Edward Hawkins

Council - Tuesday, 10 December 2024 10.00 am

The Council voted to approve the scheme for admitting students to schools in 2026. It also agreed to close the Bagshot Community Recycling Centre, and to extend the opening hours of the Camberley Community Recycling Centre. It voted to adopt the reports from the Cabinet meetings that took place on 29 October and 26 November 2024, approved a motion on climate change and net zero targets, and referred motions on inheritance tax, farming and the rural economy, and the preventative approach to children's services to the Cabinet. A motion to allow parents to attend SEND panels was also referred to the Cabinet.

Resources and Performance Select Committee - Friday, 6 December 2024 10.00 am

The committee noted the Cabinet response to its recommendations and approved, with minor amendments, seven recommendations arising from its scrutiny of the draft budget for 2025-26 and the medium-term financial strategy.

Planning and Regulatory Committee - Wednesday, 27 November 2024 10.30 am

At this meeting of the Planning and Regulatory Committee, the Committee considered two planning applications for schools: the first for a new AP school on the site of a former care home, and the second for the extension of an infant school. The committee also considered an application to register some land as a Town & Village Green and a referral of a public footpath. The committee accepted the withdrawal of the application for village green status. The committee agreed to take a neutral stance in regard to the public footpath. The applications for the two schools were discussed at length, with arguments being made both for and against them. Ultimately, the committee agreed to permit the application for the infant school, but decided to refer the application for the AP school back to Surrey County Council for reconsideration.

Planning and Regulatory Committee - Wednesday, 30 October 2024 10.30 am

The meeting considered two planning applications for developments on land owned by Surrey County Council: one for the expansion of St Paul’s C of E Infant School in Tongham and one for the construction of extra care housing on the site of the former Colebrook and Spectrum Noke Day Centres in Redhill. Both applications were approved.

Resources and Performance Select Committee - Friday, 18 October 2024 10.00 am

The Resources and Performance Select Committee of Surrey County Council met on Friday 18 October 2024 and noted a report on the Strategic Investment Board's annual report on investments. The committee will produce a more comprehensive set of recommendations in part two of the meeting.