Decisions

Hemel Garden Communities (HGC) is an ambitious development programme that will transform Hemel Hempstead and create attractive and sustainable new neighbourhoods and communities to the north and east of Hemel Hempstead, through the delivery of more than 11,000 new homes and 10,000 new jobs by 2050.
Dacorum Borough Council, working in partnership with St Albans City and District Council, Hertfordshire County Council, Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership and The Crown Estate to deliver the HGC programme, which will provide a variety of benefits to Hemel Hempstead. These include new high-quality homes, of which 40 per cent will be affordable. New neighbourhoods will be set around vibrant local centres, green spaces and play areas, all easily accessed on foot. Sustainable travel such as walking, cycling and public transport will be given priority as we target a greener, healthier environment, which includes open spaces as well as new country and district parks.
HGC will create 10,000 new jobs. Many of these will be in Hertfordshire Innovation Quarter, a new business park with a range of facilities including flexible office and industrial spaces, and a variety of amenities to serve the local community.

To award a contract to Bloom Procurement Services Ltd for consultancy support on the Hemel Garden Communities Programme.

As part of the Council's approach to tackle the climate and biodiversity emergency, in April 2021 Cabinet agreed for the Council to make an application to the Onstreet Residential Chargepoint Scheme.
This scheme will fund 75% of the cost of installing new Electric Vehicle Charge Points in Council owned car parks.
Following a discussion with a couple of service providers it has become clear that providers would be willing to fund the additional 25% that would usually be funded by the Council, this would result in the EV charge points being installed at no cost to the Council.
The Council already have 11 EVCP's in-situ in Council owned car parks and these have all been provided by and operated by BP Pulse, the benefit of this approach ensures that the EVCP assets are managed by one company giving a consistent service to residents.
The Council are able to utilise an ESPO framework agreement to carry out a direct award to a service provider.
Delegated authority was provided by Cabinet in May 2020, The creation of a budget for the Climate Emergency of £75,000 in 2020/21 and authority be delegated for its expenditure be made to the Corporate Director Housing and Regeneration and the Assistant Director Corporate and Contracted Services in consultation with the Leader be approved
And further authority was provided by Cabinet in April 2021, That the Council makes an application to the On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme and initially uses the Climate Emergency Budget to match-fund.

To directly award a contract to BP Pulse to supply, install, operate and maintain a number of EVCP's in several Council owned car parks across Dacorum.
BP Pulse have informed the Council that if we are successful in obtaining ORCS funding (75% of the project costs) that they will supply, install, maintain and operate all new EVCP’s at no cost to the Council (the 25% that the Council would be expected to invest).

A hole appeared in mid-October in an area of public open space adjacent to No. 30 Highbarns and arrangements made for geotechnical engineers to visit the site.
The collapse has revealed a brick shaft approximately 1.2m in diameter that appears to be a former well.
Land close to this area has had stabilisation works carried out to it over the past decade.
Intrusive ground investigation work was carried out around the collapse feature to ascertain the extent of the sub-surface and loosened ground to enable the design of remedial works.
Initial results of the dynamic probing has identified a void running from the edge of the collapsed feature towards No. 30 East Green, and the rough scope of this void has been identified as being approximately 13.5 m x 4 m.
Cabinet have agreed to the use of the Dacorum Development Reserve to fund the remediation works.
Cabinet have delegated authority to award a contract for the remediation work to the Assistant Director Corporate.

To award a contract to BAM Ritchies to carry out the remediation work.
The remediation contract costs are £295,000, and are based upon the estimated volume of material to fill the void. The volume of material will be remeasured and costed once the compaction grout is mechanically pumped in to the void.
Consultation on the award of this contract has taken place between the Leader of the Council and the Corporate Director of Finance