Councillor Joe Walker
Email: joe.walker@hackney.gov.uk
Council: Hackney
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
68 meetings · Page 8 of 14
2025-26 Budget Setting, Council - Wednesday 26 February 2025 7.00 pm
This meeting was the last meeting of Hackney Council for the 2024/25 municipal year, and included a wide-ranging set of reports, a review of the proposed budget for 2025/26 and a number of motions submitted by the Green and Labour groups.
Cabinet - Monday 24 February 2025 6.00 pm
The Cabinet approved a 4.99% increase to Council Tax for 2025-26, with 2% ringfenced for adult social care, to help balance the budget alongside £10m from reserves, despite receiving £25m more than expected from the government. £880,000 was also approved to upgrade CCTV in the town centre, and a £10m grant from the London Estate Regeneration Fund to help regenerate the Marian Court and Kings Crescent estates was formally accepted.
Licensing Sub Committee C - Wednesday 12 February 2025 7.00 pm
This meeting was scheduled to include a discussion of an application for a new premises licence for The Prince Edward pub on 97 Wick Road. The committee was also scheduled to consider a temporary event notice as a standing item on the agenda.
Licensing Committee - Tuesday 11 February 2025 7.00 pm, NEW
This meeting of Hackney Council's Licensing Committee was scheduled to consider whether or not to introduce Cumulative Impact Assessments (CIAs) in Shoreditch and Dalston. The Committee was also scheduled to be updated on the activities associated with the Late Night Levy[^2] during the last quarter of the 2024/25 Financial Year.
Decisions from Meetings
273 decisions · Page 1 of 55
Exclusion of Press and Public
From: Council - Wednesday, 4 March 2026 - 7.00 pm - March 04, 2026
...that recommendations were approved without the need for an exempt session to exclude the press and public.
Recommendations Approved
Labour Group Motion - Right to Grow
From: Council - Wednesday, 4 March 2026 - 7.00 pm - March 04, 2026
...adopted the principle of a right to grow
on suitable council-owned land and committed to working with local groups and partners to identify and make this land available for community cultivation.
Recommendations Approved
2026/27 Budget and Council Tax Report
From: Council - Wednesday, 4 March 2026 - 7.00 pm - March 04, 2026
...the Council approved its 2026/27 budget and Council Tax rate, which includes bringing forward the projected 2025/26 General Fund balance, approving directorate estimates, noting the budget's alignment with the Strategic Plan, approving proposed fees and charges, requiring the delivery of savings plans, noting the HRA budget, delegating authority for virements, approving the capital programme and the flexible use of capital receipts strategy, agreeing prudential indicators for capital expenditure and debt, noting the Council Tax base, calculating the Council Tax requirement, setting the Council Tax for each valuation band, noting the GLA precept, setting the combined Hackney/GLA Council Tax, confirming the Hackney element of the Band D Council Tax is not excessive, approving the Treasury Management Strategy and criteria for lending, and approving the Minimum Revenue Provision statement.
Recommendations Approved
2026/27 Budget and Council Tax EXEMPT Appendix
From: Council - Wednesday, 4 March 2026 - 7.00 pm - March 04, 2026
...to note the 2026/27 Budget and Council Tax exempt appendix without discussion.
Recommendations Approved
Declarations of Interest
From: Council - Wednesday, 4 March 2026 - 7.00 pm - March 04, 2026
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 68
Average per Month: 2.7
Decisions Recorded: 273