Diarmaid Ward - Councillor for Islington (Holloway)

Councillor Diarmaid Ward

Labour Party Holloway

Email: diarmaid.ward@islington.gov.uk

Council: Islington

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Executive Annual Council (Committee Member) Council (Committee Member) Pensions Committee Planning Committee (Committee Member) Employment and Appointments Committee Planning Sub Committee B (Committee Member) Council (Committee Member) Planning Sub Committee A (Substitute)

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

55 meetings · Page 1 of 11

Planning Committee Committee Member

Planning Committee - Monday, 1st June, 2026 7.30 pm

June 01, 2026, 7:30 pm
Annual Council Committee Member

Annual Council - Wednesday, 27 May 2026 - 7.00 pm

May 27, 2026, 7:00 pm
Planning Committee Committee Member

Planning Committee - Tuesday, 21st April, 2026 7.30 pm

April 21, 2026, 7:30 pm
Planning Sub Committee B Committee Member

Planning Sub Committee B - Monday, 9th March, 2026 7.30 pm

The Planning Sub Committee B of Islington Council is scheduled to meet on Monday 9 March 2026 to consider a range of planning applications. The agenda includes proposals for a rear extension at 137 Newington Green Road, conservation work on the Clock Tower at Highbury Hill, and the stopping up of a section of footway on Wilson Street to facilitate development.

March 09, 2026, 7:30 pm
Council Committee Member

Budget Meeting, Council - Thursday, 26th February, 2026 7.00 pm

The Council meeting on 26 February 2026 saw the approval of the council's budget for the upcoming year, alongside a proposed amendment to this budget. The meeting also addressed appointments to outside bodies and the Members' Allowances Scheme.

February 26, 2026, 7:00 pm

Decisions from Meetings

85 decisions · Page 5 of 17

S75 Agreement with NCL ICB for the Islington Survivors Trauma Service - I029909

From: Executive - Thursday, 27th March, 2025 7.00 pm - March 27, 2025

...to enter into a Section 75 agreement with the North Central London Integrated Care Board to maintain funding for the Islington Survivors Trauma Service at a maximum of £636,000 from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2026.

Recommendations Approved

Minutes of previous meeting

From: Executive - Thursday, 27th March, 2025 7.00 pm - March 27, 2025

...to agree the co-ordinated schemes and timetables for admission to Islington primary, secondary schools, and academies in 2026-27, and in-year admission protocols for 2026-27, the policy and oversubscription criteria for admission to community primary and secondary schools and Highbury Fields Sixth Form for 2026-27, the admission numbers for Islington community primary and secondary schools and for external applicants to Highbury Fields Sixth Form for 2026-27, to approve the issue of a statutory notice to close St Jude and St Paul's Church of England Primary School on 31 August 2025, to approve the issue of a statutory notice to close Highbury Quadrant Primary School on 31 August 2025, to approve the extension of the contract to the existing parking enforcement services contract, NSL Ltd, from 1 April 2025 until 30 September 2025, to approve the procurement strategy for the buying process of a call-off contract for cashless parking from the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation Framework 509- 23 Agreement Lot 3 Cashless Parking (mobile) Solutions, to RingGo Limited, for the period 1 April 2025 until 31 March 2026, and to agree in principle to appropriate the land comprising the Finsbury Leisure Centre, its football pitches and the pathways between to planning purposes.

Recommendations Approved

Procurement strategy and contract award for North Central London sexual health services

From: Executive - Thursday, 27th March, 2025 7.00 pm - March 27, 2025

...to endorse the procurement strategy and authorise awarding the North Central London Integrated Sexual Health services contract to Central North West London NHS Trust for up to 60 months, with an initial term of 36 months plus two optional 12-month extensions, with an estimated budget for Islington of £12,968,680.

Recommendations Approved

S75 for social care support at Pentonville Prison

From: Executive - Thursday, 27th March, 2025 7.00 pm - March 27, 2025

...to enter into a Section 75 agreement with NHS England to provide adult social care and support to eligible adult male prisoners at Pentonville Prison for five years, with a possible two-year extension, from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2030, at an estimated value of £875,000.

Recommendations Approved

Local Development Scheme 2025

From: Executive - Thursday, 27th March, 2025 7.00 pm - March 27, 2025

...to approve and bring into immediate effect the Local Development Scheme 2025, as set out in Appendix 1 of the report, and to cancel the list of planning documents attached as Appendix 2.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 55

Average per Month: 2.0

Decisions Recorded: 85