Minesh Patel
Council: Brent
Committees:
Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
45 meetings · Page 1 of 9
Cabinet - Monday 8 December 2025 10.00 am
The Brent Council cabinet is scheduled to meet on 8 December 2025 to discuss housing performance, homelessness, corporate performance, substance misuse services and cycle parking. The meeting will include a review of the draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2026-2031, and a discussion of the Housing Management Property Services Performance Report for the first two quarters of 2025. Also on the agenda is the proposed re-procurement of the Integrated Treatment Recovery Wellbeing & Substance Misuse Service, and a programme for the delivery of secure cycle parking across the borough.
Audit and Standards Advisory Committee - Wednesday 3 December 2025 6.00 pm
The Audit and Standards Advisory Committee for Brent Council met on Wednesday 3 December 2025 to discuss a range of audit and standards related matters. These included updates on counter fraud measures, internal audit, treasury management, and the external audit findings for both the council and its pension fund. The committee was also scheduled to review the treasury management strategy for the upcoming year and the forward plan for the committee's work.
This meeting will take place on the rising of the Audit & Standards Advisory Committee, Audit and Standards Committee - Wednesday 3 December 2025
The Audit and Standards Committee was scheduled to meet on Wednesday 3 December 2025 to discuss the Statement of Accounts for 2024-25, and to approve the minutes from the previous meeting. The meeting was scheduled to be held in person at the Brent Civic Centre[^2], and was also scheduled to be available via live webcast.
Cabinet - Monday 17 November 2025 10.00 am
The Brent Council Cabinet met to discuss budget proposals for 2026-27, approve a health and wellbeing hub in Gladstone Park, and address school place planning. Councillors also approved adopting the socio-economic duty to reduce inequality and backed a collaborative procurement for sexual health services.
Cabinet - Monday 13 October 2025 10.00 am
Here's a summary of the Cabinet Meeting held by Brent Council on 13 October 2025:
Decisions from Meetings
210 decisions · Page 4 of 42
Q2 Financial Forecast 2025-26
From: Cabinet - Monday 13 October 2025 10.00 am - October 13, 2025
... to note the Q2 financial forecast for 2025-26, including the overall financial position, savings delivery, prudential indicators, discretionary business rates reliefs, amendments to the capital budget, and delegated authority for a £40m loan facility.
Recommendations Approved
Exclusion of Press and Public
From: Cabinet - Monday 13 October 2025 10.00 am - October 13, 2025
...that no items on the agenda required the exclusion of the press or public.
Recommendations Approved
Authority to Proceed with New Energy Efficient Heating for The Oaks and Pharamond
From: Cabinet - Monday 13 October 2025 10.00 am - October 13, 2025
...to approve adding new low carbon, energy efficient heating for the Oaks and Pharamond housing to the Capital Programme, funded by a combination of the Warm Homes Social Housing Fund grant and the Carbon Offset Fund, and to authorise the Director of Housing Services to enter the necessary procurements to deliver the scheme.
Recommendations Approved
Brent Youth Justice Plan 2025-2028
From: Cabinet - Monday 13 October 2025 10.00 am - October 13, 2025
...to approve the Brent Youth Justice Plan 2025-2028 for formal sign-off and adoption by Full Council on 10 November 2025.
Recommmend Forward to Council
Additional HMO Licensing Scheme
From: Cabinet - Monday 13 October 2025 10.00 am - October 13, 2025
The Cabinet of Brent decided... to designate a new Additional HMO Licensing Scheme covering smaller HMOs across the entire London Borough of Brent, effective from 02 February 2026, to improve housing standards and management.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 45
Average per Month: 2.0
Decisions Recorded: 210