Laura Mayes - Cllr for Wiltshire

Cllr Laura Mayes

 Conservative  Chairman of the Council

Email: laura.mayes@wiltshire.gov.uk

Council: Wiltshire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Eastern Area Planning Committee (Substitute) Officer Appointments Committee (Substitute) Council (Chairman) Appeals Sub-Committee (School Transport) (Substitute - Part II) Staffing Policy Committee (Committee Member) Children's Select Committee (Chair, Committee Member) Cabinet Health and Wellbeing Board (Committee Member) Cabinet Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (Committee Member)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

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Committee Committee Member

Devizes Area Board - Monday 1 December 2025 6.30 pm

The Devizes Area Board met to discuss community grants, updates from partner organisations such as Wiltshire Police and Age UK Wiltshire, and to review the area board's priorities. Councillors were also scheduled to hear a presentation on winter highway preparedness and to discuss the upcoming Wiltshire Youth Council elections.

December 01, 2025
Staffing Policy Committee Committee Member

Staffing Policy Committee - Wednesday 26 November 2025 2.00 pm

The Staffing Policy Committee of Wiltshire Council met on 26 November 2025 to discuss workforce analytics, management development, employee experience, and recruitment practices. The committee was scheduled to receive updates on the Biannual Workforce Report, the Management Development Initiative, the Employee Experience Survey, the Exit Interviews Project, and the SEND Recruitment Project. Councillors were also expected to review and approve the minutes from a previous meeting.

November 26, 2025
Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee Committee Member

Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee - Wednesday 19 November 2025 10.30 am

The Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee met on 19 November 2025, and agreed to note an update on the Wiltshire Community Strategic Partnership's work, including improvements to systems for the public to report anti-social behaviour, and to receive a further update in six months. The committee also endorsed the findings and recommendations of a Rapid Scrutiny Exercise on corporate Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), while expressing disappointment at the Executive's limited acceptance of the recommendations, and agreed to consider two notices of motion regarding screenwash and billposting, task group updates, and select committee forward work programmes.

November 19, 2025
Children's Select Committee Chair

Children's Select Committee - Thursday 13 November 2025 2.00 pm

The Children's Select Committee were scheduled to discuss a range of reports and updates, including the Safety Valve Programme, school attendance, updates from the Department for Education (DfE), education performance outcomes, safeguarding, adoption, and the committee's forward work programme. The meeting was also scheduled to include verbal updates from the Cabinet Member and Directors.

November 13, 2025
Officer Appointments Committee Substitute

Officer Appointments Committee - Thursday 6 November 2025 9.00 am

The Officer Appointments Committee of Wiltshire Council was scheduled to meet on Thursday 6 November 2025, to discuss the appointment of a Director of Commissioning. The meeting was also scheduled to cover standard agenda items such as apologies, declarations of interest, public participation and confirmation of the minutes from the previous meeting. Due to the confidential nature of the appointment, the public was scheduled to be excluded from the meeting during the discussion of the appointment.

November 06, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

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New Surface Dressing and Micro Asphalt Surfacing Contract Award

From: Cabinet - Monday 7 April 2025 11.00 am - April 07, 2025

...to note the report regarding the award of the Surface Dressing and Micro Asphalt Term Surfacing Contract and consider the proposal further in a closed session due to exempt information.

Recommendations Approved

Wiltshire Council Climate Change Adaptation Plan

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 4 March 2025 10.00 am - March 04, 2025

...to note the council's climate adaptation approach, endorse the Adaptation Delivery Plan (subject to comments and final approval), and acknowledge the integration of climate risk management into the council's standard operations and governance.

For Determination

Future Commissioning of Homecare

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 4 March 2025 10.00 am - March 04, 2025

...to prepare for implementation on April 1, 2026, officers were directed to continue preparing the procurement program for a new joint homecare framework for adults and children, with a final paper requesting approval to proceed to tender to be brought back to the cabinet in July 2025.

For Determination

Lime Down Solar Park

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 4 March 2025 10.00 am - March 04, 2025

...to object to the Lime Down Solar Park application based on concerns about the use of valuable agricultural land, cumulative environmental impact, harm to the landscape and biodiversity, potential amenity issues for residents, and the project's conflict with the council's solar farm policies, while also delegating authority to the Director of Planning and Economy to manage the council's response and participation in the Development Consent Order process.

For Determination

Summary

Meetings Attended: 69

Average per Month: 3.0

Decisions Recorded: 53