Councillor Finna Ayres

Wandsworth Council

The Housing Overview and Scrutiny Committee met to discuss the housing services activity, the performance of housing associations, and the committee's work programme. Councillors heard that homelessness demand has increased sharply, and that the supply of properties is behind forecast. The committee agreed to note the work programme, with the contributions made during the meeting to be noted.

Wandsworth Council

The Planning Applications Committee met in September and made decisions on a number of planning applications, including the refusal of an application relating to affordable housing contributions at Springfield Hospital, and the approval of a number of other applications with conditions.

Agenda

This meeting of the Conservation and Heritage Advisory Committee (CHAC) saw members discuss a range of planning applications, focusing on their impact on conservation areas and listed buildings. The committee objected to a proposal on Upper Tooting Road due to its height and design, and deferred a decision on Moira Court. Members also raised concerns about several other applications, including those for Waterfall House, Rayne House, Riversdale Primary School and Greenview Court.

Agenda and decisions

At a meeting of the Wandsworth Council Planning Applications Committee, councillors approved a variation to a legal agreement for hotels near the United States Embassy in Nine Elms, gave the go-ahead to a student housing development on Armoury Way, and approved a deed of variation regarding affordable housing contributions for a development on Culvert Road. The committee also confirmed two tree preservation orders.

Agenda and decisions

The Wandsworth Planning Applications Committee met on 23 July 2025, and approved four applications for permission to develop, and one application to vary conditions, while also discussing tree preservation orders and recent planning decisions. The committee approved the recommendations for applications at Merivale Road, Penwith Road, Thurleigh Road, Blenkarne Road and Chetwode Road.