Agenda and draft minutes

The Chair will read out the following statement:

“This meeting is being webcast live to our website (https://harlow.public-i.tv/core/portal/home) and will be available for repeated viewing after the meeting has ended.

By continuing to attend this meeting, you are consenting to being filmed and to appearing in the webcast.

I would like to remind all those participating in the meeting to use their microphones when they speak, and to turn them off once they have finished talking.”

The Chair said the meeting was being webcast live and would be available for repeated viewing after the meeting has ended. By continuing to attend the meeting, you were consenting to being filmed and to appearing in the webcast.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Michael, Houlihan, Mark Ingall and Stefan Mullard-Toal.

Councillors’ declarations of interest (if any) in relation to any items on the agenda.

None.

Full Council received a report on the Town Centre Strategy.

During the debate, Full Council agreed to discuss confidential appendices to the report. Therefore, it was:

RESOLVED that further consideration of the item be taken in private session on the grounds that it is likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information as specified under Paragraph 3 of Part One of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, if and so long as in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Paragraph 3 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

Proposed by Councillor Dan Swords (seconded by Councillor James Leppard) it was:

RESOLVED that for the reasons set out in the Cabinet Paper dated 16 June 2022, titled ‘Market House Site Acquisition’, Full Council amended the council's 2025/26 Capital Programme to include a sum of £8 million to enable the acquisition of Market House, and to provide an allowance for immediate essential maintenance and health and safety works, SDLT, and associated professional fees.

Such other business which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be received as a matter of urgency by reason of special circumstances to be specified in the minutes.

None.