Des Keers - Councillor for Tonbridge and Malling (Walderslade)

Councillor Des Keers

Conservative Party Walderslade Cabinet Member for Community Services

Email: des.keers@tmbc.gov.uk

Council: Tonbridge and Malling

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Area 2 Planning Committee Area 3 Planning Committee (Role: Committee Member) Cabinet (Role: Committee Member) Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Role: Other Member) General Purposes Committee Housing and Planning Scrutiny Select Committee (Role: Other Member) Council (Role: Committee Member) Communities and Environment Scrutiny Select Committee (Role: Other Member) Parish Partnership Panel (Role: Other Member) Licensing and Appeals Panel (Role: Chair) Finance, Regeneration and Property Scrutiny Select Committee (Role: Other Member) Licensing and Appeals Committee (Role: Committee Member)

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

93 meetings · Page 1 of 19

Area 3 Planning Committee Role: Committee Member

Area 3 Planning Committee - Thursday, 29th January, 2026 7.30 pm

January 29, 2026, 7:30 pm
Council Role: Committee Member

(Extraordinary), Council - Tuesday, 27th January, 2026 7.30 pm

January 27, 2026, 7:30 pm
Cabinet Role: Committee Member

Cabinet - Tuesday, 6th January, 2026 7.30 pm

January 06, 2026
Area 3 Planning Committee Role: Committee Member

Area 3 Planning Committee - Thursday, 11th December, 2025 7.30 pm

December 11, 2025
Cabinet CANCELLED Role: Committee Member

(if required), Cabinet - Tuesday, 9th December, 2025 7.30 pm

December 09, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

117 decisions · Page 6 of 24

Staff Training - Safeguarding and Equalities and Diversity

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 14th October, 2025 7.30 pm - October 14, 2025

...to endorse the proposed tiered staff training plans for Safeguarding and Equalities and Diversity, as detailed in Annex 1 and Annex 2, to ensure all staff receive appropriate and regularly refreshed training aligned to their roles.

Recommendations Approved

Tonbridge Town Centre Programme Board - Recommendations and Notes

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 14th October, 2025 7.30 pm - October 14, 2025

Recommendations Approved

Budgetary Control and Savings Update - July 2025

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 2nd September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 02, 2025

...to note the net favorable variance of approximately £730,000 as of the end of July 2025, the current business rate pool position, and the progress towards the savings target for the 2026/27 budget.

Recommendations Approved

Sports Facilities Evidence

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 2nd September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 02, 2025

... the Cabinet of Tonbridge and Malling endorsed and adopted the Indoor Sports Facilities Strategy and the Playing Pitches and Outdoor Sports Facilities Strategy as the Borough Council’s current policy position on sports facilities, subject to careful consideration of comments from local sports teams and, for the latter strategy, the inclusion of the Joint Parish Skate Park in the BMX and Skate Parks section, while also delegating authority to the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health to publish Stage E reviews of these strategies.

Recommendations Approved

Annual Senior Information Risk Owner Report 2025-26

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 2nd September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 02, 2025

...to note the annual information risk report, support investment in enhanced cybersecurity, fund incident response with grant money, and initially fund security monitoring from reserves before incorporating it into the core budget.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 93

Average per Month: 3.9

Decisions Recorded: 117