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
The Brent Council Cabinet is scheduled to meet on 8 December 2025 to discuss a range of issues, including housing performance, homelessness, corporate performance, substance misuse services, and cycle parking. The Cabinet will also consider the Q2 corporate performance and reporting.
Audit and Standards Advisory Committee - Wednesday 3 December 2025 6.00 pm
The Audit and Standards Advisory Committee for Brent Council met on Wednesday 3 December 2025 to discuss a range of audit and standards related matters. These included updates on counter fraud measures, internal audit, treasury management, and the external audit findings for both the council and its pension fund. The committee was also scheduled to review the treasury management strategy for the upcoming year and the forward plan for the committee's work.
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 meet on Wednesday 3 December 2025 to discuss the Statement of Accounts for 2024-25, and to approve the minutes from the previous meeting. The meeting was scheduled to be held in person at the Brent Civic Centre[^2], and was also scheduled to be available via live webcast.
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
210 decisions · Page 3 of 42
Adopting the Socio-Economic Duty
From: Cabinet - Monday 17 November 2025 10.00 am - November 17, 2025
...to formally adopt the socio-economic duty, the Council approved the inclusion of socio-economic status in its Equality Impact Assessments to ensure that policy and program decisions consider the potential impacts on people experiencing socio-economic disadvantage.
Recommendations Approved
Petitions (if any)
From: Cabinet - Monday 17 November 2025 10.00 am - November 17, 2025
...to ensure a fair and evidence-based approach in relation to any final decision on the future of the Experimental Traffic Order scheme between Kingswood Avenue and Salusbury Road, the Cabinet acknowledged the petition calling for its withdrawal and committed to considering all feedback alongside traffic monitoring data, air quality results, and the impact of other planned improvements, working with residents and councillors to achieve the best outcomes for Queens Park.
Recommendations Approved
School Place Planning Strategy 2024-28 Second Refresh
From: Cabinet - Monday 17 November 2025 10.00 am - November 17, 2025
...to address varying demand patterns and increasing SEND needs, the Cabinet approved the second refresh of the School Place Planning Strategy 2024-2028, focusing on place sufficiency and school sustainability.
Recommendations Approved
Approval to Proceed with Alternative Heat Supply for Willesden Green Library- Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) Phase 4
From: Cabinet - Monday 17 November 2025 10.00 am - November 17, 2025
...to approve a £917,628 capital budget, funded by a Salix grant and the Carbon Offset Fund, to install alternative low carbon heating solutions at Willesden Green Library and Willesden New Cemetery, acknowledging the Equality Impact Assessment and the grant spend timeline.
Recommendations Approved
Authority to Proceed with New Energy Efficient Heating for The Oaks and Pharamond
From: Cabinet - Monday 13 October 2025 10.00 am - October 13, 2025
...to approve adding new low carbon, energy efficient heating for the Oaks and Pharamond housing to the Capital Programme, funded by a combination of the Warm Homes Social Housing Fund grant and the Carbon Offset Fund, and to authorise the Director of Housing Services to enter the necessary procurements to deliver the scheme.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 45
Average per Month: 2.0
Decisions Recorded: 210