Mark Rhodes - Councillor for Tonbridge and Malling (Hildenborough)

Councillor Mark Rhodes

Conservative Party Hildenborough Chair of General Purposes Committee

Email: mark.rhodes@tmbc.gov.uk

Council: Tonbridge and Malling

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Cabinet (Role: Other Member) Parish Partnership Panel (Role: Other Member) Area 1 Planning Committee (Role: Committee Member) Communities and Environment Scrutiny Select Committee (Role: Committee Member) Audit Committee (Role: Committee Member) Tonbridge Community Forum (Role: Committee Member) General Purposes Committee (Role: Chair) Joint Standards Committee Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Role: Other Member) Finance, Regeneration and Property Scrutiny Select Committee (Role: Vice-Chair) Council (Role: Committee Member) Housing and Planning Scrutiny Select Committee (Role: Other Member) Joint Transportation Board

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

111 meetings · Page 1 of 23

Tonbridge Community Forum Role: Committee Member

Tonbridge Community Forum - Monday, 24th November, 2025 7.30 pm

November 24, 2025
Parish Partnership Panel Role: Other Member

Parish Partnership Panel - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 7.30 pm

November 20, 2025
Cabinet Role: Other Member

Cabinet - Tuesday, 18th November, 2025 7.30 pm

November 18, 2025
Overview and Scrutiny Committee Role: Other Member

Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 13th November, 2025 7.30 pm

November 13, 2025
Communities and Environment Scrutiny Select Committee Role: Committee Member

Communities and Environment Scrutiny Select Committee - Wednesday, 5th November, 2025 7.30 pm

November 05, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

117 decisions · Page 5 of 24

Risk Management

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 2nd September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 02, 2025

...the Cabinet noted updates to the Strategic Risk Register, including the three risks categorized as RED (Achievement of Savings and Transformation Strategy, Failure to agree a Local Plan, and Managed exit from the Agile System), and also noted the identified service risks.

Recommendations Approved

Budgetary Control and Savings Update - July 2025

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 2nd September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 02, 2025

...to note the net favorable variance of approximately £730,000 as of the end of July 2025, the current business rate pool position, and the progress towards the savings target for the 2026/27 budget.

Recommendations Approved

Sports Facilities Evidence

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 2nd September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 02, 2025

... the Cabinet of Tonbridge and Malling endorsed and adopted the Indoor Sports Facilities Strategy and the Playing Pitches and Outdoor Sports Facilities Strategy as the Borough Council’s current policy position on sports facilities, subject to careful consideration of comments from local sports teams and, for the latter strategy, the inclusion of the Joint Parish Skate Park in the BMX and Skate Parks section, while also delegating authority to the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health to publish Stage E reviews of these strategies.

Recommendations Approved

Annual Senior Information Risk Owner Report 2025-26

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 2nd September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 02, 2025

...to note the annual information risk report, support investment in enhanced cybersecurity, fund incident response with grant money, and initially fund security monitoring from reserves before incorporating it into the core budget.

Recommendations Approved

Digital & IT Strategy Progress Update

From: Finance, Regeneration and Property Scrutiny Select Committee - Tuesday, 22nd July, 2025 7.30 pm - July 22, 2025

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 111

Average per Month: 5.0

Decisions Recorded: 117