Minesh Patel
Council: Brent
Committees:
Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
45 meetings · Page 1 of 9
Cabinet - Monday 8 December 2025 10.00 am
At a meeting on 8 December 2025, Brent Council's cabinet approved a new Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy, a plan to procure more secure cycle parking, and a direct award for the Integrated Treatment Recovery Wellbeing and Substance Misuse Service. The cabinet also reviewed corporate performance and approved the Q2 performance report.
Audit and Standards Advisory Committee - Wednesday 3 December 2025 6.00 pm
The Audit and Standards Advisory Committee of Brent Council convened to discuss a range of topics, including standards of conduct, counter-fraud measures, internal and external audit reports, and treasury management strategies. The committee was also scheduled to review the council's and pension fund's statement of accounts, and to consider its forward plan and work programme.
This meeting will take place on the rising of the Audit & Standards Advisory Committee, Audit and Standards Committee - Wednesday 3 December 2025
The Audit and Standards Committee was scheduled to convene on Wednesday, 3 December 2025, to address key financial matters. The agenda included an update on the progress of the Council's and Pension Fund's Statement of Accounts for 2024-25, following a review by the Audit & Standards Advisory Committee. Councillors were also expected to approve the minutes from the previous meeting.
Cabinet - Monday 17 November 2025 10.00 am
The Brent Council Cabinet met to discuss budget proposals for 2026-27, approve a health and wellbeing hub in Gladstone Park, and address school place planning. Councillors also approved adopting the socio-economic duty to reduce inequality and backed a collaborative procurement for sexual health services.
Cabinet - Monday 13 October 2025 10.00 am
Here's a summary of the Cabinet Meeting held by Brent Council on 13 October 2025:
Decisions from Meetings
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Authority to Participate in Collaborative Procurement in respect of a new London Sexual Health and Contraception E-service
From: Cabinet - Monday 7 April 2025 10.00 am - April 07, 2025
...to participate in a collaborative procurement with 30 other London boroughs for a new London Sexual Health and Contraception E-service, exempting the procurement from usual tendering requirements and delegating authority for contract award and inter-authority agreements to the Director of Public Health in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Public Health and Leisure.
Recommendations Approved
Petitions (if any)
From: Cabinet - Monday 7 April 2025 10.00 am - April 07, 2025
...to note the petition regarding fire safety risks and future provision at Lynton Close Travellers site, acknowledge concerns raised by residents, and reaffirm the council's commitment to addressing safety issues while seeking alternative sites and supporting the community, including progressing a Waking Watch scheme.
Recommendations Approved
New approach to marking and celebrating community cohesion and inclusion events
From: Cabinet - Monday 7 April 2025 10.00 am - April 07, 2025
...to endorse a new Enabler Approach
to community cohesion and inclusion events, replacing the 2011 approach with a focus on empowering communities through funding and support, while establishing a minimum events offer and clarifying the council's role.
Recommendations Approved
Outcome of Informal Consultation on Amalgamation of Malorees Infant School and Malorees Junior School
From: Cabinet - Monday 7 April 2025 10.00 am - April 07, 2025
...to proceed with a formal consultation, through publication of a statutory notice, on proposals to close Malorees Junior School, expand the age range of Malorees Infant School to admit children aged between 3 – 11, and change the name of Malorees Infant School to Malorees Primary School.
Recommendations Approved
Local Flood Risk Management Strategy
From: Cabinet - Monday 7 April 2025 10.00 am - April 07, 2025
... to approve the Flood Risk Strategy for Brent as detailed in Section 3 and appended to the report.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 45
Average per Month: 2.0
Decisions Recorded: 223