Councillor Christopher Kennedy
Email: christopher.kennedy@hackney.gov.uk
Council: Hackney
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
109 meetings · Page 10 of 22
Licensing Sub Committee D - Tuesday 4 March 2025 2.00 pm
The meeting was scheduled to include a discussion of an application for a new premises licence for MOJO and Creams, 229 Old Street, London, EC1V 9HE.
Cabinet Procurement and Insourcing Committee - Monday 3 March 2025 2.00 pm
This meeting was about whether to award a series of contracts for services for residents. The report pack included details about what each service would cost, and how it would be delivered. No information was made available about what was actually discussed during the meeting, or what was decided.
2025-26 Budget Setting, Council - Wednesday 26 February 2025 7.00 pm
This meeting was the last meeting of Hackney Council for the 2024/25 municipal year, and included a wide-ranging set of reports, a review of the proposed budget for 2025/26 and a number of motions submitted by the Green and Labour groups.
Cabinet - Monday 24 February 2025 6.00 pm
The Cabinet approved a 4.99% increase to Council Tax for 2025-26, with 2% ringfenced for adult social care, to help balance the budget alongside £10m from reserves, despite receiving £25m more than expected from the government. £880,000 was also approved to upgrade CCTV in the town centre, and a £10m grant from the London Estate Regeneration Fund to help regenerate the Marian Court and Kings Crescent estates was formally accepted.
Health in Hackney Scrutiny Commission - Thursday 13 February 2025 7.00 pm
The Commission heard from Dr Kirsten Brown, the incoming Clinical Director for City and Hackney about the Enhanced Primary Care Services and the risk that funding for some of them might not continue after April 2025. The meeting concluded with a discussion with Keep Our NHS Public representatives about the Integrated Care Board's budget overspend.
Decisions from Meetings
364 decisions · Page 1 of 73
Non-Key Decision: Article 4 Direction to Remove Permitted Development Rights for Change of Use From Use Commercial, Business & Service (Class E) to Residential (Class C3) in Ridley Road, Dalston E8
From: Cabinet - Monday 15 December 2025 6.00 pm - December 15, 2025
...to approve a non-immediate Article 4 Direction to remove permitted development rights for changes of use from commercial, business, or services (Class E) to residential (Class C3) for specific properties on Ridley Road, Dalston E8, aiming to protect the area's commercial vitality and require full planning permission for such changes.
For Determination
F S514 Capital Update and Property Disposals And Acquisitions EXEMPT Appendices
From: Cabinet - Monday 15 December 2025 6.00 pm - December 15, 2025
Recommendations Approved
CE S588 Hackney's Education Strategic Plan 2026 to 2029
From: Cabinet - Monday 15 December 2025 6.00 pm - December 15, 2025
...they approved the Hackney Education Strategic Plan 2026-29, a plan designed to enhance life opportunities and well-being for all children in Hackney through an ambitious, anti-racist, and inclusive education system, for publication in January 2026.
For Determination
AHI S658 Care Charging Review - Policy Change Recommendations
From: Cabinet - Monday 15 December 2025 6.00 pm - December 15, 2025
...to implement changes to Hackney's care charging policies, including removing the maximum charge cap for non-residential care, moving to 100% charging based on the cost of service and assessable income, aligning the Minimum Income Guarantee with DHSC rates, introducing fees for self-funders and Technology-Enabled Living services, and implementing a Blue Badge administration fee, while maintaining the disability benefits disregard at 25%.
For Determination
F S594 Kings Hall Leisure Centre Refurbishment Project - Appropriation of the Kings Hall Leisure Centre Site for Planning Purposes EXEMPT Appendices
From: Cabinet - Monday 15 December 2025 6.00 pm - December 15, 2025
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 109
Average per Month: 5.5
Decisions Recorded: 364