Marc Gadsby

Council: Waltham Forest

Committees: Executive Decision (Officer) Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny (Officer) Cabinet (Officer) Budget Scrutiny Committee Health and Wellbeing Board (Member)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

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Executive Decision Officer

Family Support Procurement, Executive Decision - Tuesday, 16th December, 2025 11.00 am

The Executive Decision meeting of Waltham Forest Council is scheduled to discuss a proposal to commission family support hours via an open procurement framework approach. The aim is to improve the quality and oversight of family support services, and encourage competitive pricing from external providers. Councillor Kizzy Gardiner, Portfolio Lead Member for Children and Young People, is expected to make the decision.

December 16, 2025
Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Officer

Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny - Wednesday, 3rd December, 2025 7.00 pm

The Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny were scheduled to meet to discuss the Safeguarding Adults Board Strategic Plan for 2025-28, and to receive an update from Whipps Cross Hospital (Barts Health NHS Trust) on the findings of a Care Quality Commission (CQC) report. Councillors were also expected to review the committee's forward plan, action tracker and recommendations tracker.

December 03, 2025
Executive Decision Officer

LGRP Framework, Executive Decision - Tuesday, 2nd December, 2025 3.30 pm

The Executive Decision meeting of Waltham Forest Council on 2 December 2025 was scheduled to consider a report on the Local Government Resourcing Partnership (LGRP) Framework. This was a decision made with no public access. Councillor Paul Douglas, Portfolio Lead Member - Finance and Resources, was the decision maker for this meeting.

December 02, 2025
Cabinet Officer

Cabinet - Tuesday, 2nd December, 2025 2.00 pm

The Waltham Forest Council Cabinet met to discuss budget updates, approve a new physical activity strategy, and progress with housing and regeneration projects. The cabinet approved the continuation of the current Council Tax Support scheme, allocated resources to the Schools Capital Programme, and adopted the Waltham Forest Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Strategy 2025-2028. Additionally, the cabinet addressed the Avenue Road Estate regeneration and a Deed of Variation to the Fellowship Square Development Agreement.

December 02, 2025
Executive Decision Officer

Pay to Park, Executive Decision - Monday, 1st December, 2025 9.00 am

The Executive Decision meeting of Waltham Forest Council included a discussion on proposed amendments to the borough's Pay to Park scheme. A report was prepared for Councillor Clyde Loakes, Deputy Leader (Climate and Air Quality), regarding making permanent an Experimental Traffic Management Order (ETMO) relating to the scheme. The report included summaries of consultation responses and an Equality Impact Assessment.

December 01, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

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Financial Monitoring - 2024/25 Month 9

From: Cabinet - Thursday, 20th February, 2025 2.00 pm - February 20, 2025

...to note the forecast financial outturns and approve an adjusted capital programme budget and the use of £3.644 million from the Budget Strategy Reserve for improvement and transformation costs.

Recommendations Approved

Capital Investment Strategy 2024/25 - 2034/35

From: Cabinet - Thursday, 20th February, 2025 2.00 pm - February 20, 2025

... to approve the Council’s Capital Investment Strategy for 2024/25 to 2034/35, which will be reviewed and refreshed annually, with financing delegated to the Strategic Director of Resources.

Recommendations Approved

Housing Revenue Account Budget 2025/26 including tenants rents and service charges

From: Cabinet - Thursday, 20th February, 2025 2.00 pm - February 20, 2025

...to approve the Housing Revenue Account Budget for 2025/26, including a 2.7% increase in HRA dwelling rents, adjustments to tenant service charges, increases in garage rents, and increases to rent and service charges for sheltered accommodation and traveller sites, while noting the increase in shared ownership rents and the linkage of temporary accommodation rent charges to Local Housing Allowance levels.

Recommendations Approved

Budget and Council Tax Setting 2025/26

From: Cabinet - Thursday, 20th February, 2025 2.00 pm - February 20, 2025

...to recommend to Full Council the approval of the projected budget for 2025/26, including a 4.99% increase in council tax for Waltham Forest residents, setting the Band D property rate at £1,787.27, and an overall council tax of £2,277.65 per Band D property when including the GLA precept.

Recommendations Approved

Shareholder Committee Appointments

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 14th January, 2025 2.00 pm - January 21, 2025

...to appoint Councillor Vicky Ashworth to the Shareholder Committee.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 44

Average per Month: 2.8

Decisions Recorded: 92