In December 2019, Dacorum Borough Council
became the eighth shareholder in Hertfordshire Building Control Ltd
(HBC), a consortium company originally set up and owned by seven of
the Hertfordshire District and Borough Councils in 2016. These
comprise Three Rivers, Hertsmere, Welwyn Hatfield, Stevenage,
Broxbourne, North Herts and East Herts.
DBC’s joining of HBC was approved by Full Council. Background
is set out in the report to Cabinet on 10 September 2019.
HBC has proposed at this stage that a further one-year extension to
the agreement is concluded. The effects of the Covid19 pandemic
have had an effect on the work priorities in the short term of all
local authorities, and of HBC itself. To allow for more time to
consider a review of the effectiveness of HBC as an enterprise to
deliver the authorities’ statutory Building Control services,
it is considered both prudent and expedient to agree a simple
one-year extension to the current arrangements.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 23/10/2020
Decision due: 23 Oct 2020 by Assistant Director - Planning
Contact: Katie Mogan, Corporate and Democratic Support Lead Officer Email: katie.mogan@dacorum.gov.uk.