Shall comprise of 14 members of the
Council.
Shall meet in accordance with the cycle of
meetings approved annually by the Council.
Terms of Reference
The
functions of the Development Management Committee shall be to
exercise all powers of the Council relating to:
(i) Town and
country planning and development control (except matters relating
to the review, alteration or approval of the Development
Plan)
(ii) The protection
and preservation of trees
(iii)
The protection and preservation of hedgerows
(iv) The various powers relating to public rights of way contained in the
Highways Act 1980, which have been delegated to the Council by
Hertfordshire County Council as the Highway Authority, under an
Agency Agreement. These include the
powers to protect and assert public rights of way, including powers
to create, divert or stop up footpaths, bridleways and
byways
(v) Complaints
about high hedges
(vi)
The authorisation of all allied enforcement
action.