Ravi Govindia - Councillor for Wandsworth (East Putney)

Councillor Ravi Govindia

Conservative East Putney

Email: cllr.r.govindia@wandsworth.gov.uk

Council: Wandsworth

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Committees: Council (Member) Borough Residents' Forum Planning Applications Committee (Member) Housing Committee (Member)

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

49 meetings · Page 3 of 10

Planning Applications Committee Member

Wandsworth Council

The Wandsworth Council Planning Applications Committee convened on 23 October 2025, and approved several enforcement actions regarding breaches of planning control, and approved six planning applications with some abstentions and objections. The committee also received reports for information on recent planning decisions, closed investigation files, and closed appeals.

October 23, 2025
Council Member

Wandsworth Council

Wandsworth Council met to discuss community safety, diversity, and local services. Councillors approved the extension of the borough's Public Space Protection Order[^2] (PSPO) and debated motions on community tensions and housing. A vote was held to dispose of the remaining agenda items, effectively ending debate on several motions.

October 22, 2025
Housing Committee Member

Wandsworth Council

The Housing Overview and Scrutiny Committee met to discuss the housing services activity, the performance of housing associations, and the committee's work programme. Councillors heard that homelessness demand has increased sharply, and that the supply of properties is behind forecast. The committee agreed to note the work programme, with the contributions made during the meeting to be noted.

October 02, 2025
Planning Applications Committee Member

Wandsworth Council

The Planning Applications Committee met in September and made decisions on a number of planning applications, including the refusal of an application relating to affordable housing contributions at Springfield Hospital, and the approval of a number of other applications with conditions.

September 25, 2025
Planning Applications Committee Member

Agenda and decisions

At a meeting of the Wandsworth Council Planning Applications Committee, councillors approved a variation to a legal agreement for hotels near the United States Embassy in Nine Elms, gave the go-ahead to a student housing development on Armoury Way, and approved a deed of variation regarding affordable housing contributions for a development on Culvert Road. The committee also confirmed two tree preservation orders.

August 20, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

107 decisions · Page 1 of 22

Closed Appeals (Paper No. 25-454)

From: Wandsworth Council - December 18, 2025

...to receive for information a report on closed planning appeals from November 2025, noting that 6 appeals were allowed, 9 were dismissed, and none were withdrawn.

Recommendations Approved

Tree Preservation Orders (Paper No. 25-451)

From: Wandsworth Council - December 18, 2025

...to confirm Tree Preservation Order (TPO) 509/2025, protecting five London Plane trees on the pavement fronting 45 Garratt Lane SW18 4AD.

Recommendations Approved

Enforcement (Paper No. 25-450)

From: Wandsworth Council - December 18, 2025

...the committee authorized enforcement notices for unauthorized construction at 20 and 28 Winders Road, requiring removal of a first-floor extension and reinstatement of the original property layout, and for 22 Broadway Lofts, mandating the removal of uPVC windows and replacement with timber-framed windows matching the originals.

Recommendations Approved

Closure of Investigation Files (Paper No. 25-453)

From: Wandsworth Council - December 18, 2025

...to receive for information a report on the closure of investigation files related to alleged breaches of planning control in November 2025, noting the resolution of breaches, official actions taken, compliance with notices, and resolutions achieved through compliance with planning permission.

Recommendations Approved

Decisions (Paper No. 25-452)

From: Wandsworth Council - December 18, 2025

...to receive the report on recent planning application decisions made under delegated authority and by the Planning Applications Committee for information.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 49

Average per Month: 2.2

Decisions Recorded: 107