNDC. Some tenants were entitled to either scheme, but the Victory CEO
admitted that he would encourage the new scheme to bring more funds for the housing
association, but that there was a bill being published in the next month that would clarify
the situation.
Mrs Claussen-Reynolds thanked the Victory CEO for his answer and asked what the
60% was in numbers.
The Victory CEO said that it was £700,000 - £800,000 and commented that there was
not much difference from the previous year.
The Chairman asked how many properties it involved.
The Victory CEO replied that it was 2,500 – 3,000 properties.
Mrs P Grove-Jones asked how long it took to build a house.
The Victory CEO said that it depended on the method of construction and that some
were built quicker but that it typically took one year.
Mrs Grove-Jones asked how long it took to sell a house under the right to buy scheme.
The Victory CEO said a couple of months.
Mrs Grove-Jones commented that there was an imbalance and asked whether they
could overcome a possible flood to the system with right to buy.
The Victory CEO said that they had acknowledged the issue and that re-provision could
take years with site funding and the planning process – he commented that exception
sites took years – and that they anticipated that re-provision could take 2-3 years. He
reminded Members that although it was an issue, the properties were still there with
people living in them and that from a community point of view they would not have lost
anything.
Mrs Grove-Jones said that a lot of people viewed housing tenants as having an easy
time and that it was council housing and asked whether housing associations had
managed to leave that distinction.
The Victory CEO said that there were still stock holding councils such as Great
Yarmouth and Norwich City and that following the summer budget they would have
issues like Housing Associations with the 1% rent reduction. He said that the right to buy
discount was funded through councils elsewhere and that they were having to sell their
housing stock to provide this funding. He added that he didn’t know the details but that
the bill next month would clarify this.
Mr R Reynolds said that NNDC were set on finding homes for people and that the
houses sold were not lost but that the funds provided more housing. He said that the 1:2
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ratio was a real positive.
Ms V Gay thanked the Victory CEO for the clarity of the analysis. She asked about the
payment of living wage and whether he had influenced the payment of the contractors
used.
The Victory CEO said that prior to the budget and the national living wage they had
been accredited for paying the living wage which is higher and that all staff were paid
this or more. He said that the cleaning staff were through NORSE but that they had
changed to enable a contract that would pay the living wage. He said that the
contractors that Victory used often paid their staff the living wage.
Ms Gay commented that this was brought in ahead of time and that the Victory CEO
had been influential.
Mr D Young said that the presentation was the most informative one he had heard in a
long time. He said that he accepted the logic of selling one house to enable the build of
three. He queried whether houses in pretty villages were sold off first and then new
houses built in towns and concerns over losing affordable homes in rural areas.
The Victory CEO said that Mr Young had raised a valid point and said that they had sold
houses in villages but that they didn’t target high value areas but the properties that
needed the most work. He said that they had been accused of selling on the coast and
building in market towns but that there sold and built the most houses in these areas
and this was most evident in North Walsham. He added that they built in market towns
as this was where the demand was.
The Victory CEO said that they had a proud history of building on exception sites and
informed Members that if they went to their website, under the communities tab, they
could view the houses built by parish. He added that their usually built in blocks of 10
plus houses as this was economically better.
The Chairman thanked the Victory CEO for an informative presentation.
11. BUDGET MONITORING 2015/16 – PERIOD 4
Mr W Northam, the Portfolio Holder for finance introduced the report. The overall
position at the end of July 2015 showed an underspend of £175,136 for the current
financial year on the revenue account and that this was currently expected to deliver a
full year variance of £115,000.
Mrs A Claussen-Reynolds, referring to page 19 of the report on Environmental Health,
said that the reject rate of 11.86% was disappointing and asked whether this could be
improved upon.
The Corporate Director said that there was an acceptance across Norfolk that
contamination was higher than what they had predicted. He said there was an ongoing
disagreement with the contractor on how contamination levels were audited and that
they were working to find an agreement. He said that they had received £55,000 match
funding from the government. The Corporate Director explained that residents were
putting in dirty food containers and good recyclables in plastic bags. He said that health
and safety directives on contamination meant that bagged items were immediately
disregarded and that ¾ of these were full of good material. He added that there was
ongoing work around this. He urged people to tip the bag into the bin but that this
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message was difficult to get across. He said that good material was not making it to the
processing line and bad material was contaminating the processing line.
The Chairman said that more information needed to be passed onto residents but not
through a ticket on a bin.
The Corporate Director said that there was a range of behaviours that needed to be
addressed with one campaign across the county and that there was a range of
promotional issues faced. He said that on top of the green bin it stated “clean, loose
materials only”. He said that there was an education campaign to go and that the only
difference between Norfolk and better performing councils was the amount invested in
promotion.
The Chairman commented that the bad management of waste was a cost to the council.
Mrs Claussen-Reynolds said that the information should be on the NNDC website and
that people did try and manage their waste properly and that the message needed to get
out.
The Corporate Director said that the launch campaign was one year ago and that a
subsequent campaign had followed in the spring. There was a refresh campaign across
Norfolk being planned and that they were trying to find the right way of communicating
the messages.
Mrs P Grove-Jones said that people did get confused and that it would be easier to have
recyclables in one bin, food waste in another, grass in the brown bin and residual waste
in the black bin.
The Corporate Director said that there was always a concern of cross-contamination. He
said that unwashed items were not critical but that it depended on the scale – food
residue was one end of the scale, whilst leftover food was another and they didn’t want
it. He said that it was 10-12% of what people were putting in their green bin and that
some people were grossly contaminating their recycling. He added that the Kier team
check and can red flag obviously contaminated bins but that sometimes residual waste
was hidden under recyclables.
The Committee NOTED the report.
12. MEDIUM TERM FINANCIAL STRATEGY
Mr W Northam, Portfolio Holder for Finance introduced the report and said that it
presented an updated medium term financial strategy for the period 2016/17 to 2019/20.
The strategy had been updated to support the Corporate Plan for the period 2015 to
2019 which was included as a separate item on the agenda.
The Chairman said that the report was very comprehensive.
The Committee AGREED to RECOMMEND the report to Full Council.
The meeting took a break from 11.00am and resumed at 11.15am
Members voiced some concerns regarding the agenda papers on their electronic
devices and the difficulties they faced in opening multiple agendas and annotating
these. The Democratic Services Team Leader said that she would follow this up with IT
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and that in the future the Cabinet papers currently referred to in the Overview and
Scrutiny agenda would be contained within the Overview and Scrutiny Agenda.
13. CORPORATE PLAN 2015-2019 AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTEXT
The report was introduced by the Deputy Leader Mrs A Fitch-Tillett. She said that she
recommended the Corporate Plan and that it was a continuation and compliment to the
previous Corporate Plan. She added that the recent election had indicated that the
majority of North Norfolk residents were content with how the Administration was
running the Council. She went onto say that they had recognised the challenges,
established new funding streams and continued the service that people expected
without raising council tax.
Mr E Seward said that it was a very general document and came across as a ‘wish list’.
He said that there was nothing on community engagement or parish councils and how
the council related to communities. He added that there was no significant work around
the local development plan. Mr Seward went on to say that there was not enough on the
role of the council within recycling and that a zero waste policy was not realistic.
Mrs Fitch-Tillett replied that community engagement was covered by priority number
four, Health and Wellbeing. She said that they were supporting residents in their
communities and that the Big Society Fund had continued, with the risks associated and
that it had been very welcomed. She said that it was a continuation of what they had
always done and that they were encouraging parishes to hold proper elections. She
added that they supported communities all the way through and that all Members were
ambassadors for the Council.
Mrs Fitch-Tillett said that the Local Development Plan was covered in Housing and
Infrastructure, priority number two. Mr Seward replied that it was not just about that but
also about business development. Mrs Fitch-Tillett responded that this was covered in
priory number one; Jobs and the Local Economy with business grants and mentoring
support and allocated employment.
Mr Seward commented that he didn’t feel that the issues he had raised had been
answered.
Mrs Fitch-Tillett said that Coast and Countryside and protecting it for future generations
was covered in section three but that there were a few things that she wanted to add.
She said that there would be a more aggressive approach and that it was a zero waste
policy in order that they could achieve it and that they were working very hard with
communities.
Ms V Gay said that she completely agreed with the point about parish council elections
but that it wasn’t in the Corporate Plan. She said that it would look very good to see
some goals where the public could decide whether NNDC had made any progress. Ms
Gay asked whether there were any enforcement improvements.
The Corporate Director said that they were collecting more recyclables as were their
partners across Norfolk. He said that rates were steady and that they would continue to
go in the right direction.
Ms Gay said that ‘continue to improve’ suggested a reward.
The Corporate Director said that they wanted to hear comments from Members before
the plan was formalised, but that they couldn’t fit everything in.
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Mrs Fitch-Tillett said that the Council’s role was to collect and deliver waste and that the
rest of the recycling was Norfolk County Council’s responsibility.
The Chairman said that they wanted to improve the standard of the waste collected from
residents and that the Corporate Plan didn’t address that in any way. He said that
everyone was responsible to a certain extent.
Mrs S Butikofer said that the Corporate Plan was very admirable and worthy but that the
likelihood of delivering it was a concern. She wanted to see working with partners to
access faster broadband in the section on Jobs and Local Economy. She said that in her
ward there were 11 properties with six businesses generating £1.3m and employing 40
plus people and ‘Better Broadband for Norfolk’ would not be a help to them.
Mrs Fitch-Tillett replied that this initiative was led by Norfolk County Council and that
where there was a reasonable level of broadband, these areas had been left until stage
two. She commented that she had issues with mobile signal in her ward. She added that
the Council had put in funding to assist NCC to get a full overview of the extent of
residents needs and that these queries should be addressed by Norfolk County
Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
Mrs Butikofer asked why it was in the Corporate Plan if it wasn’t their responsibility. She
said that regardless the Council should be working with their communities.
The Corporate Director said that they had allocated financial resources that enabled
NNDC to promote areas that Norfolk County Council wouldn’t. He said that it gave the
Council influence for non-absolute areas.
Mrs Butikofer, referring to Housing and Infrastructure, said that the Council should be
addressing the need for more affordable housing on the Development Committee. She
said that large developments were considered but not the number of affordable houses
that were in the Corporate Plan.
Mrs Fitch-Tillett responded that if a developer was building 40 homes, then 20-50% of
them could be affordable homes but that they would not necessarily be on the same site
but that they would have fulfilled their obligation.
Mrs Butikofer asked for clarification from the Chair of Development Committee Mr R
Reynolds. Mr Reynolds said that it was a question asked of the Portfolio Holder which
had been sent out and that he agreed with Mrs Fitch-Tillett. Mrs Butikofer said that she
had not seen a copy of this information.
The Chairman commented that there was no detail in the Corporate Plan and that this
impacted on the Committee’s ability to comment on it and discuss it.
Mrs Fitch-Tillett said that it was short, sharp headlines to get people to read it.
The Chairman said that he disagreed and that the information provided was simply a
series of summaries.
The Corporate Director said that there was a report from the Chief Executive that
accompanied the plan and that the plan itself was not supposed to be all encompassing.
He said that Annual Plans each year would be produced and that the Corporate Plan
was to set the scene. He explained that it filtered down into the service plans and
through to individual officers’ appraisals. The Corporate Director said that the Corporate
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Plan would not change a great deal and that it was never intended to be detailed and
that it was always a short, sharp document that laid out the priorities with a contextual
paper with it.
Mrs Butikofer remarked that it would be nice to have the contextual paper as they were
asked to comment on it. She went on to say that there should be more reference to the
District’s Areas of Natural Outstanding Beauty in Coast and Countryside. Mrs FitchTillett replied that it was covered in the Corporate Plan.
Mrs A Claussen-Reynolds said that it was an excellent start for the administration with
lots of improvements and priorities covered. She said that too much information was
confusing and that she was pleased to support it.
Mr N Smith commented on local elections in parish councils and said that they were
struggling and that the people involved believed in their local parishes and local
communities but that the red tape put them off. The Chairman said that anything to
encourage people to get involved should be in the Corporate Plan. He commented that
they used to have a parish council item and a task and finish group.
Mr Smith said that he attended a meeting in Aldborough four years ago, one of the
problems they had was getting information from NNDC. He said that there should be
someone appointed at NNDC who would be the point of contact for parish councils.
The Corporate Director said that this was done through the Monitoring Officer and that
some parish councils liaised with the council when there was a larger Communities
team. He said that it would become web enabled and that the way they communicated
had to change.
The Chairman informed Members that the Standards Committee ran engagement
events with parish and town councils to discuss and address issues faced by councils.
This was implemented in 2012 and the third phase of the program was starting that
same day.
The Democratic Services Team Leader said that the Standards Committee were very
proactive on running sessions and that they were gathering momentum with the help of
the Monitoring Officer. She said that they were empowering the parishes to help
themselves and that following the phase 3 sessions, planning workshops were arranged
for November. She added that the hope would be to set up cluster groups of the
parishes so that they would be able to support one another.
The Chairman said that parishes received letters from the planning department about
applications in their areas but that plans were not available at the same time and that
they came in a separate e-mail later on.
The Corporate Director said that they had acknowledged that there were those kinds of
problems and that they wanted to change it and improve the website so that they could
inform parish councils with an alert e-mail. He said that to move forward the parish
councils needed to support the changes and ensure that the consultation process would
become much more efficient.
The Chairman said that the points raised would be summarised to be presented to Full
Council and clarified that points could be raised at that meeting.
The Chairman thanked Mrs Fitch-Tillett for her contributions.
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14. MANAGING PERFORMANCE Q1 2015/16
The report was introduced by the Deputy Leader, Mrs A Fitch-Tillett. The purpose of the
report was to give a first quarter progress report of the performance of the council. More
specifically it reported the delivery of the Annual Action Plan 2015/16 and achieving
targets.
Mrs A Fitch-Tillett said that there had been huge improvements in all aspects over 12
years and that there were some problems but that these were being addressed. She
said that 89% of actions were on track, 3% were completely successful, 4% with
problems, 2% not started and 2% were on hold. She summarised that overall it was a
very good report and that staff should be congratulated.
The Chairman said that the only adverse comment he had to make was that no one
answered the switchboard quickly and said that some direct extension numbers were
permanently on answerphone. He added that this was an area to be improved upon.
Mrs Fitch-Tillett said that there had been a vast improvement on how it had previously
been.
Mr E Seward said that over the last 9 years t the reports always looked good. Referring
to page 29 and the plans on track, he commented that the neighbourhood plan in Holt
was on track but that it had been going on for four years and that they should be doing
better.
Mr Seward also raised an issue about meeting targets in planning and that similar
targets were in place in his first four years as a Member. He said that there was a dip in
2012 and asked whether they had resolved the management and system changes and
whether they were closer to their targets. He expressed his disappointment that they no
longer had the number of staff to process applications and meet targets. He asked how
they ensured that this did not happen again.
The Chairman said that this had been raised at Cabinet and that there were still vacant
posts within the team and that the matter was still being addressed. He said that it was
important to the Portfolio Holder and that it was difficult encouraging people to apply.
Mr R Reynolds read a statement from the Portfolio Holder Mrs S Arnold:
It is of course disappointing when the performance figures in any sector
show a downturn and the Figures for the Planning Department are no
exception.
However there are good reasons why this has happened and I wish to
explain the reasons and the remedies that are being taken to address
them.
Firstly there has been an increase in applications of 12.5% with a75%
increase in majors. This has already brought an additional £88,000
income to the council this year.
The Department is two senior officers below complement and
strenuous efforts have been and are taking place to recruit to these
posts. There is however a national shortage of planning officers, and It
is recognised of course that we need the right ones. Other working
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practises which may help relieve the situation are being explored and
hopefully will be implemented shortly.
The Department has embarked on the new local Development Plan
which is a lengthy and complicated process, taking up to three years to
complete.
The Department has been heavily involved in the Btr which when up
and running will bring in greater efficiencies. It is hoped the first phase
which will involve a new web site, paperless working where appropriate
plus other innovate working practises and will commence in October.
Several large and complicated Planning appeals have taken a huge
amount of officer time and include Gt Ryburgh, Happisburgh, the
Crematorium to say nothing of the Gladman case.
The Enforcement team has been very busy with several large and
complicated enforcements recently, including prosecutions, which
shows the Council has teeth, something it has been criticised in the
past but is of course costly in officer time.
New member training and a large involvement with the recent most
successful agree build project have also added to the workload and
responsibilities of the Department.
So as I sure you will appreciate a very busy and challenging time for all
in the Department but a real commitment that these figures will show
an upturn at the next quarters reading.
The Chairman said that he appreciated the issues and Mrs Arnold’s comments.
Mrs Fitch-Tillett said that planning was a challenge and that they were taking steps with
a 12-18 month programme and that the problems should be resolved. The Devolution
agenda suggested that regional rather than national guidelines should be used.
Mr Seward thanked Mrs Arnold for her statement and said that it was not just an issue
with planning but that there were enforcement staffing problems and that this was a
reputational issue for the council.
Mr Reynolds assured Members that planning was very busy but that enforcement and
other decisions were being made on a daily basis.
Ms V Gay said that she had concerns about coast, countryside and built heritage. She
said that she had a question about conservation as it was extremely important - not just
for their reputation but as it was at the heart of the tourism policy. She said that there
was no mention of the conservation team under enforcement and asked whether there
were plans to extend the team.
Mrs Fitch-Tillett said that all planners had to study conservation work.
The Chairman confirmed this and said that some specialised in it.
Mrs Fitch-Tillett said that there had been a Cabinet discussion on this and that staff were
to support one another.
Ms Gay said that she was concerned that when dealing with ‘at risk’ buildings, time was
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important.
The Corporate Director said that they wanted to encourage a sharing of knowledge and
that there were a number of conservation buildings coming through enforcement. He
said that in the bigger cases, officers were supported by expert consultants and that
they were taking learning from it. He said that it had enabled them to widen the ability for
Environmental Health to serve some of the planning notices at a lower level. The
Corporate Director agreed that a speedy response was required and that they were
busier than a year ago in planning. He said that there was a staff shortage but that they
couldn’t recruit as planners were going to the private sector and that other local
authorities were experiencing the same issues.
Mr Reynolds said that he was supportive of the Corporate Director’s comments and that
the conservation team were working extremely hard.
The Committee NOTED the report.
15. THE CABINET WORK PROGRAMME
The Committee NOTED the Cabinet work programme.
16. OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY UPDATE
The Committee NOTED the Overview & Scrutiny work programme.
The meeting concluded at 12.31 pm
_____________________________
Chairman
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Agenda Item 11
North Norfolk District Council’s involvement in Art and Culture
North Norfolk is rich in cultural heritage and has a strong tradition of visual artists working in
the natural beauty of the area. The demographic profile of the District, added to the strong
tourism sector means that art and culture is well supported with over 600 resident artists, 60
commercial galleries, 20 museums and five theatres.
This briefing paper provides an overview of key role of NNDC in supporting arts and culture in
the District. It identifies the resources and the outputs of this endeavour including the
economic and community benefit for the District's residents and visitors.
Research has shown that arts and culture boosts local economies by attracting visitors,
creating jobs, attracting and retaining businesses, revitalising places and developing talent.
Engagement with arts and culture promotes community and intergenerational cohesion as well
as supporting positive mental and social health.
In 2014/15 the Council invested a total of £91,000 in initiatives relating directly to arts and
cultural activities:
£38,000 - Grant to Sheringham Little Theatre
£20,000 - Grant to Cromer Museum
£33,000 - Arts Development Project Budget
This direct investment produced 1,167 event/exhibition days; attracting over 94,000
attendances and participants, 1,414 professionals supported by over 1200 volunteers. Further
events were promoted through NNDC’s Arts website http://www.northnorfolk.org/arts/
and e-newsletters. Officer support to artists, arts agencies and voluntary organisations also
includes:
- assistance with writing funding applications
- references for funding applications
- information on the local arts infrastructure
- event management advice
In addition to this direct investment, NNDC’s Big Society Fund has awarded grant funding to
organisations such as Sheringham Mo Museum, Granary Theatre - Wells and Fakenham and
District Light Operatic Society ( FADLOS) to support a range of cultural facilities, activities and
events.
NNDC’s funding contributions and support in kind often lever’s in significant funding from
other sources, e.g. the Council supported the successful bid by Norfolk Museums Service which
secured a £81,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to create a digital archive of the works
of Olive Edis, Britains first female war photographer.
In November 2010 the Council adopted a five year Arts and Heritage Strategy which has been
used to direct NNDC’s investment in arts and culture.
The strategy covered the following themes:
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Cultural heritage and museums
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Performing arts and music
Visual arts and galleries
Literature
Promotion of festivals
The objectives of the strategy which supported the delivery of NNDC’s Corporate Plan 2012 2015 were:
Art for its own sake/quality of life
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To promote and encourage the development of the arts across the district improving
access among hard to reach groups and localities
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To inform and inspire people’s interest in the cultural and natural heritage of north
Norfolk
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To draw down funding to promote the arts and heritage in north Norfolk
Jobs and the economy
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To promote and support the growth of the creative industries sector
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To promote the arts and cultural infrastructure for tourism, particularly in promoting an
extended tourism season and to use arts activities to promote North Norfolk for tourism
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To promote and encourage skills development in young people in north Norfolk
Housing and infrastructure
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To identify and develop opportunities to build art and culture into new development
Localism and The Big Society
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To support arts and cultural organisations to become self-sustaining and promote a
culture of volunteering
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To promote arts activities that support and develop community empowerment.
Key arts and cultural projects and activities facilitated and supported by NNDC include:
Orchestras Live North Norfolk - NNDC’s annual contribution to the concert series is £3,200. In
2014 this investment secured £15,500 from Orchestras Live, £6,475 from the OL Partnership
Fund and £9,000 from ticket sales and promoters contributions. Three orchestral concerts
were performed; The European Union Chamber Orchestra in partnership with Ludham Festival,
The Orchestra of the Swan in partnership with Holt Festival and The English Chamber
Orchestra in partnership with Sheringham and Cromer Chorale Society
In 2015, NNDC’s investment secured £16,500 from Orchestras Live and £6,165 from projected
ticket sales and promoters contributions. Ludham welcomed the return of The European Union
Chamber Orchestra on July 15. On October 10, Trunch hosts The Age of Enlightenment, with
Sheringham and Cromer Choral Society and The London Mozart Payers bringing the 2015
North Norfolk Orchestras Live Concert Series to a grand finale at Cromer Parish Church on
November 28.
Attendance to each concert varies from 92 to 328 people depending on the venue’s capacity
with seating occupancy rate of 71% to 100%.
Festivals and Festivals Network – The Council continues to support the District’s festivals in a
variety of ways; individually as required, through the Festival Network, its website:
www.northnorfolkfestivals.org and through projects and commissions.
In addition local events and festivals have been supported by the Big Society Fund and have
benefitted from other funding drawn down as a result of NNDC activity such as the North
Norfolk FLAG grant to the Crab and Lobster Festival.
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World War 1 (WW1) Centenary Commemorations 2014 - 2018
NNDC as a signatory to the Norfolk Armed Forces Community Covenant is committed to
supporting current and ex service personnel. The Council is working closely with other
organisations during the four year WW1 centenary period. The unveiling of “Poppies in Steel”
during Armed Forces week in June 2015 officially launched the centenary commemorations. A
mini website www.northnorfolk.org/ww1 links to the online arts events diary, a North Norfolk
WW1 network has been established as well as the North Norfolk WW1 Pillbox Trail.
The reaction to the unveiling of ‘Poppies on Steel’ from the public via our corporate Facebook
and Twitter accounts was phenomenal resulting in significant recognition and positive publicity
for NNDC:
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Two tweets to Twitter on the day the sculpture was unveiled together reached more
than 9,000 accounts.
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A photo of the sculpture after the ceremony, posted to Facebook with some
accompanying commentary was by far and away the most successful post ever in terms
of reach, topping Pier of the Year announcement and Blue Flag awards and Election
night posts.
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In total these ‘organic’ posts reached almost 70,000 accounts (more accounts than we
have households!) with high engagement levels including more than 7000 likes,
comments and shares. NNDCs Facebook page gained a 475% more likes that week than
at the same period the previous week.
Growing your Business, Business and Community Grants
The ‘Growing your Business’ Symposium in February encouraged direct participation by various
arts organisations and individual arts based businesses. This provided an opportunity to
promote the Councils Business and Enterprise start-up grant scheme which several local arts
based companies have benefitted from.
Arts and Tourism
The destination management system for visitnorthnorfolk.com has enabled a wider promotion
of events and activities throughout the District. Events are cross published by the Arts service
and the VNN administrator for local, regional and national marketing through the established
Tourism network which includes visitnorfolk, visiteastanglia, visitengland and visitbritain.
Arts Website - The Council supported arts and voluntary organisations in their promotion of
events and activities through the online events diary website www.northnorfolk.org/arts. An
online directory for public searches was also regularly maintained to promote individual artists
and arts organisations.
E-Newsletters - The Council produces a regular newsletter which is circulated by email to
artists and arts organisations and includes information about cultural opportunities including
jobs, funding and news items. During the course of the year, 12 issues were created and
distributed. Over 600+ artists, arts organisations and the public are currently in receipt of this
newsletter.
Art in the Office – The First Floor Gallery continues to be used to display the work of local
artists of all abilities. 2014 saw a variety of exhibitions from debut to professional collections,
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supported with local and regional media coverage. Although not a primary aim of the
exhibition space, exhibiting artists made combined sales over £800.
Service Level Agreements
In addition to directly delivering services, the Council makes funding awards to a number of
strategic arts organisations. These organisations often use this funding as leverage to secure
funds from a variety of external sources ensuring the value of the District Council investment is
increased significantly.
Summary of activities and outcomes of the targets set in Service Level Agreements with key
arts organisations
Sheringham Little Theatre (SLT) £38,000
This community arts venue which is home to one of the last surviving Summer Repertory
seasons has a year-round programme of arts events which includes film, art exhibitions, dance,
drama, music and comedy as well as a popular winter pantomime. It has an extensive outreach
programme which provides opportunities for young people across North Norfolk.
The 2014-15 programme included 400 performances (stage and screen) with 29,000
participants, 800+professionals, over 1,500 volunteer occurrences and realised a 20% increase
on total income over that of 2013/14.
Regular volunteer training sessions and social events have been delivered and a positive
recruitment drive has encouraged young people to volunteer. The theatre also enables regular
internship and 20+ work experience placements for young people.
Cromer Museum (Norfolk Museums Service, NMS) £20,000
NNDC investment continued via a strategic partnership with Norfolk Musuems Service (NMS)
to support Cromer Museum as a tourist attraction and an educational hub. In September 2014,
NMS successfully became one of 16 organisations to be awarded “Museum Development
funding” by Arts Council England. Norfolk Museums Service will receive nearly £1.2 million
over three years which will benefit the 17 independent Museums in North Norfolk.
In 2014, Cromer Museum hosted over 20 public events, attracted over 11,500 participants and
over 2,000 student visits. NNDC were also key stakeholders in supporting West Runton’s ‘A
Mammoth Adventure’ with over 2,000 locals and visitors walking alongside a life size model of
the West Runton Mammoth, attaining front page media coverage and headline regional TV
news.
Norfolk and Norwich Festival £1,500
NNDC made a contribution specifically to the Festivals headline event ‘Wolf’s Child’ at Felbrigg
Hall. The overall purpose of the project was to provide a flagship outdoor theatre commission
for the Norfolk and Norwich Festival 2015, to highlight the North Norfolk landscape and built
heritage, create economic impact through cultural tourism, offer access to professional theatre
in a rurally isolated district and engage with and inspire the local community through
volunteering, participating and learning experiences.
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Coast (Cromer and Sheringham Art and Literary Festival) £3,000
Throughout 2014, COAST provided a diverse and good geographically spread programme,
based on WW1 Commemorations. The festival created 185 event sessions/days for local
residents and visitors to experience visual art and craft, sculpture, circus, photography and
film, poetry and literature, music and dance in 22 locations in the Cromer and Sheringham
area. It also promoted the work of 188 local artists and enabled collaboration with 61 public,
private and voluntary sector organisations. Seventy percent of COAST events were FREE.
Belfry Arts Centre (BAC), £3,200
Based in Overstrand, BAC boasts four artist studios and a large exhibition/performance space,
used to exhibit high class contemporary work of local, national and international artists, for
performance events and workshops. Key achievements in 2014/15 include:
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Soundings” a special pilot project developed in conjunction with the Writers Centre,
Norwich (WCN). BACs worked with three local Care Homes to initiate three sessions in
each home with writers commissioned by the WCN.
Launch of “UNDERSONG” This was an audio trail of three listening posts around the
village created to celebrate our unique heritage, featuring the many stories, poems and
music to do with fishing, folklore, and the coast.
3 exhibitions including international sculpture artist Nora Fok supported by workshops
and talks, and an exhibition of costumes and posters from the Seaside Special with a
schools competition to design a costume for a character from the show.
Creative Arts East (CAE), £6,000
CAE is an arts and community development charity, which focuses most of its activity in rural
areas. It delivers rural touring programmes of live performance and cinema and has developed
a youth promoting scheme, offering training and volunteering opportunities for young people
to engage with and inform cultural activities in their communities. Key work in North Norfolk in
2014/15 included:
 172 events in community venues across the District
 Supported 20 professional events in 11 North Norfolk communities attracting an audience
of 8,640
 Supported regular film screenings in 10 North Norfolk communities
 Provided training and support for new touring scheme groups
 Promoted opportunities for young people to explore and develop their ideas and interests
through “somewhere to project”, with CAE providing a brokering and support role.
The Garage, £6,000
The Garage is a centre for performing arts located in Norwich. NNDC’s investment enabled The
Garage to work with:
1. Theatres: Sheringham Little Theatre and Cromer Pier
2. Mainstream Schools: Alderman Peel High School and Sheringham
3. Youth HUBs: Cromer and Stalham Youth Hubs; and
4. Dance Schools/Local Amateur Groups: Marlene’s School of Dance and Parallel Dance Studio.
The investment also enabled The Garage to lever in an additional £15,382 from commissions,
Youth Music and The Young Norfolk Arts Festival. Other key activities included:
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Theatrical Make-Up Short Course followed by makeup work experience opportunities
for North Norfolk residents.
Summer Graffiti Workshop Stalham Youth Hub
Summer Photography Workshop Mundesley Youth Hub
The creation and management of High5 Stilt Walking Company.
Curtain Up! Performances & workshop with students from Paston College by Liverpool
based theatre company 20 Stories High
Developed the Norfolk Venues Network project (focussed provision on young people
and audiences in Norfolk venues)working closely with Sheringham Little Theatre and
the teachers network partly funded by the Norfolk and Norwich Festival Bridge
Community Music East (CME), £6,000
CME is a charitable arts organisation promoting opportunity, education and personal
development through engagement in music and media activities. Highlights included
production of a youth video and rural access to music.
 A song and video created by young people in Walcott, Norfolk on a 10-week music
project, aged 12 to 18 with a wide range of abilities, including those with additional
needs. The video provided an opportunity to share the young people’s achievements
and was a real confidence boost for all. The video can be viewed at:
http://youtu.be/2BgphZZHgT0
 The loan of musical equipment in rural village halls, and access to production and
recording technology for young communities helped develop new skills. Sessions
focused on both giving the young people the opportunity to develop band skills, whilst
also training centre staff in the use of the equipment to enable its wider use outside
sessions attended by CME musicians.
North Norfolk Exhibition Project (NNEP) £3,000
2014 was the 14th anniversary of this annual high quality contemporary exhibition and events
programme hosted by the NNEP. Cley14 ‘A Creative Conversation’ successfully attracted over
6,270 visitors, 82 Artists, 63 volunteers and 90 event days.
The project also delivered:
 7 workshops for adults, carers & clients, over 60s and families
 An education programme involving 4 Norfolk schools/colleges
 4 ticketed events (including music, poetry and a dawn sound walk on World Listening
Day)
 2 free evening events (including a bat watch & talk and an artists’ discussion forum)
 The annual St Margaret’s Fair (a highlight in the village calendar)
 A guided talk for East Anglia Art Fund members and a visit by a local creative writing
group
 A 2-month fringe exhibition in Cley Windmill.
NNEP have firmly established the annual Cley Exhibition as a major calendar event for the
highest quality of contemporary arts in this area. NNDC’s continued support enables the
corporate profile to be raised alongside this ever popular and growing project.
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In conclusion, this report demonstrates that NNDC’s support and investment in arts and
culture activities brings significant social, cultural and economic benefit to individuals,
communities and businesses across the district. It adds value as it is often used as match
funding to secure further external grants and investment for arts and culture activities and
events across North Norfolk. This adds value to the overall economy, distinctiveness and
confidence of the county and wider region.
To visually demonstrate the impact and benefit of NNDC’s arts and culture service Lisa
Bumfrey, has captured this report in film.
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North Norfolk District Council
Cabinet Work Programme
For the Period 01 October 2015 to 31 December 2015
Decision Maker(s)
Meeting
Date
Subject &
Summary
Cabinet
Member(s)
Lead Officer
05 Oct 2015
CPO Shannocks
Hotel, Sheringham
Judy Oliver
Nick Baker
Corporate Director
01263 516221
Indoor Leisure
Facilities Strategy
Becky Palmer
Karl Read
Sports & Leisure
Services Manager
01263 516002
Sean Kelly
Head of Business
Transformation
Status / additional
comments
October 2015
Cabinet
Cabinet
05 Oct 2015
Scrutiny
14 Oct 2015
Cabinet
05 Oct 2015
Business
Efficiency and
Digital
Transformation
programme –
release of £20k
funding for pilot
deployment of
sharepoint
Tom FitzPatrick
Cabinet
05 Oct 2015
Business
Efficiency and
Digital
Transformation
Tom FitzPatrick
Possible exempt
appendices
Sue Lawson
Communications and
PR Manager
01263 516344
Key Decision – a decision which is likely to incur expenditure or savings of £100,000 or more, or affect two or more wards. (NNDC
Constitution, p9 s12.2b)
* Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (As amended by the Local Authorities (Access to Information) (Exempt Information) (England) Order
2006)
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North Norfolk District Council
Cabinet Work Programme
For the Period 01 October 2015 to 31 December 2015
Programme –
release of funding
in order to reengineer the
existing website,
to enable the
efficient
development and
deployment of a
modern
transactional web
site which is
responsive to
mobile devices
Nov 2015
Cabinet
2 Nov 2015
Scrutiny
11 Nov 2015
Cabinet
2 Nov 2015
Scrutiny
11 Nov 2015
Budget Monitoring
Period 6
Wyndham Northam
Karen Sly
Head of Finance
01263 516243
Treasury
Management Half
Yearly report
Wyndham Northam
Tony Brown
Technical Accountant
01263 516126
Key Decision – a decision which is likely to incur expenditure or savings of £100,000 or more, or affect two or more wards. (NNDC
Constitution, p9 s12.2b)
* Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (As amended by the Local Authorities (Access to Information) (Exempt Information) (England) Order
2006)
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North Norfolk District Council
Cabinet Work Programme
For the Period 01 October 2015 to 31 December 2015
Decision Maker(s)
Meeting
Date
Subject &
Summary
Cabinet
Member(s)
Lead Officer
Cabinet
02 Nov 2015
Coastal
Partnerships
Angie Fitch-Tillett
Rob Goodliffe
Coastal Management
Team Leader
01263 516321
Cabinet
02 Nov 2015
Information &
Advice Service
Becky Palmer
Tom FitzPatrick
Sonia Shuter
Health &
Communities Officer
01263 516173
Council
18 Nov 2015
Superfast
Broadband - to
confirm release of
funding
Nigel Dixon
Sheila Oxtoby
Chief Executive
01263 516000
Cabinet
30 Nov 2015
Housing Strategy
John Rest
Scrutiny
09 Dec 2015
Nicola Turner
Team Leader –
Strategy
01263 516222
Council
16 Dec 2015
Status / additional
comments
Key Decision – a decision which is likely to incur expenditure or savings of £100,000 or more, or affect two or more wards. (NNDC
Constitution, p9 s12.2b)
* Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (As amended by the Local Authorities (Access to Information) (Exempt Information) (England) Order
2006)
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North Norfolk District Council
Cabinet Work Programme
For the Period 01 October 2015 to 31 December 2015
Decision Maker(s)
Meeting
Date
Subject &
Summary
Cabinet
Member(s)
Lead Officer
Cabinet
30 Nov 2015
Stalham Car Park –
request for land
swap from
adjoining owner
John Rest
Steve Blatch
Corporate Director
01263 516232
Cabinet
30 Nov 2015
Property
Investment
Strategy
Tom FitzPatrick
Karen Sly
Head of Finance
01263 516243
Cabinet
30 Nov 2015
Bacton Gas
Terminal
(Coastal Works)
Angie Fitch-Tillett
Rob Young
Head of Economic
and Community
Development
01263 516162
Cabinet
Date tbc
Highfield Road car
park
John Rest
Steve Blatch
Corporate Director
01263 516232
Cabinet
30 Nov 2015
Enforcement
Board Update
Rhodri Oliver
Scrutiny
09 Dec 2015
Nick Baker
Corporate Director
01263 516221
Status / additional
comments
Possible
exempt appendices
Key Decision – a decision which is likely to incur expenditure or savings of £100,000 or more, or affect two or more wards. (NNDC
Constitution, p9 s12.2b)
* Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (As amended by the Local Authorities (Access to Information) (Exempt Information) (England) Order
2006)
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North Norfolk District Council
Cabinet Work Programme
For the Period 01 October 2015 to 31 December 2015
Decision Maker(s)
Meeting
Date
Subject &
Summary
Cabinet
Member(s)
Lead Officer
Cabinet
30 Nov 2015
Tom FitzPatrick
Scrutiny
09 Dec 2015
Business
Transformation
Update
Sean Kelly
Head of IT &
Business
Transformation
01263 516276
Cabinet
30 Nov 2015
Wyndham Northam
Scrutiny
09 Dec 2015
Fees & Charges,
Savings and
Capital Bids
Karen Sly
Head of Finance
01263 516243
Council
16 Dec 2015
Status / additional
comments
Key Decision – a decision which is likely to incur expenditure or savings of £100,000 or more, or affect two or more wards. (NNDC
Constitution, p9 s12.2b)
* Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (As amended by the Local Authorities (Access to Information) (Exempt Information) (England) Order
2006)
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Overview and Scrutiny Committee
14 October 2015
Agenda Item 13
OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY UPDATE
1.
Introduction
The Scrutiny Update report is a standing item on all Overview and Scrutiny
Committee agendas. The report updates Members on progress made with
topics on its agreed work programme and provides additional information
which Members may have requested at a previous meeting.
2.
Progress on topics since the last meeting
2.1
Grass-cutting – The Countryside and Parks Manager is compiling a list of
NNDC’s responsibilities regarding grass-cutting across the District. This
should be with Members shortly.
3.
Responses to issues raised at previous meetings
Affordable Housing
3.1
A query was raised at the last meeting during the discussion on the Corporate
Plan, regarding the issue of affordable housing. The Portfolio Holder for
Planning, Mrs S Arnold circulated a response to Members. A copy of this is
attached at Appendix 1.
4.
The Work Programme and Future Topics
4.1
The manager of the Pavilion Theatre, Cromer, Jo Artherton, will be attending
the next meeting of Scrutiny on 11 November to give a brief presentation on
the theatre and its work. The Police and Crime Commissioner, Stephen Bett,
has agreed to attend the December meeting.
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Affordable housing
I understand a query was raised this morning at Overview and Scrutiny regarding the fact
we have under performed on our affordable housing target.
I of course agree we have not so achieved but there are good reasons for this. Several years
ago the building industry was in the doldrums and anyone who has studied the stats will see
that very few houses of any sort were built in North Norfolk during the recession.
To endeavour to kick start the industry this Council introduced a housing delivery incentive
scheme, which I has given developers the opportunity, in certain parts of the district, to
submit planning applications with a reduction in conditions including the ratio of affordable
housing.
This was initially for a twelve month period, extended last December for a further twelve
months. This has been hugely successful, as again anyone studying the stats will realise.
Yes proportionately we have missed the percentage targets but have built many more
houses including affordable houses than were achieved before the implementation of the
scheme.
There are other applications that have not achieved the desired amount of affordable
housing but every such application and those that come under the Inventive Scheme. is
closely scrutinised by Nicola Turner and her team for viability.
I am confident that the amount of development achieved in the last two years more than
justifies the action taken by this Council.
If I can be of further assistance please let me know.
Sue Arnold
Portfolio holder for Development.
16/9/2015
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Agenda item 13
OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE WORK PROGRAMME 2015/2016
Period October 2015 – January 2016
October
eastLaw presentation –
generating income for NNDC
Cultural Services
Emma Duncan
Judy Oliver
Becky Palmer
Rob Young
Requested by Committee
Tourism update
Nigel Dixon
Rob Young
Nick Baker
Angie-Fitch Tillett
Karen Sly
Wyndham Northam
Tony Brown
Wyndham Northam
Emma Denny
Cyclical
Requested by Committee
November
Regulation of Investigatory
Powers Act- Policy
Budget Monitoring Period 6
Treasury Management Half
Yearly Report
Overview & Scrutiny Annual
Report
Annual (moved from
September)
Cyclical
Cyclical
Annual
December
Police and Crime
Commissioner
Planning Services and
Changes
CAB – Service Provision
Update
Requested by Committee
Sue Arnold
Nicola Baker
Becky Palmer
Rob Young
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Requested by Committee
Requested by Committee
January
Office and Building
Maintenance
Business Transformation
update
Waste Update
John Rest
Duncan Ellis
Tom FitzPatrick
Sean Kelly
Angie Fitch-Tillett
Steve Hems
TBC
Clinical Commissioning
Group: Ageing population
Dementia and related mental
health issues
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Requested by Committee
6 months cyclical
6 months cyclical