Helen Belcher OBE - Cllr for Wiltshire

Cllr Helen Belcher OBE

 Liberal Democrats  Cabinet Member for Economic Development, Regeneration and Assets

Email: helen.belcher@wiltshire.gov.uk

Council: Wiltshire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Strategic Planning Committee Cabinet - Shareholder Group (Committee Member) Council (Committee Member) Children's Select Committee Staffing Policy Committee (Committee Member) Corsham Area Board (Vice-Chairman) Cabinet (Committee Member) Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (Guest Part I)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

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Staffing Policy Committee CANCELLED Committee Member

Staffing Policy Committee - Tuesday 8 July 2025 2.00 pm

July 08, 2025
Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Tuesday 8 July 2025 10.00 am

The Wiltshire Council Cabinet met on 8 July 2025, and approved a new bat mitigation strategy for Trowbridge and Westbury, and discussed the outline of the new council plan. They also discussed the disposal of council assets and a new traffic signal maintenance contract.

July 08, 2025
Staffing Policy Committee Committee Member

Staffing Policy Committee - Thursday 26 June 2025 2.00 pm

The Staffing Policy Committee of Wiltshire Council was scheduled to meet on 26 June 2025 to discuss workforce data, policy updates, and staff benefits. The committee was expected to review a bi-annual workforce report, consider a new recruitment and retention incentive payments policy, and discuss updates to the annual leave and bank holiday entitlement policy. Additionally, the committee was scheduled to receive a report detailing statutory and minor policy changes.

June 26, 2025
Cabinet Committee Member

Extraordinary, Cabinet - Tuesday 24 June 2025 10.00 am

At a meeting of the Wiltshire Council cabinet, those present discussed the revenue and capital outturn positions for the financial year 2024-25, as well as the treasury management outturn position. The cabinet approved transfers to and from earmarked reserves, the creation of new earmarked reserves, and a revenue contribution to capital for works related to Salisbury City Hall. They also noted the general fund outturn position, savings delivery, and overspends in the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) and Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG).

June 24, 2025
Cabinet - Shareholder Group

Cabinet - Shareholder Group - Tuesday 17 June 2025 4.00 pm

The Cabinet - Shareholder Group of Wiltshire Council met on 17 June 2025 to discuss updates and business plans for the Stone Circle Housing Company and Stone Circle Development Company, as well as to review the minutes of their previous meeting. Due to the confidential nature of some of the information to be discussed, the public and press were excluded from part of the meeting.

June 17, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

39 decisions · Page 1 of 8

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: 49

Average per Month: 2.1

Decisions Recorded: 39