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There was one motion submitted in accordance
with Standing Order 4.8.15 and there were three motions submitted
in accordance with Standing Order 4.8.12.
 
(A) 
Motion Similar to One Previously Rejected
 

RESOLVED: That Full Council would consider the report
and recommendations on the North of Stevenage Masterplan at its
meeting on 28 November 2024, following reconsiderations by the
Project Board and any similar referral motions from Cabinet.

(B) 
Hitchin industrial Estate Fires
 

RESOLVED: That Council

(1)  
Instructed the Leader of the Council and the Executive Member for
Housing and Environmental Health to write promptly to the
Environment Agency, to express North Herts Council’s serious
concerns about the safety of recycling sites on the Hitchin
industrial estate, and request that their operators’ licences
be reviewed urgently.

(2)  
Work proactively to instigate a system of air quality monitoring in
the residential areas closest to the industrial estate.

(3)  
Further instructed the Executive Member for Housing and
Environmental Health to report back to Council within six months
with details of any action that has been taken by the competent
authorities in the intervening period to monitor pollution and
mitigate the risks of future fires.
 
(C) 
A1(M) Junction 6
(Welwyn) to 8 (Hitchin and Stevenage) Upgrade
 

RESOLVED:

(1)  
That the Leader of the Council writes to the Secretary of State for
Transport calling on the Government to reinstate plans to upgrade
the A1(M) between Junction 6 (Welwyn) to Junction 8 (Hitchin and
Stevenage) that were cancelled by the prior Conservative
government.
 

(2)  
That the Leader of the Council writes to the Member of Parliament
for Hitchin, the Member of Parliament for North East Hertfordshire
and the Member of Parliament for Stevenage, urging them to call on
the Secretary of State for Transport to reinstate plans to upgrade
the A1(M) between Junction 6 (Welwyn) to Junction 8 (Hitchin and
Stevenage) and mitigate the impact of needed housing growth for
North Hertfordshire residents living near the A602, B197 and
B656
 

(D) 
Impact of Family Farm Tax on Rural Communities in
North Hertfordshire

 
The Chair advised
that due to the time already taken to determine the business on the
agenda this item would be deferred to the Extraordinary meeting of Full Council in December
2024.