Councillor Emmeline Owens
Email: cllr.e.owens@wandsworth.gov.uk
Council: Wandsworth
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Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
45 meetings · Page 6 of 9
Agenda and decisions
The committee approved all 12 of the applications that were put before it, with the exception of a controversial application at 150a-170 Penwith Road and 2-8 Thornsett Road in Earlsfield, where councillors voted against the recommendation to approve the scheme.
Agenda
The Council voted to note a report about an increase to Councillor allowances for information and approved a motion celebrating the Council's success in supporting social workers. The Council also voted against motions to exempt or compensate charities for the rise in Employer National Insurance Contributions, and to condemn the Council for failing to take action to end the protest on Riverside Walk in Nine Elms. The Council voted to accept a Conservative amendment to a Labour motion on compassion at Christmas.
Agenda and decisions
The Children's Overview and Scrutiny Committee endorsed both the new Young Wandsworth Strategy and the new Play in Wandsworth strategy. The Committee also noted the annual Children's Services statutory complaints report and agreed the new Children's Act 1989 Statutory Complaints Policy. After lengthy discussion, the committee recommended that the Executive approve the beginning of the pre-proposal consultation on the closure of Bradstow School in Broadstairs, Kent. The Committee noted both the quarterly key performance indicator report and the budget monitoring for quarter two.
Agenda and decisions
The committee approved five planning applications: the construction of seven new homes at Tolan Square, the redevelopment of the Ackroydon Community Centre to provide 13 affordable homes and a replacement community centre, the demolition of a house at 21 Rowena Crescent and its replacement with a larger one, the construction of eight new intermediate rent homes at Vision Point on Yelverton Road, and a traffic order to enable the movement of a Network Rail structure near Aldrington Road. The committee also confirmed two Tree Preservation Orders, TPO 491/2024 and 492/2024.
Decisions from Meetings
59 decisions · Page 1 of 12
Declarations of Interest
From: Agenda and decisions - May 20, 2025
...to approve the recommendations, noting that there were no declarations of interest.
Recommendations Approved
Minutes - 24th April 2025
From: Agenda and decisions - May 20, 2025
...to approve the recommendations from the Planning Applications Committee meeting held on April 24th, 2025, and confirm its minutes as a correct record.
Recommendations Approved
Enforcement (Paper No. 25-166)
From: Agenda and decisions - May 20, 2025
...to address unauthorized development, the committee authorized enforcement notices for the removal of an extractor pipe at 87A Falcon Road and for modifications to a property at 76 Norroy Road, requiring conversion of undersized two-bedroom units into one-bedroom units and obscuring side-facing windows.
Recommendations Approved
Closure of Investigation Files (Paper No. 25-169)
From: Agenda and decisions - May 20, 2025
...they received for information a report on the closure of investigation files in April 2025 regarding alleged breaches of planning control.
Recommendations Approved
Closed Appeals (Paper No. 25-170)
From: Agenda and decisions - May 20, 2025
...to receive the report for information, noting that of the closed appeals between 1st April 2025 and 30th April 2025, none were allowed, four were dismissed, and two were turned away/withdrawn.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 45
Average per Month: 2.3
Decisions Recorded: 59