Councillor Sheila Boswell
Email: cllr.s.boswell@wandsworth.gov.uk
Council: Wandsworth
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Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
39 meetings · Page 5 of 8
Agenda
The council approved the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Budget and Rent Setting 2025/26 and a number of amendments to the Council's Standing Orders, following the walkout of all Conservative Councillors after the refusal of a motion to bring forward a debate on the possible closure of Bradstow School. The council also noted a number of supplementary items.
Agenda and decisions
The Committee voted to refuse planning permission for a mixed-use development of student accommodation and affordable housing on Battersea Park Road, and to grant planning permission for the demolition of an industrial building on Lidden Road and its replacement with a new industrial building. The Committee also voted to grant planning permission for the construction of a new Renal Centre building at St George's Hospital.
Agenda and decisions
The committee approved all 12 of the applications that were put before it, with the exception of a controversial application at 150a-170 Penwith Road and 2-8 Thornsett Road in Earlsfield, where councillors voted against the recommendation to approve the scheme.
Agenda
The Council voted to note a report about an increase to Councillor allowances for information and approved a motion celebrating the Council's success in supporting social workers. The Council also voted against motions to exempt or compensate charities for the rise in Employer National Insurance Contributions, and to condemn the Council for failing to take action to end the protest on Riverside Walk in Nine Elms. The Council voted to accept a Conservative amendment to a Labour motion on compassion at Christmas.
Agenda and decisions
The Children's Overview and Scrutiny Committee endorsed both the new Young Wandsworth Strategy and the new Play in Wandsworth strategy. The Committee also noted the annual Children's Services statutory complaints report and agreed the new Children's Act 1989 Statutory Complaints Policy. After lengthy discussion, the committee recommended that the Executive approve the beginning of the pre-proposal consultation on the closure of Bradstow School in Broadstairs, Kent. The Committee noted both the quarterly key performance indicator report and the budget monitoring for quarter two.
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