Gordon King - Cllr for Wiltshire

Cllr Gordon King

 Liberal Democrats  Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care

Email: gordon.king@wiltshire.gov.uk

Council: Wiltshire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Health and Wellbeing Board (Committee Member - Non-Voting) Council (Committee Member) Wiltshire Police and Crime Panel (Substitute) Officer Appointments Committee (Substitute) Health Select Committee Wiltshire Pension Fund Committee Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (Guest Part I) Westbury Area Board (Vice-Chairman) Standards Assessment Sub-Committee Western Area Planning Committee (Substitute) Cabinet (Committee Member) Finance and Procurement Seelct Committee (Committee Member) Standards Hearing Sub-Committee Cabinet Strategic Planning Committee

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

100 meetings · Page 6 of 20

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
Westbury Area Board

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

The Westbury Area Board met to elect a chair and vice-chair, and to appoint a representative to the Local Highways and Footpath Improvement Group (LHFIG). Councillor Robert Smith was elected as Chairman, Councillor Gordon King, Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, was elected as Vice-Chairman, and Councillor Boaz Barry was appointed as the Lead Representative to the LHFIG.

May 20, 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
Strategic Planning Committee

Strategic Planning Committee - Tuesday 15 April 2025 10.30 am

The Strategic Planning Committee met to discuss planning appeals and updates, and to decide on two planning applications. Outline planning permission was granted for land north of Melksham Road in Holt, subject to conditions and a Section 106 agreement[^2]. A decision on a residential development for land off Freestone Grove in Westbury was deferred.

April 15, 2025
Health and Wellbeing Board

Health and Wellbeing Board - Thursday 27 March 2025 10.00 am

March 27, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

48 decisions · Page 1 of 10

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: 100

Average per Month: 4.3

Decisions Recorded: 48