No apologies had been received.

Councillor Bell declared that his daughter was employed by one of the companies based in Croxley Park. 

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 8 February 2022.

The minutes of the meeting held on 8 February 2022 were agreed and would be signed at a later date.

The Chair to move: that, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during consideration of the item there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in Section 100(1) of the Act for the reasons stated below in terms of Schedule 12A.

NOTE: if approved, the Chair will ask members of the press and public to leave the meeting at this point.

RESOLVED –

that, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during consideration of the item there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in Section 100(1) of the Act for the reasons stated on the agenda in terms of Schedule 12A.

The forum to receive updates on major projects in the borough.

Paragraph 3 Schedule 12 A

This item contains commercially sensitive information.

The forum received presentations on the following projects:

·        Croxley Park

·        Riverwell

The Head of Property Investment and Regeneration also provided a brief verbal update on Watford Business Park.

Members discussed the schemes, and the officers responded to questions and comments.

RESOLVED –

that the presentations, verbal update and the forum’s comments be noted.

The date of the next meeting would be Monday 10 October 2022.