Abdus Choudhury

Executive

Agenda

The Executive of Wandsworth Council made a series of decisions about their leisure services, parks, and waste enforcement contracts, agreed a response to a petition about antisocial behaviour, approved a new Community Trigger protocol, and made decisions about grant funding applications.

Grants Sub-Committee

Agenda

The Grants Sub-Committee met to decide which organisations would receive grants from the Voluntary Sector Cost of Living Grant Fund and the Wandsworth Grant Fund. In total the committee recommended six applications from the Cost of Living Grant fund, for a total of £61,375, and eight from the Wandsworth Grant Fund, for a total of £76,856. During the discussion of the applications, there was some debate over whether the committee should take into account previous grants an organisation had received from the council when making their decisions, and there was also some debate over the criteria of the cost of living grant, with some councillors feeling that some otherwise good projects were not being funded because they did not meet the specific cost of living criteria.

Planning Applications Committee

Agenda and draft minutes

The committee approved two applications and rejected one. They approved plans to build a three-storey block of 5 flats on the site of some garages on Gideon Road, as well as plans to replace a garage with a side extension on Wimbledon Park Road. They rejected plans to demolish the Bright Horizons Battersea Day Nursery on Latchmere Road and replace it with a new nursery and a block of 9 flats.

Environment Committee

Agenda and decisions

The Environment Committee agreed to transfer the management of the arboricultural and grounds maintenance contracts, and responsibility for the biodiversity strategy from Enable Leisure and Culture to Wandsworth Council[^1]. The Committee also noted that the council is negotiating with Enable about extending their leisure and culture contract, and will make a decision on that in November 2024. Councillors noted the council's response to the petition requesting the purchase of Springfield Park, and noted that a consultation will be taking place in July 2024 about the creation of a pocket park on Swaffield Road.

Planning Applications Committee

Agenda and decisions

The committee approved applications for a new intensive therapy unit at St. George's Hospital, a temporary licence for a flower stall outside Clapham Junction Station, minor alterations to the Riverside Business Centre, the construction of 2 dormer windows at 23 & 25 Oxford Road, and new houses and flats on a car parking space on Swaffield Road. The committee also agreed to authorise enforcement action to return a basement flat at 310 Queenstown Road to its original use, and to confirm a Tree Preservation Order for an oak tree at the Roehampton Sports & Fitness Centre.