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1. Summary

1.1 This report informs Members of the reorganisation of the Environment Grouping.

2. Reorganisation of the Environment Grouping

2.1 The County Surveyor's and Planning Departments of Hampshire County Council have, during the past few years, worked together in the form of the `Environment Grouping' with a Joint Management Board and common support services. John Ekins, the County Surveyor, is due to retire in January 2003 and the opportunity has been taken to restructure the two departments into a single Environment Department under the control of a Director.

2.2 The new Director, Alison Quant, took up the post on 28 October, having joined the County Council from the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, where she held the post of Director of Environment. Prior to that she was Assistant Director of Environment and Transport at Cambridgeshire County Council.

2.3 The operational activities of the former County Surveyor's and Planning Departments have been restructured and integrated into four broad functional areas. David Tarrant has been appointed as the Deputy Director and leads on Strategy, with Alan Mills and Merrick Denton-Thompson appointed as Assistant Directors for Management and Performance and Innovation respectively. The Assistant Director for Design and Implementation has yet to be appointed. The new Management Team Structure is shown below.

Director

Alison Quant

STRATEGY

David Tarrant

Land use/Management

Natural Resources

(incl. Minerals and Waste)

Environment Partnerships

Transport

Development Control (Highways/Land Use)

(Community Strategy/Corporate Strategy Input)

PERFORMANCE AND INNOVATION

Merrick Denton-Thompson

Environmental Challenge Team

Sustainability Initiatives

Research and Information

Organisation Performance and Development

(including Best Value and Comprehensive Performance Assessment)

E-Government

Executive Support

Communications

Recommendation

That the report be noted.

7609/RC