Gavin Grant - Cllr for Wiltshire

Cllr Gavin Grant

 Liberal Democrats  Cabinet Member for Finance

Email: gavin.grant@wiltshire.gov.uk

Council: Wiltshire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Cabinet - Shareholder Group (Committee Member) Wiltshire Pension Fund Committee (Committee Member) Council (Committee Member) Audit and Governance Committee (Committee Member - Non-Voting) Northern Area Planning Committee (Committee Member) Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (Guest Part I) Malmesbury Area Board (Vice-Chairman) Cabinet (Committee Member) Strategic Planning Committee Electoral Review Committee (Chairman) Officer Appointments Committee

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

94 meetings · Page 8 of 19

Cabinet

Cabinet - Tuesday 10 June 2025 10.00 am

Here is a summary of the scheduled Cabinet meeting, based on the provided agenda and report pack.

June 10, 2025
Officer Appointments Committee

Officer Appointments Committee - Thursday 5 June 2025 9.00 am

The Officer Appointments Committee met on 5 June 2025, and appointed Councillor Ian Thorn as Chairman of the committee. The main business of the meeting was to conduct interviews and appoint a new Director of Finance and Procurement, a decision which was made in private session.

June 05, 2025
Northern Area Planning Committee

Northern Area Planning Committee - Wednesday 4 June 2025 2.00 pm

The Northern Area Planning Committee were scheduled to meet to discuss planning appeals, updates, and consider two planning applications relating to Fordlands, Main Road, Christian Malford, Chippenham, and land north of Chelworth Road, Cricklade Industrial Estate, Cricklade.

June 04, 2025
Council

Council - Tuesday 20 May 2025 10.30 am

The annual meeting of Wiltshire Council saw Councillor Laura Mayes elected as the new chairman, and Councillor Ruth Hopkinson elected as vice-chairman. Councillor Ian Thorne was appointed leader of the council for 2025-2029, and he announced his cabinet. Councillors also voted to delegate decisions on committee appointments to a later meeting, and to authorise work to establish a new financial scrutiny committee.

May 20, 2025
Malmesbury Area Board

Extraordinary - On the rising of Full Council, not before 11am, Malmesbury Area Board - Tuesday 20 May 2025 11.00 am

At the Malmesbury Area Board meeting, Councillor Chuck Berry was elected as Chairman, Councillor Gavin Grant was elected as Vice-Chairman, and Councillor Elizabeth Threlfall was appointed as the lead member for the Local Highways and Footpath Improvement Group (LHFIG).

May 20, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

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Chippenham Avon Project

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 11 November 2025 10.00 am - November 11, 2025

...to facilitate the Chippenham River Avon Project, the Cabinet increased the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) allocation to £1.8 million, delegated expenditure approval to the Director of Planning, Economy, and Regeneration, and authorized contract agreements with the Environment Agency, contingent on Defra funding.

Recommendations Approved

Report on Treasury Management Strategy 2025/26 Half Year ended 30 September 2025

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 11 November 2025 10.00 am - November 11, 2025

...to note the report on the Treasury Management Strategy 2025/26 Half Year ended 30 September 2025, confirming its alignment with the existing strategy and the performance of investments and borrowings against established parameters.

Recommendations Approved

Financial Year 2025/26 - Quarter Two Capital Budget Monitoring

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 11 November 2025 10.00 am - November 11, 2025

...the Cabinet approved budget virements for Facilities Management and Integrated Transport, and noted additional budgets, budget removals, budget reprofiling, and the revised 2025/26 Capital Programme forecast.

Recommendations Approved

Financial Year 2025/26 - Quarter Two Revenue Budget Monitoring

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 11 November 2025 10.00 am - November 11, 2025

...to approve drawdowns from various reserves to fund specific initiatives in supporting families, children's social care prevention, and adult care, while also noting a forecast revenue budget overspend of £6.658m and an overspend against Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) budgets of £12.892m.

Recommendations Approved

West Wiltshire Nursing Home Provision

From: Extraordinary, Cabinet - Wednesday 15 October 2025 11.30 am - October 15, 2025

...to approve the recommendations outlined in a Part II report concerning nursing home provision in West Wiltshire.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 94

Average per Month: 4.1

Decisions Recorded: 61