Sheila Boswell - Councillor for Wandsworth (Tooting Bec)

Councillor Sheila Boswell

Labour Tooting Bec

Email: cllr.s.boswell@wandsworth.gov.uk

Council: Wandsworth

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Council (Member) Planning Applications Committee (Member) Children's Committee (Chair) Environment Committee (Member) General Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Chair)

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

39 meetings · Page 2 of 8

Planning Applications Committee Member

Agenda and minutes

The Wandsworth Council Planning Applications Committee is scheduled to meet on 26 February 2025 to review several planning applications, enforcement actions regarding alleged breaches of planning control, and reports on recent planning decisions and closed enforcement appeals. The committee will also look at a request to vary an existing Section 106 agreement[^2] related to affordable housing.

December 01, 2025
Environment Committee Member

Wandsworth Council

The Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee of Wandsworth Council met on 26 November 2025 to discuss the Cleaner Borough project, the Lead Local Flood Authority, and the Battersea parkrun. The committee was also scheduled to discuss its work programme.

November 26, 2025
Children's Committee Chair

Wandsworth Council

The Children's Overview and Scrutiny Committee met to discuss the drivers of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), and to review the annual complaints report. The committee also discussed its work programme for the coming year.

November 18, 2025
Children's Committee Chair

Wandsworth Council

The Wandsworth Borough Council's Children's Overview and Scrutiny Committee met to discuss a report by the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Task and Finish Group on its scoping report. The Task and Finish Group was established to look at the prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). The report sets out the scope of the review for the Children's OSC's and Health OSC's consideration.

November 18, 2025
General Overview and Scrutiny Committee Chair

Wandsworth Council

The Wandsworth Council's General Overview and Scrutiny Committee convened to discuss the proposed closure of Bradstow Community Special School in Kent. After hearing arguments for and against the closure, the committee voted to take no further action, effectively allowing the Cabinet's decision to close the school to proceed. This decision was made despite concerns raised about the impact on vulnerable children and the financial implications for the council.

November 17, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

61 decisions · Page 1 of 13

Declarations of Interests

From: Wandsworth Council - November 17, 2025

...that no disclosable pecuniary, other registrable, or non-registrable interests were declared.

Recommendations Approved

Call-in Request: The Discontinuance of Bradstow Community Special School and registered Children's Homes (Paper No.25-397)

From: Wandsworth Council - November 17, 2025

... to take no further action regarding the proposed closure of Bradstow Community Special School and registered Children's Homes, allowing the decision to discontinue the school to come into force and be implemented immediately.

Recommendations Approved

Closure of Investigation Files (Paper No. 25-169)

From: Agenda and decisions - May 20, 2025

...they received for information a report on the closure of investigation files in April 2025 regarding alleged breaches of planning control.

Recommendations Approved

Enforcement (Paper No. 25-166)

From: Agenda and decisions - May 20, 2025

...to address unauthorized development, the committee authorized enforcement notices for the removal of an extractor pipe at 87A Falcon Road and for modifications to a property at 76 Norroy Road, requiring conversion of undersized two-bedroom units into one-bedroom units and obscuring side-facing windows.

Recommendations Approved

Declarations of Interest

From: Agenda and decisions - May 20, 2025

...to approve the recommendations, noting that there were no declarations of interest.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 39

Average per Month: 1.8

Decisions Recorded: 61