Councillor John Chilver

Council - Wednesday, 17th September, 2025 4.00 pm

The Buckinghamshire Council meeting on 17 September 2025 included discussion of the council's pay policy, the Youth Justice Plan, and a review of the Audit and Governance Committee's work. Councillors were also scheduled to hear reports from cabinet members on topics ranging from strategic finance and economic growth to transport, culture, and community safety.

Strategic Sites Committee - Thursday, 28th August, 2025 10.00 am

The Strategic Sites Committee scheduled a meeting to discuss a hybrid planning application for land between Longwick Road and Mill Lane in Princes Risborough. The meeting was also scheduled to confirm the minutes of the previous meeting and to set the date for the next one.

Strategic Sites Committee - Thursday, 31st July, 2025 2.00 pm

The Buckinghamshire Council Strategic Sites Committee met to discuss an outline planning application for residential dwellings and elderly extra care accommodation on land adjacent to Amersham Road and Minerva Way in Beaconsfield. Councillors ultimately voted to refuse the application, citing concerns over Green Belt impact, landscape character, loss of agricultural land, the lack of a sequential test[^1] and the absence of a signed section 106 agreement[^2].

Finance & Resources Select Committee - Thursday, 17th July, 2025 2.00 pm

Councillor John Chilver, Vice-Chairman, opened the Finance and Resources Select Committee meeting, where members reviewed the 2024-25 budget monitoring outturn, the Q1 budget monitoring report, and the Q4 performance report for the Leader's and Resources portfolios. The committee approved the transfer of funds to reserves, and also approved changes to fees and charges. They also discussed the future work program for the committee.

Standards and General Purposes Committee - Thursday, 10th July, 2025 2.00 pm

The Standards and General Purposes Committee convened to review complaints, consider an annual report, and discuss the work programme. The committee approved the minutes from the previous meeting, reviewed the Compliments, Complaints and Improvements Annual Report and Ombudsman Update, and noted the Member Code of Conduct Complaints - Quarter 1 Review.