From: Sent: 25 July 2018 13:57 To: 'Govresources' Subject: RE: Historic Environment Record Search for Hertford Heath Hi – yes, the Parish Council numbers should be fine as they are consultants working on your behalf. From: Govresource Sent: 25 July 2018 To: Subject: Re: Historic Environment Record Search for Hertford Heath Sorry to come back to you on this but AECOM are asking about Licence numbers. Should I use the Parish Council’s licence number? On 19 Jul 2018, at 15:22, Govresources wrote: Hi , did I let you know that AECOM had downloaded the mapping information? Begin forwarded message: From: " Subject: RE: Historic Environment Record Search for Hertford Heath Date: 28 June 2018 at 08:52:18 BST To: Govresources < > Hi Thank you for this. We have now downloaded the data so you can inform the council. 1 The team are now finalising the draft report and this will be ready for your review in the next few weeks. I will let you know when I have an exact date. Many thanks again for your help retrieving the data, Kind regards Supporting Communities Programme, Neighbourhood Planning Imagine it. Delivered. LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Instagram From: Govresources [mailto: Sent: 26 June 2018 13:23 To: Subject: Historic Environment Record Search for Hertford Heath Hi Hopefully this is the last bit of the mapping data you need for the study. Apologies again for it taking a while. I hadn’t realised until last week that I did have the right contact at the County Council through another Neighbourhood Plan volunteer. Begin forwarded message: From: Subject: RE: A dawning realisation 2 Date: 26 June 2018 at 12:56:15 BST To: 3 From: Sent: To: Subject: ndaries Dear Both the maps are ready for you to collect whenever you can make it to the Council offices at Wallfield’s. If you go into reception and ask for in Planning Policy I will bring the maps out. If you do this after Tuesday I won’t be in the office but I will make sure a colleague is available to bring them out to reception for you. Kind regards, Planning Policy Team Direct Dial: Wallfields Pegs Lane Hertford SG13 8EQ www.eastherts.gov.uk -----Original Message----- From: Sent: 12 May 2017 12:03 To: Planning Policy Subject: Hertford Heath Parish Boundaries I am pleased to say that after our conversation yesterday I have been able to find Hertford Heath's PSMA licence number . The next neighbourhood planning meeting is on 24th May and if possible it would be very helpful to have the largest Parish Council boundary map available at that time if the absolute largest takes longer. I would be happy to collect it from Pegs Lane 1 From: Sent: 18 February 2019 12:16 To: Subject: FW: Completions in Hertford Heath Hi See the below figures relating to Hertford Heath regarding both completions and potential commitments (just for reference). I think they all relate to spate applications but might be worth just checking there are no overlaps. Best wishes, From: Sent: 18 February 2019 11:47 To: Subject: RE: Completions in Hertford Heath Hi see below, Hertford Heath Village units completed in 2017/18 3/16/0305/var 1 unit 3/16/0990/var 2 units Total 3 units Extant permissions 3/15/1288/ful 1 unit 3/16/1372/ful 1 unit 3/16/1572/ful 4 units 3/18/0520/ful 1 unit 3/18/1683/rem 1 unit Total 8 units 1 From: Sent: 0 10:32 To: Subject: od Plan for Hertford Heath From: Sent: 07 April 2016 13:58 To: Subject: FW: Neighbourhood Plan for Hertford Heath FYI From: Clerk Hertford Heath Parish Council Sent: 07 April 2016 12:05 To: Subject: FW: Neighbourhood Plan for Hertford Heath Dear All As you may be aware, a group of Hertford Heath Parish Councillors are leading on the initial stages of the development of a Neighbourhood Plan for our village. We have asked the community to volunteer if they are interested in the development of the plan and have received a number of emails in response. The working group has decided to hold an initial meeting with the volunteers from the community on 21st April at 7.30pm in the Mission Room to look at what a Neighbourhood Plan means for the village and to begin to think about how it can be progressed. You are all warmly invited to attend this informal event and I would be very grateful if you could kindly let me know if you will be coming along. Regards 1 From: Sent: 17 December 2019 09:53 To: 'Clerk' Cc: Subject: RE: [External] Hertford Heath Neighbourhood Plan Dear That should be fine – I will set aside some time at 11am on Wednesday. Kind regards, From: Clerk Sent: 16 December 2019 16:21 To: Subject: Re: [External] Hertford Heath Neighbourhood Plan Dear I have spoken with and we would like to have a telephone conversation with you regarding this issue. Would you be available for a phone call at 11.00 .am. on Wednesday 18th December, if this time is not suitable to you, then please suggest another time on Wednesday. Please note I only work Monday's and Friday's but will respond to emails in between. NEW: Our website address is hertfordheath.org.uk. Also please note my new email address. From: Sent: 16 December 2019 14:57 To: ' Subject: RE: [External] Hertford Heath Neighbourhood Plan 1 Dear Thank you for getting in touch – and apologies for the delay in getting back to you. I will say that from the outset it is very hard for me to advise with complete certainty what the right course of action is, as often there will have been a lot of work undertaken already, and nuanced arguments behind the various decisions taken already. However, in order to try to provide some clarity and assist you in finding a way forward I have put together a few thoughts below. In terms of the manner in which the planning consultant was procured, this isn’t something that ourselves, or indeed a neighbourhood planning examiner would be concerned with or would look at in any detail. But this does not preclude other parties taking an issue with the it so it depends how comfortable you feel as a Parish Council, I haven’t heard this raised as an issue by any other PC’s that have employed a planning consultant but of course I don’t know the details of how they commissioned a consultant. Likewise the consultants performance is something I believe only the client can truly judge and so dependent upon the arrangement you have with them, I would suggest it is in your power to retain or release the consultant as you see appropriate. One area that does concern me somewhat, is that you have noted that there may have been some inconsistencies with how the site selection process has been conducted. This of course will be an area that could be rigorously scrutinised through the statutory consultations and the examination particularly given that different land owners are involved. Because of this, I would certainly recommend that the PC take stock of the situation and investigate the depth of any issues/inconsistencies. When you have a firm grasp (you may already) of exactly what has happened, it may be useful for us to have a phone call to start so that I can understand a bit more about what is going on. Following that, if we need to sit down and have a meeting we can do so. I would emphasise that I believe that the consultants performance and initial procurement is a separate issue to that of the neighbourhood planning process and the work the Parish Council has already undertaken. I would therefore reassure you that it is unlikely that any issues will mean that we need to start with a blank-canvas. My direct dial is below and I am happy to talk this through – I am largely free this week apart from a handful of meetings so if it is convenient for you this may be the best starting point. Kind regards, From: Sent: 11 December 2019 15:46 To: Subject: [External] Hertford Heath Neighbourhood Plan Dear Mr 2 We need some advice. The Neighbourhood Planning Team have produced a draft plan and this was voted through the PC by a narrow margin of 4 to 3 with one abstention. The plan recommends that Haileybury College should develop a piece of their greenbelt land. On further and deeper examination it appears that there have been a number of inconsistencies with the process. These include unrecorded meetings and phone calls by members of the team with Haileybury’s management and consultants. The Neighbourhood Planning Consultant was employed by the PC, with no selection procedure and no contract, and with no other alternative services tendered for. This consultan'ts performance is questionable as on one occasion she wrote to a rival developer and gave them factually incorrect information which would have impacted their bid. The proposal made by the Planning Team will deliver no community benefits whatsoever and this is one of the objectives for neighbourhood planning. The Parish Council has met to discuss this and has agreed to go no further without some sort of second opinion. We may have to, in the worst case, start the process all over again, fire the consultant, refer the consultant to the appropriate body and to externally audit the whole process. We are in a very difficult position and need help.