Councillor Sara Apps

Agenda and decisions

The Children's Committee noted reports from the Youth Council and on services for families affected by Domestic Abuse. The committee also noted a report on the Dedicated Schools Grant and approved the continuation of a project to build a new school and community facility in Nine Elms Battersea, while abstaining on a decision to approve additional funding for the project. Finally, the committee noted the Quarter 1 2024/25 budget monitoring report.

Agenda and decisions

The committee noted the Quarter 1 budget monitoring [^1] for 2024-25, approved the recommendations in the Bikehanger Update report, agreed to make the experimental traffic management order (TMO) for the Battersea B9 CPZ permanent, noted the Annual Petitions Review [^2], and noted the Highway Maintenance Programme for 2024-25.

Agenda

The meeting noted the independent review into the Putney Constituency general election count, and accepted all of the recommendations that were made in it. It also noted the progress of the Democracy Review and that a task and finish group would be established to develop proposals based on the recommendations made by the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny.

Meeting

Agenda and draft minutes

The committee approved two applications and rejected one. They approved plans to build a three-storey block of 5 flats on the site of some garages on Gideon Road, as well as plans to replace a garage with a side extension on Wimbledon Park Road. They rejected plans to demolish the Bright Horizons Battersea Day Nursery on Latchmere Road and replace it with a new nursery and a block of 9 flats.