Committee details

To fulfill all the functions of an Overview and Scrutiny Committee as they relate to Regeneration and Environment Services and to review and make recommendations for improvement in relation to the following functions:

·         arts and culture, libraries and leisure;

·         Coastal Protection, Capita Symonds Client, Highways Maintenance, Network Management, strategic transportation, Local Transport Plan

·         Investment Strategy and Programmes, Strategic Housing, homelessness, housing grants, housing enforcement

·         Development Management, Building Control, Strategic Planning, Regulatory Support, conservation and MEAS

·         Trading Standards, Licensing and Regulation, Public Health, Pest Control, Environmental Enforcement, Food Safety, Pollution / contaminated land, Health and Safety, Sustainability, air quality / climate change, Corporate Energy, Affordable Warmth

·         Tourism Projects and Programmes, tourism marketing, events, Environmental and Economic Development Projects and Programmes, business support service, Invest Sefton, Sefton@Work, , employer liaison, environmental regeneration;

·         Specialist Transportation, Security, Vehicle Maintenance, School Crossings; and

·         Waste disposal, street cleaning, recycling, and building cleaning.

Further details on the role and responsibilities of the Committee are set out in Chapter 6 of the Council’s Constitution.