Martin Smith - Cllr for Wiltshire

Cllr Martin Smith

 Liberal Democrats  Cabinet Member for Highways, Streetscene and Flooding

Email: martin.smith@wiltshire.gov.uk

Council: Wiltshire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Council (Committee Member) Audit and Governance Committee Northern Area Planning Committee (Committee Member) Strategic Planning Committee (Committee Member) Malmesbury Area Board (Committee Member) Cabinet (Committee Member) Environment Select Committee (Guest Part I) Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (Guest Part I)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

69 meetings · Page 5 of 14

Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Tuesday 8 July 2025 10.00 am

The Wiltshire Council Cabinet met on 8 July 2025, and approved a new bat mitigation strategy for Trowbridge and Westbury, and discussed the outline of the new council plan. They also discussed the disposal of council assets and a new traffic signal maintenance contract.

July 08, 2025
Northern Area Planning Committee Committee Member

Northern Area Planning Committee - Wednesday 2 July 2025 3.00 pm

The Northern Area Planning Committee of Wiltshire Council met to discuss planning appeals and a planning application for a self-build home. The committee noted the planning appeals and updates, and approved the planning application for a self-build home subject to conditions and a legal agreement.

July 02, 2025
Strategic Planning Committee Committee Member

Strategic Planning Committee - Tuesday 1 July 2025 10.30 am

The Strategic Planning Committee met to discuss planning appeals, a large warehouse application in Melksham, a solar farm proposal near Potterne, and the conversion of agricultural buildings in Winterbourne Earls. The committee voted to instruct officers to address a flaw in an appeal decision relating to a Gypsy and Traveller site, deferred a decision on the warehouse for further consideration, refused the solar farm application, and approved the conversion of agricultural buildings.

July 01, 2025
Cabinet Committee Member

Extraordinary, Cabinet - Tuesday 24 June 2025 10.00 am

At a meeting of the Wiltshire Council cabinet, those present discussed the revenue and capital outturn positions for the financial year 2024-25, as well as the treasury management outturn position. The cabinet approved transfers to and from earmarked reserves, the creation of new earmarked reserves, and a revenue contribution to capital for works related to Salisbury City Hall. They also noted the general fund outturn position, savings delivery, and overspends in the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) and Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG).

June 24, 2025
Cabinet

Cabinet - Tuesday 10 June 2025 10.00 am

Here is a summary of the scheduled Cabinet meeting, based on the provided agenda and report pack.

June 10, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

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Chippenham Avon Project

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 11 November 2025 10.00 am - November 11, 2025

...to facilitate the Chippenham River Avon Project, the Cabinet increased the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) allocation to £1.8 million, delegated expenditure approval to the Director of Planning, Economy, and Regeneration, and authorized contract agreements with the Environment Agency, contingent on Defra funding.

Recommendations Approved

Report on Treasury Management Strategy 2025/26 Half Year ended 30 September 2025

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 11 November 2025 10.00 am - November 11, 2025

...to note the report on the Treasury Management Strategy 2025/26 Half Year ended 30 September 2025, confirming its alignment with the existing strategy and the performance of investments and borrowings against established parameters.

Recommendations Approved

Financial Year 2025/26 - Quarter Two Capital Budget Monitoring

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 11 November 2025 10.00 am - November 11, 2025

...the Cabinet approved budget virements for Facilities Management and Integrated Transport, and noted additional budgets, budget removals, budget reprofiling, and the revised 2025/26 Capital Programme forecast.

Recommendations Approved

Financial Year 2025/26 - Quarter Two Revenue Budget Monitoring

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 11 November 2025 10.00 am - November 11, 2025

...to approve drawdowns from various reserves to fund specific initiatives in supporting families, children's social care prevention, and adult care, while also noting a forecast revenue budget overspend of £6.658m and an overspend against Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) budgets of £12.892m.

Recommendations Approved

West Wiltshire Nursing Home Provision

From: Extraordinary, Cabinet - Wednesday 15 October 2025 11.30 am - October 15, 2025

...to approve the recommendations outlined in a Part II report concerning nursing home provision in West Wiltshire.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 69

Average per Month: 3.0

Decisions Recorded: 61