Councillor John Chilver

Strategic Sites Committee - Thursday, 31st July, 2025 2.00 pm

The Buckinghamshire Council Strategic Sites Committee met to discuss an outline planning application for residential dwellings and elderly extra care accommodation on land adjacent to Amersham Road and Minerva Way in Beaconsfield. Councillors ultimately voted to refuse the application, citing concerns over Green Belt impact, landscape character, loss of agricultural land, the lack of a sequential test[^1] and the absence of a signed section 106 agreement[^2].

Finance & Resources Select Committee - Thursday, 17th July, 2025 2.00 pm

Councillor John Chilver, Vice-Chairman, opened the Finance and Resources Select Committee meeting, where members reviewed the 2024-25 budget monitoring outturn, the Q1 budget monitoring report, and the Q4 performance report for the Leader's and Resources portfolios. The committee approved the transfer of funds to reserves, and also approved changes to fees and charges. They also discussed the future work program for the committee.

Standards and General Purposes Committee - Thursday, 10th July, 2025 2.00 pm

The Standards and General Purposes Committee convened to review complaints, consider an annual report, and discuss the work programme. The committee approved the minutes from the previous meeting, reviewed the Compliments, Complaints and Improvements Annual Report and Ombudsman Update, and noted the Member Code of Conduct Complaints - Quarter 1 Review.

Council - Wednesday, 9th July, 2025 4.00 pm

The Buckinghamshire Council met to discuss several key issues, including the appointment of a returning officer, cabinet member reports, and motions related to local plans and funding. Councillors approved the appointment of Lisa Marie Williams as the returning officer and electoral registration officer, and also approved a motion to engage with water and sewage providers on capacity investment in the local plan. A motion regarding transparency of member fees was referred to the Standards and General Purpose Committee.

Strategic Sites Committee - Thursday, 3rd July, 2025 2.00 pm

The Strategic Sites Committee of Buckinghamshire Council scheduled a meeting to discuss planning applications, primarily concerning the Wilton Park development in Beaconsfield. The committee was expected to review reserved matters for existing outline permissions and consider a new outline application for additional dwellings.