Alan Dawson
Council: Barking and Dagenham
Committees:
Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
11 meetings · Page 1 of 3
Cabinet - Tuesday, 9 December 2025 7:00 pm
The Barking and Dagenham Council Cabinet is scheduled to meet on 9 December 2025 to discuss a range of issues, including budget strategies, housing revenue accounts, customer experience, digital strategies, school consolidation, community endowments, and contract awards. The Cabinet will consider a new Digital, Data and Technology Strategy, and a Customer Experience and Access Strategy. They will also discuss the council's draft budget strategy for 2026/27-2030/31.
Cabinet - Tuesday, 11 November 2025 7:30 pm
The Barking and Dagenham Council Cabinet met to discuss budgetary matters, approve spending, and review performance reports. They approved the allocation of £4.1 million of Strategic Community Infrastructure Levy (SCIL) funding to Queen Mary University London (QMUL) for a dental outreach programme, and also agreed to borrow £2.23 million to upgrade the fire safety system at Barking Industria. Councillors also endorsed a draft Supplementary Planning Document for the Becontree Estate, and agreed to public consultation on it.
Cabinet - Tuesday, 14 October 2025 7:00 pm
The Barking and Dagenham Council cabinet met to discuss a range of issues, including the Neighbourhoods Programme, the Valence House and Museum masterplan, school place planning, and the sale of council-owned land. They approved proceeding with the development of a full business case for the Neighbourhoods Programme, endorsed the Valence House and Museum and Valence Park Vision and Masterplan, and agreed to enter into an agreement for the sale of the council’s freehold in the Crowlands Heath Golf Club.
Health & Wellbeing Board and ICB Sub-Committee (Committees in Common) - Tuesday, 9 September 2025 5:00 pm
This meeting of the Health & Wellbeing Board and ICB Sub-Committee covered a range of topics, including community support, a national health programme, winter planning, a public health peer review, pharmaceutical needs, and the borough's manifesto. The board agreed to publish the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment for 2025-2028 and noted the progress on the implementation of the Local Government Association Peer Review Team's eight recommendations.
Cabinet - Tuesday, 19 August 2025 7:00 pm
At a meeting of the Barking and Dagenham Council Cabinet, councillors discussed the borough's budget, approved a fire door replacement programme, and agreed to the use of the CarePort project to improve health services. The cabinet also approved a number of contract procurement proposals.
Decisions from Meetings
72 decisions · Page 4 of 15
School Place Planning and Capital Investment Update
From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 14 October 2025 7:00 pm - October 14, 2025
...to manage school places, the Cabinet agreed to extend the Local Education Partnership, lease City Farm to the Partnership Learning Trust, and approve funding and procurement routes for specialist places and improvements, delegating authority for contract awards.
Approved
Debt Management Performance 2025/26 (Quarter 1)
From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 14 October 2025 7:00 pm - October 14, 2025
...to note the debt management performance for the first quarter of the 2025/26 financial year and the London comparative data relating to Council Tax and Business Rates.
Approved
National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme Update
From: Health & Wellbeing Board and ICB Sub-Committee (Committees in Common) - Tuesday, 9 September 2025 5:00 pm - September 09, 2025
...to note the Place Partnership's application to join the first phase of the National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme and confirm commitment to, and provide guidance on, the next phase of the Partnership's development of neighbourhood working.
For Determination
Barking and Dagenham Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025 - 2028
From: Health & Wellbeing Board and ICB Sub-Committee (Committees in Common) - Tuesday, 9 September 2025 5:00 pm - September 09, 2025
...to approve the publication of the Barking and Dagenham Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025 - 2028, which assesses local pharmacy needs and concludes that no gaps exist except in Barking Riverside and Beam wards, where future pharmaceutical services will be needed when 2,000 new dwellings are occupied, requiring core opening hours Monday-Friday between 9am-1pm and 2pm-6pm.
Approved
"Our B&D: Building Communities and Driving Opportunities" - Borough Manifesto Update
From: Health & Wellbeing Board and ICB Sub-Committee (Committees in Common) - Tuesday, 9 September 2025 5:00 pm - September 09, 2025
...to approve the proposed outcomes and indicators for Our B&D: Building Communities and Driving Opportunities,
a new place-based plan for the Borough and successor to Barking and Dagenham Together.
Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 11
Average per Month: 0.9
Decisions Recorded: 72