1
The Environment and Communities Committee is
responsible for developing policies and making decisions on matters
relating to the delivery of inclusive and sustainable growth,
improving the quality of the environment and delivering improvement
in key front line services.
2
The Committee’s responsibilities
include:
·
development and delivery of the Council’s
strategic objectives for Environmental Management, sustainability,
renewables and climate change;
·
the development and delivery of the Council's
Environment Strategy and Carbon Neutral Action Plan;
·
development and delivery of the Local Development
Framework including the Local Plan, Supplementary Planning
Documents, Neighbourhood Plans, the Brownfield Land Register,
Conservation Areas, Locally Listed Buildings, the Community
Infrastructure Levy, and Statement of Community
Involvement;
·
external health and safety good practice and
enforcement including instituting proceedings and
prosecutions;
·
determination of policies, exercising functions and
delivering improvement in relation to waste collection and
disposal, recycling, fly tipping, parks and green spaces, leisure,
libraries and sports development,
bereavement services, trading standards, environmental health,
emergency planning, CCTV, nuisance and anti-social behaviour,
public space protection orders, community enforcement,
animal health and
welfare, food safety/licensing, pest control, contaminated land and air quality;
·
compulsory purchase of land to support the delivery
of schemes and projects promoted by the Committee; and
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Oversight, scrutiny, reviewing outcomes, performance, budget monitoring and risk
management of the Directorate of Environment
and Neighbourhood, including: Development Management; Spatial
Planning; Building Control and Planning systems; Neighbourhood
Planning; Environmental Services; Regulatory Services; Libraries;
Leisure Commissioning; Emergency Planning; and Neighbourhood
Services.