Neil Garratt - Councillor for Sutton ( Belmont)

Councillor Neil Garratt

 Local Conservatives  Belmont

Email: neil.garratt@sutton.gov.uk

Council: Sutton

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Council (Committee Member) Strategy and Resources Committee (Committee Member) Sutton South, Cheam and Belmont Local Committee (Committee Member) Scrutiny Committee (Committee Member)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

24 meetings · Page 1 of 5

Scrutiny Committee Committee Member

Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday, 10th December, 2025 7.30 pm

The Scrutiny Committee is scheduled to discuss flood risk management and receive an update from Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (ESTH). The committee will also be asked to approve the minutes of their previous meeting.

December 10, 2025
Strategy and Resources Committee Committee Member

Strategy and Resources Committee - Monday, 8th December, 2025 7.00 pm

The Strategy and Resources Committee are scheduled to meet to discuss the council's financial performance, the progress of the Local Government Association Corporate Peer Challenge, and updates on the Sutton Civic and Town Centre Regeneration project. They will also review the annual report for Sutton College, the Resilience Standards for London self-assessment, and consider awarding a contract for cloud data centre services. Finally, they will look at the workplans for the Scrutiny and Audit and Governance Committees.

December 08, 2025
Council Committee Member

Council - Monday, 3rd November, 2025 7.00 pm

The Sutton Council meeting scheduled for 3 November 2025 included discussion of Houses in Multiple Occupation, a motion to support diversity, and the annual report of the Audit and Governance Committee. Councillors were also expected to answer questions.

November 03, 2025
Strategy and Resources Committee Committee Member

Strategy and Resources Committee - Monday, 29th September, 2025 7.10 pm

The Strategy and Resources Committee are scheduled to meet to discuss financial and performance updates, commissioning of sexual health services, the investment property portfolio, and facilities management contracts. The committee will also be considering a motion to exclude the public and press from the meeting for certain items of business.

September 29, 2025
Council Committee Member

Extraordinary Meeting, Council - Monday, 29th September, 2025 7.00 pm

The Council of the London Borough of Sutton is holding an extraordinary meeting on Monday, 29 September 2025. Councillors will be asked to designate a permanent Monitoring Officer, and to note the interim arrangements in place until that officer starts in post.

September 29, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

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Constitutional Update

From: Strategy and Resources Committee - Monday, 10th February, 2025 7.00 pm - February 10, 2025

...to recommend to Council the revised Terms of Reference and Procedure Rules for the Council and Employee Joint Committee, to remove references to the Joint Health and Safety Committee from the Constitution, and to recommend to Council the revised Financial Regulations and consequential changes to Article 7 Committees of the Constitution.

Recommendations approved

Requisition - Beddington Farmlands Progress Report

From: Council - Monday, 27th January, 2025 7.00 pm - January 27, 2025

...the recommendations regarding the Beddington Farmlands Progress Report, which included updates on the status of the restoration, seeking advice on enforcement action against Valencia Waste Management, and updates on the bond attached to the legal agreement, were approved.

Recommendations Approved

Council Tax Reduction Scheme Consultation outcome

From: Council - Monday, 27th January, 2025 7.00 pm - January 27, 2025

...to revise the existing Council Tax Reduction Scheme (CTRS), with effect from 1 April 2025, and to recommend this revision to Full Council.

Recommendations Approved

Requisition - Finance and Performance - Quarter 2 2024/25

From: Council - Monday, 27th January, 2025 7.00 pm - January 27, 2025

...to approve the recommendations regarding the Quarter 2 2024/25 finance and performance report, including noting revenue forecast overspends and underspends, approving budget adjustments, and approving a long-term investment loan.

Recommendations Approved

Motion - Adult Social Care Charging Consultation and Proposals

From: Council - Monday, 27th January, 2025 7.00 pm - January 27, 2025

...the Council refused a motion to cease the recently approved changes to the adult social care charging policy, explore alternative funding methods, present a cost-benefit analysis and impact assessment, re-establish the Independent Carers Forum, and present the Disability Related Expenditure policy for review.

Refused

Summary

Meetings Attended: 24

Average per Month: 1.2

Decisions Recorded: 55