David Gardner - Councillor for Greenwich (Greenwich Peninsula)

Councillor David Gardner

Labour and Co-operative Greenwich Peninsula Chair of Audit and Risk Management Panel and Deputy Mayor

Email: David.Gardner@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

Council: Greenwich

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Council (Deputy Mayor) Council Annual Meeting (Deputy Mayor) Council Special Meeting (Deputy Mayor) Local Planning Committee Planning Board (Committee Member) Licensing Committee (Committee Member) Licensing Review Sub-Committee (Committee Member) Licensing Sub-Committee A Licensing Sub-Committee B (Committee Member) Licensing Sub-Committee C (Chair) Overview & Scrutiny Call-in Sub-Committee Transport and Place Scrutiny Panel (Committee Member) Audit and Risk Management Panel (Chair) Pension Fund Investment & Administration Panel (Committee Member)

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

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Transport and Place Scrutiny Panel

Transport and Place Scrutiny Panel - Thursday, 25th July, 2024 6.30 pm

The meeting on the 25th of July was the first in the 2024-2025 schedule for the Transport and Place Scrutiny Panel. The meeting was scheduled to include a discussion of a range of issues relating to transport in the borough and some important upcoming work for the panel. In particular, the meeting was scheduled to include a verbal update from the Cabinet Member for Climate Action, Sustainability and Transport.

July 25, 2024
Council

Council - Wednesday, 24th July, 2024 7.00 pm

This meeting of the full council saw the appointment of Councillor Majid Rahman as the new Cabinet Member for Planning, Estate Renewal and Development, replacing Councillor Aidan Smith who has left the council to take up a new role elsewhere. The council also voted to approve the adoption of a new Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charging schedule and to allow for the appointment of political assistants for both the Labour and Conservative groups.

July 24, 2024
Planning Board

Planning Board - Tuesday, 23rd July, 2024 6.30 pm

The Planning Board refused permission for an application to demolish a house at 11 Crossmead in Eltham and build a 32-flat development. The Board also granted permission for the Royal Borough of Greenwich to build a new special educational needs school at the site of the former Kidbrooke Park Primary School, on Hargood Road in Kidbrooke.

July 23, 2024
Audit and Risk Management Panel

Audit and Risk Management Panel - Monday, 22nd July, 2024 6.30 pm

The Audit and Risk Management Panel noted the 2022/23 Annual Audit Letter, the Draft Statement of Accounts for 2023/24, and the Treasury Management and Capital Outturn for 2023/24. The panel also voted to recommend to full council that an additional £1.3 million of approved contingency is earmarked towards the Woolwich Future High Street Fund programme of works.

July 22, 2024
Pension Fund Investment & Administration Panel

Pension Fund Investment & Administration Panel - Monday, 22nd July, 2024 10.30 am

The minutes of the previous meeting of the Pension Fund Investment & Administration Panel on 18 March 2024 were confirmed.

July 22, 2024

Decisions from Meetings

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260 Eltham High Street, Eltham, London, SE9 1AA - Ref: 25/3822/MA

From: Planning Board - Tuesday, 10 March 2026 - 6.30 pm - March 10, 2026

... refused the application to extend the opening hours of the self-storage facility due to concerns about increased early morning noise and disturbance for local residents.

Recommendations Approved

Medium Term Financial Strategy 2026/27+

From: Council Special Meeting - Thursday, 26th February, 2026 7.00 pm - February 26, 2026

...to provide for £35m of investment, including £22m for increasing costs due to demand and inflation, £9m for capital investment financing, and £1m for Freedom Pass, while also agreeing the proposed Medium Term Financial Strategy 2026/27 to 2029/30, which includes a 2.00% adult social care precept and a 2.99% main council tax rate increase, and approving the allocation of £4.034m per year for the Department for Work and Pensions’ Crisis and Resilience Fund.

Recommendations Approved

Budget and Council Tax Setting 2026/27

From: Council Special Meeting - Thursday, 26th February, 2026 7.00 pm - February 26, 2026

...approved the council budget for 2026/27, agreed a 4.99% increase in the borough element of council tax (including a 2.99% increase for service delivery pressures and a 2% adult social care precept), and set the overall council tax levels, including a specific addition for taxpayers surrounding the Gloucester Circus garden.

Recommendations Approved

Treasury Management and Capital Strategy 2026/27

From: Council Special Meeting - Thursday, 26th February, 2026 7.00 pm - February 26, 2026

...approved the Treasury Management Strategy, Capital Strategy, Prudential Indicators, and Minimum Revenue Provision arrangements for 2026/27.

Recommendations Approved

Statement of Accounts

From: Council Special Meeting - Thursday, 26th February, 2026 7.00 pm - February 26, 2026

...the Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025, including the Royal Borough of Greenwich Statement of Accounts and the Royal Borough of Greenwich Pension Fund Statement of Accounts, were approved.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 88

Average per Month: 3.7

Decisions Recorded: 141