Will Rowlands - Councillor for Bromley (Mottingham)

Councillor Will Rowlands

Conservative Mottingham Portfolio Holder for Environment

Email: Will.Rowlands@bromley.gov.uk

Council: Bromley

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Executive (Committee Member) Environment and Community Services Policy Development and Scrutiny Committee (Guest) Plans Sub-Committee No. 2 (Committee Member) Council (Committee Member) Plans Sub-Committee No. 4 Appointment Panel Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (Committee Member)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

47 meetings · Page 1 of 10

Executive Committee Member

Special Meeting, Executive - Friday 12 December 2025 10.30 am

The Bromley Council Executive is scheduled to meet to discuss a proposal to use £27.6m of funding from the Local Authority Housing Fund 4 (LAHF4) grant programme to support permanent measures to reduce the cost pressures of temporary accommodation. The meeting will also cover the addition of the Chipperfield Road Site to the Capital Programme, and the submission of the Chipperfield scheme to the Local Authority Housing Fund 4 programme.

December 12, 2025
Council Committee Member

Council - Monday 8 December 2025 7.00 pm

The Bromley Council meeting on 8 December 2025 was scheduled to cover a range of topics, including the Council Tax Support Scheme, treasury management performance, corporate governance, committee appointments and motions. There was also an opportunity for councillors and members of the public to ask questions.

December 08, 2025
Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education Committee Member

to 3rd November 2025, Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education - Wednesday 3 December 2025 6.00 pm

December 03, 2025
Executive Committee Member

Executive - Wednesday 26 November 2025 7.00 pm

At a meeting of the Bromley Council Executive, councillors agreed to maintain the existing Council Tax Support Scheme for 2026/27, noted a projected net overspend on services of £16.672m, and approved a five-year extension to the Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) Library Service Contract. They also authorised the appropriation of land at Castlecombe Youth Centre Car Park for housing and agreed on a procurement strategy for education capital works.

November 26, 2025
Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education Committee Member

Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education - Monday 3 November 2025 6.00 pm

The Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE) met to discuss revisions to the religious education syllabus, collective worship guidance, and to approve the annual report. The council approved the revised SACRE constitution, the Bromley Agreed Syllabus documents, and agreed to finalise collective worship guidance for schools, with example resources to be developed later in the academic year. Members also received national and local updates on religious education and interfaith initiatives.

November 03, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

233 decisions · Page 10 of 47

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON 29TH MAY 2025

From: Plans Sub-Committee No. 2 - Thursday 24 July 2025 7.00 pm - July 24, 2025

...they approved the minutes of their meeting held on May 29th, 2025, as a correct record, and also made decisions on several planning applications and a tree preservation order, including granting permission for a stable building with conditions, granting permission for a portacabin building with conditions, granting permission for a side/rear extension, and approving the removal of a Conifer tree while retaining a Yew tree.

Recommendations Approved

(25/00401/FULL1) - 9 Avondale Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4SN.

From: Plans Sub-Committee No. 2 - Thursday 24 July 2025 7.00 pm - July 24, 2025

...to refuse application 25/00401/FULL1 for the construction of a single storey rear extension, elevational alterations, and conversion of a dwelling at 9 Avondale Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4SN into two residential flats.

For Determination

(25/00246/FULL6) - 37 Limes Road Beckenham BR3 6NS

From: Plans Sub-Committee No. 2 - Thursday 24 July 2025 7.00 pm - July 24, 2025

...to permit the demolition of an existing rear lean-to and construction of a single-storey side/rear extension, along with the replacement of existing windows with timber heritage-style sash windows at 37 Limes Road, Beckenham BR3 6NS, subject to conditions.

For Determination

(24/01814/FULL1) - 153-155 High Street SE20 SE20 7DS

From: Plans Sub-Committee No. 2 - Thursday 24 July 2025 7.00 pm - July 24, 2025

...the application for internal and external alterations, including partial demolition and a third-floor extension to change the use of 153-155 High Street from mixed-use to an aparthotel with 20 rooms, was deferred for determination.

For Determination

TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION ACQUISITION PROGRAMME

From: Executive - Wednesday 25 June 2025 7.00 pm - June 25, 2025

...to address the rising costs and demand for temporary accommodation, a leasehold model for acquiring up to 300 units was approved, a dedicated programme board was created, authority was delegated to the Director of Housing, Planning, Property and Regeneration for acquisitions with demonstrable financial benefits, and £1 million was allocated for transaction costs.

For Determination

Summary

Meetings Attended: 47

Average per Month: 2.0

Decisions Recorded: 233