Councillor Peter Reader

Finance & Corporate Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday, 4th February, 2026 7.30 pm

Adult Social Care & Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Monday, 2nd February, 2026 7.30 pm

The Adult Social Care & Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee is scheduled to meet on Monday, 02 February 2026, to discuss the draft budget and financial plans for 2026/27, review progress on tackling health inequalities in North Bexley, and consider plans for an expanded reablement offer. The committee will also review its work programme for the upcoming year.

General Purposes and Audit Committee - Wednesday, 28th January, 2026 7.30 pm

The General Purposes and Audit Committee of Bexley Council met on Wednesday, 28 January 2026, to discuss a range of financial and operational matters. Key topics included the proposed stopping up of highway land in Erith, the Council's Pay Policy Statement for 2026/27, and a half-yearly report on Treasury Management for 2025/26. The committee was also scheduled to review the calculation of the Council Tax base and Business Rates income for 2026/27, alongside draft audit reports for the Council's and the Pension Fund's 2024/25 statements of accounts. Updates on Internal Audit, Counter Fraud activity, and Risk Management were also on the agenda.

Local Authority funding and resourcing challenges scrutiny project sub-group - Tuesday, 13th January, 2026 7.00 pm

The Local Authority funding and resourcing challenges scrutiny project sub-group was scheduled to discuss updates on the council's property data and the ongoing project plan for its scrutiny work. The meeting's agenda included a review of the property data update, focusing on the implementation of the Civica system, and a discussion of the project plan for the sub-group's ongoing review of local authority funding and resourcing challenges.

Planning Committee - Thursday, 13th November, 2025 7.00 pm

The London Borough of Bexley Planning Committee convened on 13 November 2025, and approved applications for town planning at the Old Post Office in Erith, 8 Warren Road in Bexleyheath, and 61 Maxwell Road in Welling. Councillors deferred a decision on a yard adjacent to 11 Blackhorse Road in Sidcup, and approved an application for 37 Crescent Road in Sidcup and 38 Albany Close in Bexley.