Cllr Stewart Palmén
Email: stewart.palmen@wiltshire.gov.uk
Council: Wiltshire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
65 meetings · Page 3 of 13
Western Area Planning Committee - Wednesday 8 October 2025 3.00 pm
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Cabinet - Tuesday 7 October 2025 10.00 am
Wiltshire Council's cabinet convened to discuss a range of issues, including the adoption of a new council plan, climate emergency response, and asset management. Key decisions included approving a policy to remove parking charges for blue badge holders and recommending the adoption of the Our Wiltshire Plan 2025-35 to the full council. The cabinet also discussed the future of St Stephen's Place car park in Trowbridge, with a decision deferred to a later closed session.
Strategic Planning Committee - Tuesday 23 September 2025 10.30 am
The Strategic Planning Committee of Wiltshire Council met on 23 September 2025, to discuss planning appeals, updates, and applications. The committee approved an outline planning application for land west of Marlborough Road in Royal Wootton Bassett, but refused an application for land south of Snarlton Farm in Melksham. A decision on an outline application for land at Maxcroft Farm, Hilperton was deferred.
Trowbridge Area Board - Thursday 18 September 2025 6.30 pm
The Trowbridge Area Board met to discuss a range of community safety and wellbeing issues, including updates from the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, Wiltshire Police, and Community First, as well as considering grant applications and the reinvigoration of the Wiltshire Carers Champions. Watch Manager Liam Diffey from Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service provided an update on the service's activities since December.
Cabinet - Tuesday 16 September 2025 10.00 am
The Wiltshire Council cabinet met on 16 September 2025, and among the decisions made, the key topics discussed were the future of community based services, and a new approach to short breaks for children with additional needs. The cabinet also reviewed the financial position of the council, and agreed to land appropriations.
Decisions from Meetings
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West Wiltshire Nursing Home Provision
From: Extraordinary, Cabinet - Wednesday 15 October 2025 11.30 am - October 15, 2025
...to approve the recommendations outlined in a Part II report concerning nursing home provision in West Wiltshire.
Recommendations Approved
Exclusion of the Press and Public
From: Extraordinary, Cabinet - Wednesday 15 October 2025 11.30 am - October 15, 2025
...to exclude the press and public from the meeting to avoid disclosing exempt financial or business information, as it was deemed that withholding the information was in the greater public interest.
Recommendations Approved
The North Wessex Downs National Landscape Management Plan - Draft for Adoption
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 7 October 2025 10.00 am - October 07, 2025
...to adopt the North Wessex Downs National Landscape Management Plan 2025–2030, fulfilling the Council's duty under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 to manage the area.
For Determination
Revenue Budget 2025-26 - Blue Badges
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 7 October 2025 10.00 am - October 07, 2025
...to recommend that Full Council adopt a policy removing parking charges for Blue Badge holders in the council's 'off-street' car parks.
For Determination
Asset Management Paper -Trowbridge St Stephens Multi-Storey Car Park
From: Cabinet - Tuesday 7 October 2025 10.00 am - October 07, 2025
For Determination
Summary
Meetings Attended: 65
Average per Month: 2.6
Decisions Recorded: 44