Councillor Simon Peirce

Council - Wednesday, 26th March, 2025 7.00 pm

Royal Greenwich Council met on 26 March 2025, and among other items, noted the annual audit report, discussed corporate parenting, and approved the members' allowances scheme for 2025-26. Councillors also debated petitions from residents and discussed issues ranging from traffic management to knife crime. The council approved a motion regarding dockless cycles, and an amended motion on the economic impact assessment of selling off council car parks.

Pension Fund Investment & Administration Panel - Monday, 17th March, 2025 10.30 am

This meeting of the Pension Fund Investment & Administration Panel included a review of the draft Pension Fund accounts for the nine months to 31 December 2024 and the draft business plan for 2025/26. It also included a discussion of the risk register, recent progress, and the investment manager performance for the last quarter.

Council Special Meeting - Wednesday, 26th February, 2025 7.00 pm

The meeting approved the Council's Statement of Accounts for 2023-24, its Treasury Management and Capital Strategy for 2025-26, the Housing Revenue Account medium-term financial strategy, budget and rent setting, and its Medium Term Financial Strategy and budget and council tax setting for 2025-26.

Council - Wednesday, 29th January, 2025 7.00 pm

The Council agreed to reduce the maximum level of support available through the Local Council Tax Support Scheme 2025-26 from 100% to 80% and agreed to reduce the time before charging a Council Tax Premium to unfurnished and unoccupied properties from 2 years to 12 months. They also noted the appointment of Councillor Sandra Bauer as the new Cabinet Member for Equality, Culture and Communities, and voted to adopt a motion on protecting leaseholders from the cost of fire safety remediation work.

Local Planning Committee - Tuesday, 28th January, 2025 6.30 pm

The Royal Borough of Greenwich's Local Planning Committee met to consider a planning application for the construction of six new homes. The committee voted unanimously to defer their decision pending a site visit, which was requested by several local residents and the three ward councillors who called the application in to committee, Councillor Matt Hartley, Councillor Roger Tester, and Councillor Cathy Dowse.