Councillor Jon Narcross

Planning Sub-Committee - Pre-Application - Wednesday 20 November 2024 6.30 pm

This meeting has been cancelled.

Corporate Committee - Wednesday 13 November 2024 6.30 pm

This meeting of the Corporate Committee was scheduled to include a presentation of data on the gender and ethnicity pay gap in Hackney Council, as well as the proposed fees and charges for markets, street trading and shop fronts for 2025/26. The committee was also scheduled to consider the minutes of its previous meeting.

Planning Sub-Committee - Wednesday 6 November 2024 6.30 pm

The committee approved three planning applications. A development at Harvest House on Leeside Road was approved, with an increase in the height of the building on the side facing the road to seven storeys, from the six storeys of the approved, but not yet built, scheme. A mixed use scheme at 1 Vince Street and 229-233a Old Street was also approved, which would see the demolition of all the existing buildings on the site, and their replacement with a fourteen storey office block. Finally, the committee approved plans for the replacement of a boundary wall and the installation of a bike and bin store in the front garden of 31 Lockhurst Street.

Planning Sub-Committee - Wednesday 9 October 2024 6.30 pm

This meeting was about deciding whether to grant planning permission for three different applications. The meeting also included a scheduled discussion of decisions that have been made by officers under delegated powers since the last meeting.

Skills, Economy and Growth Scrutiny Commission - Monday 30 September 2024 7.00 pm

The Skills, Economy and Growth Scrutiny Commission received presentations about the progress of the Green Skills and Circular Economy Initiative and the Licensing and the Nighttime Economy. The Commission heard that the creation of a Green Skills Commission is likely to be at least two years away, and will be preceded by a process of delivering and refining Green Skills activities and raising public awareness. The Commission also discussed the state of Hackney's Night Time Economy, heard about plans for a new Evening and Night Time Strategy, and provided feedback about how the strategy should address resident concerns. Finally, the Commission discussed its Work Programme for 2024-2025.