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Venue: Lavery Room (Room G05), City Hall
Contact: Mr Henry Downey, Democratic Services Officer Tel: 02890 270550
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Apologies Minutes: Apologies for inability to attend were reported from Councillors Adamson, Cush, Kyle and Mallon.
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Minutes (minutes of the meeting of 3rd March) Minutes: The minutes of the meeting of 3rd March were taken as read and signed as correct. It was reported that those minutes had been adopted by the Council at its meeting on 1st April.
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Directorate |
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Change of Date of May Meeting PDF 102 KB Minutes: The Director of Health and Environmental Services informed the Committee that a recruitment exercise to appoint his successor had been initiated and was due to be completed on 30th April. He pointed out that, as the next monthly meeting of the Health and Environmental Services Committee was scheduled to be held on Wednesday, 5th May, it would be beneficial if it were to take place later in the month in order to afford the new Director, if appointed, time to consider and approve reports prior to their circulation.
Accordingly, the Committee agreed that its next monthly meeting be held at 4.30 p.m. on Monday, 10th May.
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Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee considered a report which outlined the amount of media coverage and the extent of press enquiries received concerning the work of the Committee during the period from 1st October, 2009 till 28th February, 2010. The Director of Health and Environmental Services highlighted the significant amount of positive coverage which had been generated in respect of the Council’s ongoing anti?litter and recycling activities. The Christmas Get Home Safe Campaign, which had also attracted favourable coverage, had provided the Council with an opportunity to publicise the work being undertaken in the area of community safety, particularly in relation to the provision of training for staff employed in bars and off licences to address the sale of alcohol to underage persons and binge drinking. Other successful initiatives which had been undertaken during the period had included an awareness campaign to raise health and safety concerns regarding illegal tattooists and the launch of the Young People’s Awards. The Council’s various enforcement activities in relation to food safety, the illegal sale of tobacco, on-street drinking, littering and the control of dogs, had been highlighted also.
Noted.
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Appointment of Head of Environmental Health PDF 105 KB Minutes: (At this point in the meeting, all officers present, with the exception of the Director of Health and Environmental Services and the Committee Administrator, left the room whilst this item was discussed.)
The Director of Health and Environmental Services reminded the Committee that, at its meeting on 3rd March, it had been advised of the need to undertake a recruitment exercise to fill the post of Head of Environmental Health. The post had become vacant following the recent appointment of Mr. Andrew Hassard as Director of Parks and Leisure and had been filled on a secondment basis since February, 2007.
He reported that the process had now been concluded and the selection panel had recommended that Mrs. Suzanne Wylie be appointed to the post of Head of Environmental Health, with effect from 12th April.
The Committee noted the information which had been provided and congratulated Mrs. Wylie on her appointment.
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Waste Management |
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Consultation Document - Draft Guidance on the Legal Definition of Waste PDF 144 KB Minutes: The Committee considered the undernoted report:
“Relevant Background Information
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) has issued a consultation paper seeking views on new draft guidance produced to define more clearly what is and is not waste. The full consultation paper is available on-line at http://www.ni?environment.gov.uk. It is intended that the draft guidance will replace definitions originally contained within the Department of the Environment Northern Ireland (DOE) circular 11/94 and will identify principles arising from European Court of Justice (ECJ) case law which has now been established, the considerations which have to be taken into account and the criteria to be satisfied when deciding if a material is or is not waste.
It is important to note that this draft guidance is not changing the legal definition of waste or superceding any case law. Rather, it is to provide guidance on the current case law on the topic at the time of publishing.
This consultation closes for comments on 12th April and final guidance will be updated, as necessary, once published.
Key Issues
The newly published draft guidance covers the following areas:
I. A practical guide for businesses and other organisations.
Key issues: This part of the guidance outlines the initial basic decision-making process and addresses a series of related issues in a relatively easy to understand format. It appears to adequately cover the wide range of aspects that require consideration and as such is helpful.
II. Background and rationale.
Key issues: This part contains reference to the Waste Strategy for England 2007 and the National Waste Strategy for Wales 2002, but does not make any reference to the Northern Ireland Strategy.
One of the objectives contained in Strand 5 of the NI Strategy, entitled ‘Towards Resource Management’, is to make ‘producers of waste and waste management business aware of their legal responsibilities by providing them with timely, user friendly guidance and information to facilitate.’
In the interests of completeness and equity, it is recommended that appropriate reference should be made to the Northern Ireland Strategy to ensure consistency with the other administrations. There is a need to regularly review and update the guidance to ensure it reflects the prevailing position and this commitment is duly recognised in this section. It will be important to realise this commitment.
III. Detailed guidance on the legal definition of waste and its application.
Key issues: This part of the draft guidance is comprehensive and covers the wide range of issues which could influence decision-making regarding waste.
arc21 and the constituent councils are in agreement with the proposals presented by the NIEA, and the explanations of the types of waste controlled under the EC Waste Framework Directive (WFD) and other legislation.
Furthermore, arc21 and the constituent councils welcome that, as well as dealing with the core subject, the draft guidance also takes the opportunity to address the perception of waste emphasising the continuing need to promote it as a resource.
The arc21 response to the draft guidance is ... view the full minutes text for item 3a |
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QUESTOR Industrial Advisory Board PDF 99 KB Minutes: The Committee was advised that the Waste Management and the Economic Initiatives Services had, over a number of years, been working together to identify ways in which to improve opportunities for business growth and sustainability. A number of schemes had been undertaken jointly, including the Business Improvement Through Environmental Solutions (BITES) initiative and the joint representation of both Services on the Board of the QUESTOR business enterprise programme which was facilitated by Queen’s University.
The Head of Waste Management explained that, as part of the Council’s environmental industries action plan which had been developed in 2007, it had become a member of the QUESTOR Centre on a two-year introductory basis. He explained that the Centre undertook a multi-disciplinary environmental research programme on behalf of industries, government agencies and local Councils. Each participant, including the Council, was represented on the Centre’s Industrial Advisory Board which was responsible for making decisions in relation to the research projects to be funded. He informed the Members that the organisation’s Director had invited the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Health and Environmental Services and the Development Committees to visit the Centre, on a date to be arranged, in order to review the facilities provided therein and to attend a dinner being hosted by the Industrial Advisory Board which was taking place on 11th May.
The Committee agreed that the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman undertake a visit to the QUESTOR Centre and attend the Industrial Advisory Board Dinner.
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Update on Waste Framework Directive PDF 125 KB Minutes: The Committee considered the undernoted report:
“Relevant Background Information
Members will be aware that, at the Committee’s meeting on 2nd December, a report proposing a response to a Department of Environment (the DOE) consultation paper on the revised EC Waste Framework Directive (WFD) was presented.
At this meeting, it was highlighted that this was the first of two such consultations and was being undertaken to help the DOE decide on policies which would enable Northern Ireland to meet, in particular, the new provisions of the WFD. The first consultation exercise focused purely on the policy proposals necessary to comply with the WFD and Member States are required to bring into force by 12 December, 2010 all laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the WFD.
The revised WFD’s objective is to establish measures ‘To protect the environment and human health by preventing or reducing the adverse impacts of the generation and management of waste and by reducing overall impacts of resource use improving the efficiency of such use.’ The recent revision of the WFD focuses on policy proposals covering issues such as:
· the waste hierarchy; · producer responsibility; · separate collection of waste; · household recycling targets; and · waste prevention.
This places a greater emphasis on the second stage of the consultation process which will focus on additional measures to transpose the content of the WFD. It is probable that the issue of landfill bans will be raised in this stage. It is worth noting that, presently, a consultation paper on the introduction of restrictions on the landfilling of certain wastes has been issued in England and Wales, which includes the prospect of banning the landfilling of certain wastes in future. This consultation process closes in mid?June.
Key Issues
In the report which was presented to the Committee on 2nd December, it was highlighted that, whilst it was too early to quantify the implications of implementation of transposing legislation, it was likely that there would be significant financial and other implications for the Council.
Since this report, arc21 has been working diligently to determine what the impact of the revised WFD is likely to mean for its constituent councils. The current arc21 procurement process was initiated to meet the requirements of the earlier EC Landfill Directive (LFD) and, against this background, arc21 has been paying close attention to the need within the WFD for every council to achieve 50% recycling by 2020. It has produced a Waste Flow Model which considers what levels of recycling the region needs to achieve to meet this target as well as identifying what level each of the constituent councils has to achieve.
Following discussions between arc21 and the Council regarding the Waste Data Flow spreadsheet for Belfast, it is apparent that the Council will need to take additional steps to secure further waste for recycling from its municipal waste streams. This will mean that wastes which were previously scheduled for treatment and disposal in the facilities being procured to meet the ... view the full minutes text for item 3c |
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Minutes: The Committee was advised that the Waste Management Service had, since 2003, organised in the first week in June a programme of events in order to raise awareness of all issues surrounding the management of waste. The Head of Waste Management explained that the event, which was known as “Waste Week”, had been undertaken in partnership with other Departments within the Council with a view to ensuring that the waste reduction and recycling message could be delivered to as wide and varied an audience as possible. He provided an overview of this year’s event, which would include the hosting in four parks within the City of educational fun days for schools, the holding in the Council’s staff car park in Ormeau Avenue of a car boot sale, the opening for one day of a reused/recycled household shop in Victoria Square and a green “meet-the-buyer” seminar. It was anticipated that the event would provide also an opportunity for the Waste Management Service to launch the next phase of its waste communications campaign.
The Head of Waste Management pointed out that the focus of Waste Week and of European Week of Waste Reduction, which was held each November, was increasingly to raise understanding amongst householders of the benefits of diverting as much waste as possible from landfill. He added that the total cost associated with Waste Week would not exceed £15,000 and that that amount had been included within the Waste Management Service’s budget.
The Committee noted the information which had been provided.
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Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management PDF 136 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Head of Waste Management informed the Committee that letsrecycle.com was an on-line organisation which promoted the message of recycling, re-use of materials and waste minimisation within the waste industry. The organisation had, for several years, organised an annual awards scheme in order to recognise businesses, local authorities and community groups which achieved excellence in recycling and waste management. He provided details in respect of each of the nine categories of award and pointed out that the Council had been notified recently that the Ormeau Recycling Centre had been shortlisted in the category relating to “Civic Amenity Site of the Year”. The Centre had been selected for submission by the Council as it was the newest facility of its kind within the City and was considered to best meet letsrecycle.com’s awards criteria.
He reported that the awards ceremony would be held in London on 5th May and that, since one of its facilities had been nominated for an award, the Council had been offered two free places at the event. He pointed out that there would be no fees for attendance but that the cost per delegate for travel and subsistence would be in the region of £150.
The Committee agreed that it be represented at the Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management by the Chairman and the Head of Waste Management (or their nominees).
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Application for the Erection of a Dual-Language Street Sign PDF 128 KB Minutes: The Head of Building Control reported that the undernoted application to erect an additional street nameplate in a language other than English had been received by the Council:
He explained that the portion of Broadway to which the application related stretched from the Falls Road to the Westlink Junction but did not include that part leading from the Westlink Junction to Donegall Avenue. He pointed out that the Council’s policy on dual-language street signs stated that consideration would be given to long streets where majority opinion on whether to erect a street sign in a second language may differ between readily identifiable, substantial lengths of the street. In such circumstances, consideration would be given to erecting dual-language nameplates in those substantial portions of the street where the required majority of occupiers had expressed such a wish. He confirmed that, in accordance with Council policy, a survey of that portion of Broadway had been conducted which had determined that in excess of 66.6% of the residents therein had been in favour of the additional nameplate. Accordingly he recommended that its erection be authorised.
The Committee adopted the recommendation.
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Minutes: The Committee approved the undernoted applications for the naming of streets in the City which did not conflict with existing approved street names and to which the Royal Mail had offered no objections:
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Environmental Health |
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National Community Safety Network Annual Conference PDF 129 KB Minutes: The Head of Environmental Health informed the Committee that the above?mentioned Conference would be held from 15th till 17th June in the Belfast Waterfront Hall. She reported that the theme of this year’s event was “Community Safety in Changing Times” and that it would consider key issues such as anti-social behaviour, community cohesion and engagement, domestic abuse, race and diversity and violent crime. The event would provide also an opportunity for Community Safety Partnerships, Local Authorities and Police Services to share examples of best practice.
She informed the Members that the cost per delegate of attending the Conference would be in the region of £480 and pointed out that there was sufficient funding available within the Environmental Health Service’s budget to enable, in addition to the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman, an extra two Members to attend, should the Committee be agreeable.
The Committee agreed that the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman, together with an additional two Members, be authorised to attend the National Community Safety Network Annual Conference.
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Consultation Document - Draft Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill PDF 124 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee considered the undernoted report:
“RELEVANT BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Department of the Environment’s Clean Neighbourhoods Team, wrote to consultees, including District Councils, on 1st March 2010 inviting their views on proposals for a Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill (CNE), as set out in the published consultation paper. The closing date for the consultation is 23rd April.
The Council has long awaited the publication of this Bill and had originally hoped it would be brought into statute in 2006. The Council previously submitted a response to an informal consultation and also supported the Northern Ireland Local Government Association (NILGA) during April, 2008 to lobby for the legislation to be brought forward. At that time, NILGA looked to advance the key areas and asked for agreement among councils of the top 3 areas they wished to see enacted. The Council responded to that and whilst we highlighted 3 issues, Graffiti and Fly-posting, Noise Nuisance and Alleygating, its position was to request the Bill to be brought forward in its entirety.
The aim of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill (Northern Ireland) is to give district councils a range of powers to help them to manage their local environments in an efficient and effective manner in line with the public’s expectations. If legislated and implemented effectively, the new powers should lead to significant improvements in environmental conditions in local neighbourhoods and, consequently, in the quality of people’s lives. In addition, clean, safe and green neighbourhoods should help to stimulate economic investment and tourism and attract people into the community to live, work and socialise. Businesses also have a role to play in supporting district councils to manage the local environment and the Department of the Environment is looking to business to show corporate social responsibility in helping to maintain the quality of the local environment.
The current set of powers, duties and guidance for providing and maintaining clean and safe public spaces/areas is not sufficiently comprehensive and is not working as effectively as it should. Tougher, clearer and more flexible powers should help district councils to deal with irresponsible individuals and specific nuisances.
The proposals contained in the Bill were developed following limited informal consultation with stakeholders but in the main they are based on experience and developments in England and Wales.
The consultation document highlights that the proposals will:
· Create revised powers to deal with nuisance alleyways;
· Deal more effectively with the problem of nuisance vehicles by allowing district councils to remove them immediately;
· Provide a range of new and extended powers to enable more effective control over the problems of litter, free distribution of printed materials and abandoned shopping trolleys;
· Provide a range of new and extended powers to enable more effective control over the problems of graffiti and fly-posting;
· Deregulate the dog byelaw system and create some new powers in respect of dog control;
· Provide more flexible powers for dealing with noisy neighbours, night-time noise from licensed premises and nuisance intruder alarms;
· Update the ... view the full minutes text for item 5b |
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Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee considered the undernoted report:
“Relevant Background Information
Fuel Poverty continues to be a significant problem for a growing number of households. It is associated with serious impacts on health and social wellbeing, with vulnerable groups such as the elderly, children and people living with disabilities and chronic illness, most affected. A household in fuel poverty is defined as one where, in order to maintain an acceptable level of temperature throughout the home, it would have to spend more than 10% of its income on all household fuel use.
The Fuel Poverty Task Force, which was convened by the Minister for Social Development, has requested the Utility Regulator to assist with the formulation of policy options in relation to the introduction of ‘social tariffs’ in the energy sector in Northern Ireland. The Utility Regulator has therefore produced a consultation paper on the introduction of extra help with energy costs for vulnerable customers. The paper is entitled ‘Assisting with Affordability Concerns for Vulnerable Energy Consumers’.
The Regulator proposes a staged approach to the development of policy options as follows:
Stage 1 - setting out, what they suggest are, some of the broad policy questions that must be addressed before Northern Ireland can turn to more detailed consideration and design of specific options for interventions to deal with energy affordability for vulnerable customers.
Stage 2 - subsequent work by and with stakeholders, Government Departments and other interested bodies to fully develop and analyse best options for going forward.
Stage 3 - seeking to implement the selected option.
The consultation paper however focuses on stage 1 and sets out, what the Regulator refers to as, ‘a set of key base questions’ in relation to energy affordability tariffs that need to be considered before moving to stage 2.
The Utility Regulator has limited influence on fuel poverty in that it only regulates the gas and electricity sectors. It does not regulate the heating oil sector and, as around 70% of the population of Northern Ireland use oil for domestic heating, its contribution in assisting with affordability for vulnerable people must be considered in this light.
Although the consultation paper lists 18 detailed questions for response the Council is not obliged to adhere to this method of reply. It is recommended that the Committee agrees to provide a general overview of its concerns and suggestions in respect of Fuel Poverty, including how the Regulator, as a member of the Fuel Poverty Task Force, can constructively influence affordability concerns for vulnerable energy consumers.
Key Issues
· Fuel poverty is a growing problem.
· Vulnerable people, such as the elderly, are most affected.
· The Consultation paper seeks views, in particular, from Northern Ireland’s political leaders.
· The Utility Regulator’s consultation paper is focused on Stage 1 of what it considers to be a three stage process.
· A three stage process may be prolonged yet there is an urgency to deal with fuel poverty.
· The Regulator does not have a statutory remit to address fuel poverty.
· The ... view the full minutes text for item 5c |
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Review of Bye-Laws Prohibiting the Consumption of Alcohol in Designated Places PDF 122 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee was reminded that the Council’s current Bye-Laws prohibiting the consumption of alcohol in designated places had come into operation on 12th September, 2007. The Head of Environmental Health reported that, over the past two years, the Community Safety Team had, in conjunction with the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Neighbourhood Policing Teams, undertaken a more intensive programme of joint enforcement of the Bye-Laws in order to tackle the problems of underage and on-street drinking. These operations, which had taken place mostly on a Friday and a Saturday evening in neighbourhoods across the City and at major civic events and parades, had focused also on preventing the sale by off-licences of alcohol to minors. This approach had, since 2006/2007, generated an increase of 323 in the number of prosecutions being brought by the Council in respect of breaches of the Bye?Laws.
The Head of Environmental Health explained that these enforcement operations had been welcomed by local communities who, along with Elected Representatives and partner agencies, had often assisted in identifying hotspots where alcohol was being consumed. As a result, it was now proposed that a review be undertaken of the current Bye-Laws in order to determine whether additional streets or areas which had experienced difficulties in relation to on-street drinking and anti-social behaviour should be included. She stated that, in order to assist in this process, a draft list of areas/streets which were not designated currently had been compiled. These would, as part of a consultation process, be forwarded to Members to enable them to make additions, if required. Officers from the Community Safety Team would be available also to facilitate Party Group briefings in relation to the review. The information would be forwarded to the Police Service of Northern Ireland and would be considered by the District Policing Partnership. Informal consultation would take place also with the Department for Social Development.
The Head of Environmental Health explained that the new draft Bye-Laws, incorporating the additional streets and areas for designation, would then be presented to the Committee for adoption, following which a statutory process would be undertaken which would culminate in an application being submitted to the Department of Social Development seeking confirmation of their implementation. In response to a question from a Member regarding possible changes to the method of designating streets, the Head of Environmental Health explained that Articles 68-72 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 should provide the Police Service of Northern Ireland with powers to deal with the consumption or possession of alcohol in designated public places where there was a problem of anti-social behaviour associated with the consumption of alcohol. However, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland had yet to make an order to commence these provisions and to draft regulations outlining a new procedure by which Councils could designate public places covered by this new offence. These regulations would progressively replace the current Bye-Laws.
After discussion, the Committee agreed to undertake, as outlined, a review of the ... view the full minutes text for item 5d |
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Update on Hate Crime Initiatives PDF 116 KB Minutes: The Committee was advised that the Belfast Community Safety Partnership’s Safer Belfast Plan for 2009 – 2011 had identified the addressing of hate crime as being one of the key priorities for creating a safer City. In response, the Partnership had supported the development of a series of initiatives to address the issue and to help people to feel safer. The Head of Environmental Health reported that this work had been co-ordinated on behalf of the Partnership by a multi-agency group comprised of representatives from the statutory, voluntary and private sectors, including the Council, and that it had been funded from a range of sources including the Community Safety Partnership, Peace III and the Northern Ireland Office.
She explained that the Partnership was undertaking a range of initiatives, being co-ordinated by the Council’s Hate Crime Officer, aimed at tackling hate crime, which was defined as being incidents/crimes believed to be motivated by race/ethnicity, disability, faith, sectarianism or sexual orientation. She provided an overview of these initiatives, which included a tension monitoring process aimed at identifying incidents or events which had created, or could create, tensions within communities. This process had been based upon a model which had been used successfully in other cities and was based upon taking interventative action before tensions reached a level where the consequences were unmanageable. She reported also that an inter-agency group had been established in November, 2009 to monitor regularly and pro-actively quantitative evidence of hate crime, in addition to anecdotal information obtained from communities and professionals working within neighbourhoods. This information would then be used by the group to agree co-ordinated actions, which would be monitored on an on-going basis, in order to decrease tensions.
The Head of Environmental Health reported further that another initiative had involved the hosting of an annual Hate Crime conference which provided various stakeholders with an opportunity to discuss with service providers their specific concerns and actions regarding hate crime. In order to raise awareness of the issue, the Community Safety Partnership supported also training in local communities and sponsored neighbourhood events which sought to tackle prejudice and provide information on matters relating to hate crime. Additionally, the Partnership, in conjunction with other funders, supported Chinese, Polish and other advocacy workers whose role was to encourage individuals from those communities to report crime or incidences where they had been the victims of crime. The Community Safety Team had assisted also with several emergency situations, including the attacks on the Roma community and events following a high profile soccer international at Windsor Park.
The Committee noted the information which had been provided and that progress reports would be submitted as the initiatives progressed.
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Holyland Strategic Study - Approval to Initiate a Tendering Exercise PDF 150 KB Minutes: The Committee considered the undernoted report:
“RELEVANT BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Committee is aware of the issues in the Holyland area of the city in respect of over densification of housing units and high levels of anti-social behaviour.
The demographic makeup of the Holyland area of South Belfast has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. It contains around 1,500 households with a population of 9,000[1]. This is likely to be due to a number of reasons which include the expansion in student numbers at universities, a subsequent insufficient availability of university controlled and/or regulated accommodation, significant investment by private landlords in multiple occupancy accommodation, development control policy at the time, an increasing transient population and the attraction to students of living in this area of south Belfast. Longer term residents in the area, who have been there for many years, are faced with continuing problems of anti-social behaviour and noise nuisance and other environmental issues.
A Holyland Inter-agency Group, led by the Council, was formed in 2005 to facilitate a co-ordinated approach to delivering services and interventions in the area, as well as to influence policy change. This Group has input to the Department of the Environment’s HMO Subject Plan (2008), introduced the community safety warden service, encouraged increased enforcement of HMO standards and improved cleansing services in the area. In 2010, it also developed an inter-agency action plan for the area, which includes a series of interventions and commitments to investigate or take forward various policy and / or legislative changes. However, the Group accepts that its effect on the underlying problems is limited.
The events of St Patrick’s Day 2009 and 2010 continue to focus attention on the range of issues that impact on the quality of life of those living in the Holyland area. They also highlight the disproportionate allocation of agency resources to dealing with the issues that arise. A full cost analysis is currently being prepared for the intervention work for St Patrick’s Day 2010.
In recognising the complexities involved in finding any longer term solutions to these problems, Belfast City Council passed a motion in December 2009 calling for a strategic study for the area, as follows:
The Council is concerned about the problems in the Holyland area of the City which have been evident for a number of years. It recognises the work that its officers have undertaken in leading a multi-agency group to take forward interventions to deal with some of the issues which residents have to face.
The Council also welcomes the recent initiative led by the Minister for Employment and Learning, bringing together a Stakeholder Forum aimed at involving all groups in defining the problems and suggesting possible solutions.
To support this work and ensure a long term strategic approach, the Council supports the commissioning of a discrete study, led by Council officials in conjunction with other agencies, which specifically identifies the underlying causes of these problems and leads to the development of proposals for a long ... view the full minutes text for item 5f |
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Mr. W. Francey Minutes: The Chairman informed the Committee that this would be the last meeting of the Health and Environmental Services Committee which would be attended by Mr. W. Francey in his capacity as Director of Health and Environmental Services before retiring from the Council. On behalf of the Members, he thanked Mr. Francey for his services to and the work which he had undertaken on behalf of the Council and wished him well in his retirement.
Mr. Francey thanked the Chairman for his kind remarks and the Committee for the support which it had provided to him during his term as Director of Health and Environmental Services.
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