Sara Apps - Councillor for Wandsworth (Shaftesbury & Queenstown)

Councillor Sara Apps

Labour Shaftesbury & Queenstown

Email: cllr.s.apps@wandsworth.gov.uk

Council: Wandsworth

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Committees: Council (Member) Planning Applications Committee (Member) Children's Committee (Member) General Purposes Committee (Deputy Chair) Environment Committee (Member) Transport Committee (Member) Standards Committee (Chair) General Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Member) Finance Committee (Member) Health Committee (Member)

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

61 meetings · Page 3 of 13

Children's Committee Member

Agenda and minutes

The Children's Overview and Scrutiny Committee are scheduled to discuss a range of topics at their meeting, including a petition regarding Bradstow School, the performance of Pupil Referral Units, school budget allocations, educational performance, and capital maintenance schemes for schools. The meeting will also cover the 2024/25 quarterly budget monitoring and the proposed budget for 2025/26.

December 01, 2025
Planning Applications Committee Member

Agenda and minutes

The Wandsworth Council Planning Applications Committee is scheduled to meet on Thursday, 27 March 2025, to consider planning applications, tree preservation orders and enforcement issues. The committee will also review recent planning decisions and closed enforcement appeals.

December 01, 2025
Transport Committee Member

Agenda, decisions and minutes

The Wandsworth Transport Overview and Scrutiny Committee is scheduled to meet to discuss a draft document on waste management, a walking and cycling strategy update, a highway maintenance programme, budget monitoring and proposed changes to transport fees and charges.

December 01, 2025
Environment Committee Member

Wandsworth Council

The Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee of Wandsworth Council met on 26 November 2025 to discuss the Cleaner Borough project, the Lead Local Flood Authority, and the Battersea parkrun. The committee was also scheduled to discuss its work programme.

November 26, 2025
Health Committee Member

Wandsworth Council

November 25, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

109 decisions · Page 1 of 22

Closed Appeals (Paper No. 25-454)

From: Wandsworth Council - December 18, 2025

...to receive for information a report on closed planning appeals from November 2025, noting that 6 appeals were allowed, 9 were dismissed, and none were withdrawn.

Recommendations Approved

Tree Preservation Orders (Paper No. 25-451)

From: Wandsworth Council - December 18, 2025

...to confirm Tree Preservation Order (TPO) 509/2025, protecting five London Plane trees on the pavement fronting 45 Garratt Lane SW18 4AD.

Recommendations Approved

Enforcement (Paper No. 25-450)

From: Wandsworth Council - December 18, 2025

...the committee authorized enforcement notices for unauthorized construction at 20 and 28 Winders Road, requiring removal of a first-floor extension and reinstatement of the original property layout, and for 22 Broadway Lofts, mandating the removal of uPVC windows and replacement with timber-framed windows matching the originals.

Recommendations Approved

Closure of Investigation Files (Paper No. 25-453)

From: Wandsworth Council - December 18, 2025

...to receive for information a report on the closure of investigation files related to alleged breaches of planning control in November 2025, noting the resolution of breaches, official actions taken, compliance with notices, and resolutions achieved through compliance with planning permission.

Recommendations Approved

Decisions (Paper No. 25-452)

From: Wandsworth Council - December 18, 2025

...to receive the report on recent planning application decisions made under delegated authority and by the Planning Applications Committee for information.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 61

Average per Month: 2.8

Decisions Recorded: 109