Councillor James Giles

Licensing Sub-Committee - Tuesday 29 July 2025 1:30 pm

The Licensing Sub-Committee met to discuss an application from the Corinthian Casuals Football Club for a new premises licence. The club was seeking to extend its licensable area to cover the entire site at King George's Recreation Ground, and to extend its hours for the sale of alcohol and provision of recorded music. After hearing from the applicant and local residents, the sub-committee adjourned to make a decision, which will be confirmed to all parties by email within five working days.

Licensing Sub-Committee - Tuesday 29 July 2025 10:00 am

The Kingston upon Thames Licensing Sub-Committee granted a temporary street trading licence to Vesuvio on the Road, a mobile pizza business, to trade from a pitch outside St Pius X Church at The Triangle in New Malden[^1]. The licence is valid for six months, with amended hours and additional conditions to address concerns raised by the council's highways team, the church, and local residents. These conditions relate to trading hours, designated days, and litter control.

Council - Tuesday 8 July 2025 7:30 pm

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Council met to debate petitions regarding parking charges and pension fund investments, as well as to discuss a motion on welfare reform. Councillors agreed to establish a cross-party task force to review pension fund investments and also voted to campaign against changes to disability benefits. The council also formally recognised John Azar OBE, for being admitted to the status of Honorary Freeman of the Royal Borough.

Place Committee - Tuesday 24 June 2025 7:30 pm

The Place Committee met to discuss a range of issues, including parking charges, a proposed footbridge, opposition to a third runway at Heathrow Airport, habitat banks, retrofitting council buildings, and the redevelopment of the Household Reuse and Recycling Centre and Waste Transfer Station. The committee approved progressing with the investigation and setting up of habitat banks on council-owned land, and also approved the implementation of energy conservation measures at council buildings. The committee also agreed to progress with the redevelopment of the Household Reuse and Recycling Centre and Waste Transfer Station to the end of RIBA[^1] 4.

Kingston Partnership Board - Monday 23 June 2025 3:00 pm

The Kingston Partnership Board was scheduled to discuss the Director of Public Health's annual report, and the Better Care Fund year end report. There was also scheduled to be a verbal update on the work of the board.