Councillor Stephen Worrall

Wandsworth Council

The Planning Applications Committee met in September and made decisions on a number of planning applications, including the refusal of an application relating to affordable housing contributions at Springfield Hospital, and the approval of a number of other applications with conditions.

Agenda

The Grants Overview and Scrutiny Sub-committee was scheduled to meet on 9 September 2025, to discuss the allocation of funding from the Wandsworth Grant Fund (WGF). The report pack included details of 15 eligible applications, requesting a total of £130,932. Council officers assessed these applications and made recommendations for grant awards.

Agenda and decisions

At a meeting of the Wandsworth Council Planning Applications Committee, councillors approved a variation to a legal agreement for hotels near the United States Embassy in Nine Elms, gave the go-ahead to a student housing development on Armoury Way, and approved a deed of variation regarding affordable housing contributions for a development on Culvert Road. The committee also confirmed two tree preservation orders.

Agenda and decisions

The Wandsworth Planning Applications Committee met on 23 July 2025, and approved four applications for permission to develop, and one application to vary conditions, while also discussing tree preservation orders and recent planning decisions. The committee approved the recommendations for applications at Merivale Road, Penwith Road, Thurleigh Road, Blenkarne Road and Chetwode Road.

Agenda

The Wandsworth Council meeting included a tribute to former Councillor Len Harris, and a welcome to the new Chief Executive, Andrew Travers. Councillors debated traffic congestion in Putney, revisions to the local plan, and a motion on celebrating the 'summer of fun' in Wandsworth.