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Council: Merton
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
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Pensions Committee - Wednesday 10 December 2025 7.00 pm
The Merton Council Pensions Committee is scheduled to meet to discuss fund performance, investment reviews and pension administration. The meeting will include a review of investment performance for the quarter ending September 2025, and an update on investment strategy. Some items, including minutes of a previous meeting and investment reviews, may be discussed in a session excluding the public.
South London Waste Partnership Joint Committee - Wednesday 26 November 2025 6.30 pm
Cabinet - Monday 24 November 2025 7.15 pm
At a recent meeting, Merton Council's cabinet addressed key issues including housing, financial monitoring, and adult learning services, and also approved an action plan responding to a planning peer challenge. The cabinet approved measures to address the housing crisis, including becoming a stock holding authority and re-opening the housing revenue account, and also approved the procurement approach for a new contract for the Merton Adult Learning Main Delivery Service. Additionally, the cabinet noted the financial reporting data for period 6, and approved the proposed actions in the Planning Peer Challenge Action Plan.
Licensing Sub-Committee - Tuesday 28 October 2025 10.30 am
Here is a summary of the agenda for the Licensing Sub-Committee meeting on 28 October 2025. The meeting was scheduled to discuss a new premises licence application for Lockdown Bakehouse, and to hear representations from interested parties. The sub-committee was also scheduled to consider additional information submitted by both the applicant and those objecting to the application.
Decisions from Meetings
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Award of Contract for the Merton Adult Drug and Alcohol Treatment Service
From: Cabinet - Monday 4 November 2024 7.15 pm - November 04, 2024
...to award a five-year contract for the Merton Integrated Adult Substance Misuse Prevention and Treatment Service to Via, the current provider, for the period of 2025-2030.
Recommendations Approved
Council Tax Support Scheme 2025/26
From: Cabinet - Monday 4 November 2024 7.15 pm - November 04, 2024
...to update the 2025/26 Council Tax Support scheme to maintain low council tax charges for lower-income and vulnerable residents, as detailed in the report and with the proposed revisions.
Recommendations Approved
Adoption of Merton's Local Plan
From: Cabinet - Monday 4 November 2024 7.15 pm - November 04, 2024
... to recommend that full council adopts Merton's Local Plan and Policies Map, replacing the Merton's Core Planning Strategy 2011 and Merton's Sites and Policies Plan 2014, and delegates authority to the Executive Director of Housing and Sustainable Development, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Sustainable Development, to approve all necessary adoption documents and other consequential matters in accordance with appropriate regulations.
Recommendations Approved
JMC/Riverside Redevelopment Project
From: Cabinet - Monday 4 November 2024 7.15 pm - November 04, 2024
...to approve progressing the redevelopment of the Jan Malinowski Centre and adjacent Riverside Drive site, including noting increased funding and the VAT position.
Recommendations Approved
Award of Corporate Cleaning Services Contract
From: Cabinet - Monday 4 November 2024 7.15 pm - November 04, 2024
...to award the corporate cleaning services contract to Tenderer A for an initial two years with a possible four-year extension, and delegated authority to the Executive Director of Innovation and Change to approve the extension.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 81
Average per Month: 3.5
Decisions Recorded: 66