Councillor Judith Southern

Climate Action, Environment and Highways Policy and Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday 14th October, 2025 6.00 pm, NEW

The Climate Action, Environment and Highways Policy and Scrutiny Committee met to review the call-in of a decision regarding the implementation of Cycleway 43 (Section B). After hearing from Councillor Max Sullivan, Cabinet Member for Streets, and discussing concerns raised by Marylebone ward councillors, the committee voted to take no further action, allowing the Cabinet Member Decision to be implemented.

Licensing Sub-Committee (4) - Thursday 9th October, 2025 10.00 am

The Licensing Sub-Committee (4) of Westminster Council convened to address several licensing applications. The applications included new premises licences for 1 Floral Court and 2 Floral Court, and a new premises licence for the Trocadero at 13 Coventry Street. Additionally, the committee was scheduled to consider a variation of a premises licence for Crockfords Club at 30 Curzon Street, involving the relocation of the premises.

Housing and Regeneration Policy and Scrutiny Committee - Thursday 2nd October, 2025 6.30 pm

Here is a summary of the scheduled discussions for the Housing and Regeneration Policy and Scrutiny Committee meeting.

Climate Action, Environment and Highways Policy and Scrutiny Committee - Thursday 25th September, 2025 6.30 pm

The Climate Action, Environment and Highways Policy and Scrutiny Committee met to discuss the impact of the parking fee structure review, and the work and management of the City Inspectors, including the street-based intervention team. The committee recommended that the council consider expanding the current bands listed for pay to parking, give additional thought to how it can make parking easy and affordable for tradespeople, increase outreach with businesses that interact with the city inspectors, arrange neighbourhood coordination meetings outside of traditional working hours, engage with the Football Association to work towards an agreement whereby clubs would contribute to the cost of cleanup for mass fan gathering events, promote the positive contributions of city inspectors, and ensure ward councillors are adequately informed with regards to incidents that might emerge in their ward. The committee also reviewed and approved the committee work programme for forthcoming meetings.

Licensing Sub-Committee (4) - Thursday 18th September, 2025 10.00 am

The Licensing Sub-Committee (4), consisting of Councillor Angela Piddock, Councillor Judith Southern, Lead Member - Older Persons Champion, and Councillor Karen Scarborough, scheduled a meeting to address several licensing applications. The Sub-Committee was expected to consider applications for premises licences under the Licensing Act 2003, taking into account Westminster Council's licensing policy, effective from October 2021, and guidance issued by the Secretary of State in December 2023. The Sub-Committee was also expected to consider core hours for when customers are permitted to be on the premises, as outlined in the council's licensing policy.