Wendy Palmer - Councillor for Tonbridge and Malling (Borough Green and Platt)

Councillor Wendy Palmer

Independent Alliance (Kent) Borough Green and Platt Chair of Area 2 Planning Committee

Email: wendy.palmer@tmbc.gov.uk

Council: Tonbridge and Malling

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Cabinet (Role: Other Member) Communities and Environment Scrutiny Select Committee (Role: Committee Member) Area 2 Planning Committee (Role: Chair) Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Role: Committee Member) General Purposes Committee (Role: Other Member) Housing and Planning Scrutiny Select Committee (Role: Committee Member) Finance, Regeneration and Property Scrutiny Select Committee (Role: Committee Member) Council (Role: Committee Member) Audit Committee (Role: Other Member) Joint Transportation Board

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

84 meetings · Page 3 of 17

Area 2 Planning Committee Role: Chair

Area 2 Planning Committee - Wednesday, 17th September, 2025 7.30 pm

16 attendees, 13 documents, 0 media files

September 17, 2025
Finance, Regeneration and Property Scrutiny Select Committee Role: Committee Member

Finance, Regeneration and Property Scrutiny Select Committee - Tuesday, 16th September, 2025 7.30 pm

17 attendees, 18 documents, 0 media files

September 16, 2025
Overview and Scrutiny Committee Role: Committee Member

Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 11th September, 2025 7.30 pm

28 attendees, 24 documents, 0 media files

September 11, 2025
Area 2 Planning Committee Role: Chair

Area 2 Planning Committee - Wednesday, 6th August, 2025 7.30 pm

August 06, 2025
Cabinet Role: Other Member

(Extraordinary), Cabinet - Tuesday, 29th July, 2025 7.00 pm

July 29, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

67 decisions · Page 1 of 14

Infrastructure Funding Statement 2024/25

From: Housing and Planning Scrutiny Select Committee - Tuesday, 2nd December, 2025 7.30 pm - December 02, 2025

Information Only

Authority Monitoring Report 2024/25

From: Housing and Planning Scrutiny Select Committee - Tuesday, 2nd December, 2025 7.30 pm - December 02, 2025

Recommendations Approved (subject to call-in)

Waste Minimisation and Waste Management at Events on Council Owned Land

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 18th November, 2025 7.30 pm - November 18, 2025

...to encourage greater use of refills and reduce waste from Council owned sites, the Cabinet endorsed a proposed guidance note to support event organizers in aligning their events with the Borough Council's objective to remove single use plastics from their operations.

Recommendations Approved

Local Government Reorganisation - Business Case Submission

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 18th November, 2025 7.30 pm - November 18, 2025

... to submit to the Government by November 28, 2025, a business case for Option 3A, a 3-unitary model for local government reorganisation in Kent, with a West Kent authority comprising Tonbridge and Malling, Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone areas, delegating final drafting changes to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Leader, and allowing for inclusion of supporting documentation received before the deadline.

Recommendations Approved

Temporary Accommodation Recharge Policy

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 18th November, 2025 7.30 pm - November 18, 2025

...the council adopted a new Temporary Accommodation Recharge Policy allowing them to charge applicants for repairs to temporary accommodation necessitated by wilful damage or neglect.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 84

Average per Month: 3.7

Decisions Recorded: 67