Shanika Mahendran - Councillor for Milton Keynes (Loughton & Shenley)

Councillor Shanika Mahendran

Labour and Cooperative Loughton & Shenley Cabinet Member for Planning & Placemaking

Email: shanika.mahendran@milton-keynes.gov.uk

Council: Milton Keynes

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Cabinet (Committee Member) Delegated Decisions (Committee Member) Planning Cabinet Advisory Group (Chair) Council (Committee Member) Planning Committee Environment & Place Scrutiny Committee (Guest) Children & Young People Scrutiny Committee

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

61 meetings · Page 1 of 13

Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Tuesday 2nd December, 2025 6.30 pm

December 02, 2025
Council Committee Member

Council - Wednesday 19th November, 2025 7.30 pm

November 19, 2025
Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Tuesday 4th November, 2025 6.30 pm

November 04, 2025
Delegated Decisions Committee Member

Delegated Decisions - Tuesday 28th October, 2025 6.00 pm

October 28, 2025
Council Committee Member

Council - Wednesday 22nd October, 2025 7.30 pm

October 22, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

201 decisions · Page 9 of 41

Cabinet - 8 July 2025 - Executive Scrutiny Protocol

From: Council - Wednesday 17th September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 17, 2025

...to adopt the Executive Scrutiny Protocol as an annex to the Overview and Scrutiny Procedure rules in the Constitution.

Recommendations Approved

Appointment of Co-optees to the Standards Committees

From: Council - Wednesday 17th September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 17, 2025

...to the Standards Committee of Milton Keynes City Council, Tara Jefferies of Great Linford Parish Council was appointed as a co-optee, effective from 18 September 2025, for a four-year term.

Recommendations Approved

Scrutiny Annual Report 2024-25

From: Council - Wednesday 17th September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 17, 2025

...the Council received the Scrutiny Annual Report 2024-25.

Recommendations Approved

Questions from Members of the Public

From: Council - Wednesday 17th September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 17, 2025

...to provide a written response to a member of the public regarding potential school closures, particularly infant schools, and to consider the council's stance on lowering the voting age to 16 and lobbying for increased political education in schools.

Recommendations Approved

Minutes

From: Council - Wednesday 17th September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 17, 2025

...to approve the minutes of the Council meeting held on 16 July 2025 as a correct record, and to receive the Standards Committee Annual Report, make the West Bletchley Neighbourhood Plan, and to support motions regarding residential children's homes, fair child maintenance, restoring pride in Milton Keynes, and the Joy of Six Parental Leave Campaign.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 61

Average per Month: 2.7

Decisions Recorded: 201