Clare Curran

Cabinet - Tuesday, 22 April 2025 2.00 pm

The Surrey County Council cabinet met to discuss the adoption of the Rights of Way Improvement Plan, the disposal of the former Chalk Pit Depot, and the month 11 financial report. The Rights of Way Improvement Plan was approved, as was the sale of the Chalk Pit Depot. The cabinet also approved a transfer of funds for waste infrastructure maintenance and a reimbursement to Waverley Borough Council.

Cabinet Member for Children, Families and Lifelong Learning Decisions - Monday, 24 March 2025 10.00 am

This meeting of the Cabinet Member for Children, Families and Lifelong Learning approved the allocation of £5.3 million from the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Capital Funding for Brooklands College's post-16 SEND unit. This investment will support the construction of a new 60-place unit for autistic students aged 16-19. The decision aims to ensure that Surrey students with additional needs can be educated closer to home and included in their local communities.

Health and Wellbeing Board - Wednesday, 19 March 2025 10.00 am

The Health and Wellbeing Board approved the Surrey Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025. It also agreed to the transfer of responsibility for community safety to a new Community Safety & Prevention Board, to be set up in March 2025, and confirmed the establishment of a partnership group to manage the Better Care Fund.

Extraordinary Meeting, Cabinet - Tuesday, 18 March 2025 2.30 pm

The Cabinet of Surrey County Council voted to approve an interim plan for local government reorganisation in Surrey, based around the creation of two new unitary authorities to replace the existing two-tier system of a county council and 11 district and borough councils. The Council's preferred model of two unitary authorities will now be submitted to the government for consideration, alongside an alternative proposal for a three-unitary model put forward by the boroughs and districts.

Council - Tuesday, 18 March 2025 10.00 am

The meeting began with a discussion of the future of local government in Surrey, with Councillor Tim Oliver, the Leader of the Council, and Councillor Catherine Powell, the Leader of the Opposition, outlining their differing perspectives. Councillor Oliver strongly advocated for the creation of two new Unitary Councils for Surrey, arguing that it would bring greater clarity, efficiency, and financial savings. Councillor Powell favoured three Unitary Councils, believing that it would deliver more localism and better reflect existing collaborations between boroughs. The meeting also touched on the growing debt issues in Woking and Spellthorne, prompting calls for government intervention. The Council then voted to submit its interim proposal on Local Government Reorganisation to the government.