Councillor Mrs. Rosemary Birchall

Agenda

The Council voted to note a report about an increase to Councillor allowances for information and approved a motion celebrating the Council's success in supporting social workers. The Council also voted against motions to exempt or compensate charities for the rise in Employer National Insurance Contributions, and to condemn the Council for failing to take action to end the protest on Riverside Walk in Nine Elms. The Council voted to accept a Conservative amendment to a Labour motion on compassion at Christmas.

Agenda and decisions

The Children's Overview and Scrutiny Committee endorsed both the new Young Wandsworth Strategy and the new Play in Wandsworth strategy. The Committee also noted the annual Children's Services statutory complaints report and agreed the new Children's Act 1989 Statutory Complaints Policy. After lengthy discussion, the committee recommended that the Executive approve the beginning of the pre-proposal consultation on the closure of Bradstow School in Broadstairs, Kent. The Committee noted both the quarterly key performance indicator report and the budget monitoring for quarter two.

Meeting

Agenda

This meeting was scheduled to consider an application for a new premises licence for The Mavade, a bar at 76 Bedford Hill in Balham. The application was submitted by MV (Balham) Limited, the company that runs The Mavade.

Agenda

The Licensing Committee accepted an update on the work being done to formulate areas of Wandsworth for a cumulative impact assessment. The Committee also approved the Statement of Licensing Policy and Princples under the Gambling Act 2005 and recommended it for adoption by the full Council.