Agenda and minutes

Disability Oversight Panel - Wednesday, 21st February, 2024 5.00 pm

Venue: Meeting Room 3.3, Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt Street, London, NW1 1BD

Contact: Ben Lynn Principal Committee Officer

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies View the background to item 1. To consider any apologies for absence Minutes: No apologies were received.
2.	Declarations by Members of Statutory Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Compulsory Registerable Non-Pecuniary Interests and Voluntary Registerable Non-Pecuniary Interests in Matters on this Agenda View the background to item 2. Minutes: No declarations were made.
3.	Announcements View the background to item 3. Minutes: There were no announcements.
4.	Notification of any items of business that the Chair decides to take as urgent View the background to item 4. Minutes: There was no such business.
5.	Minutes PDF 328 KB View the background to item 5. To consider the minutes of the meeting held on 2 May 2023 and 5 December 2023. Additional documents: Minutes , 05/12/2023 Disability Oversight Panel , item 5. PDF 327 KB Minutes: Consideration was given to the minutes. Members commented that Councillor Anna Burrage was listed in the apologies though she attended the meeting. RESOLVED – THAT the minutes be agreed subject to the amendment of Councillor Anna Burrage being in attendance.
6.	Consultation on the draft new Local Plan PDF 256 KB View the background to item 6. Report of the Director of Economy, Regeneration and Investment. The purpose of this report is to share the proposed approach to engaging with Camden’s disabled community as part of the consultation and engagement on the draft new Local Plan. Additional documents: Appendix A Consultation on the draft Local Plan - DOP Briefing , item 6. PDF 1 MB Minutes: Consideration was given to the report of the Director of Economy, Regeneration and Investment. After an introduction by the Development Plans Manager, the Panel discussed the report. In response to a question for the Panel, the Development Plans Manager explained that Camden was using the engagement platform Commonplace as part of the engagement. This was a way of allowing instant, anonymous representations that could be monitored easily. She said that written representations, by email or letter, were also being encouraged. The Panel then discussed the proposed workshop with Camden’s disabled community and representative groups on 7 March 2024. The Development Plans Manager said that invitations would be sent out with a request to RSVP so that Camden could understand how many people to expect. Posters and articles were being used to ask people to get in touch if they were interested in attending. The Panel asked if attendee details could be recorded for continued engagement around issues affecting the disabled community. The Development Plans Manager said that this could be something that was looked into. Members were interested in the accessibility of the Local Plan, the Development Plans Manager explained that the Plan was around 446 pages long, however, there was a 10-page easy read version that would be sent out ahead of the workshop in March. In response to questions from the Panel about what had changed since the previous Local Plan, the Development Plans Manager said that the new plan did not set out what had changed since the previous one. Changes that had been made were outlined in the report that went to Cabinet and these would be explained more to those attending the workshop. The Chair allowed residents present to ask some questions of the Development Plans Manager, responding these questions, she explained the engagement process more broadly. RESOLVED – THAT the report be noted.