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Notes:
Annual report and review 2025/2026
Section 1: Attendance at Council, Committee and Sub-Committee meetings
Name of Committee & No of meetings held during the year No. of meetings attended
Audit 3 - 3
Council 5 - 5
Licensing & Environmental 2 - 2
Licensing Sub Committee 1 - 1
Overview & Scrutiny 10 - 10
Planning 8 - 8
This represents an overall attendance of 100%
Other attendance
Period of Extended Absence, (e.g. Maternity leave/Sick leave): 0
Number of meetings attended as a substitute: 0
Section 2: Mandatory Training Completed
Training Activity
Planning Training - 13/05/25
Update from Community Housing Group - 04/06/25
Risk Management - 26/11/25
Values of Good Governance - 25/03/26
Other training
Core e-learning 0
Additional e-learning 0
Cyber security training 11
Section 3: Community Involvement
I attend meetings of Bewdley Town Council, part of which is in my Ward and of which I am a member. I also attend as many meetings of Kidderminster Foreign Parish Council and Upper Arley Parish Council as I can to keep up to date with current concerns in their areas of my Ward. Issues raised by the Parish Councils may be pursued with District Council officers.
Part of the Ward, in Wribbenhall and Kidderminster Foreign, is subject to flooding by the River Severn in the winter. I was delighted to attend the formal opening of the Wribbenhall flood defences last summer, which were constructed by the Environment Agency and funded by the Government and Worcestershire County Council.
Bewdley Town Council has allowed the use of part of Riverside North Park for the parking of the Environment Agency's plant and equipment during the construction of the flood defences. Following the completion of the work the Environment Agency is engaged in the restoration of the Park to its former condition.
Section 4: Assisting Constituents
As a Ward Councillor, my main activities have been aimed at providing a service to the residents of my Ward by keeping them informed about local issues and responding to their complaints and enquiries, which involves telephoned and e-mailed enquiries and visits to resident's homes.
All four sites in Wribbenhall and Arley Ward, identified in the Local Plan, for housing development are still under construction. The three sites in Wribbenhall, at Kidderminster Road, Habberley Road, and Stourport Road will total some 199 houses.
Construction at the Low Habberley site, originally in Kidderminster Foreign Parish, continues and will yield 124 houses. At the request of the Parish Council, the District Council has undertaken a Community Governance Review and this site has been transferred into the Parish of Kidderminster, and Franche and Habberley North Ward.
Section 5: Supplementary Information
I have represented the interests of Wyre Forest residents at the Heath Overview and Scrutiny Committee. This is a County Council Committee which includes representatives of the six District Councils. I again attended all of the Committee's meetings, a total of eight this year.
This year I have been the Chairman of the Council, and I have represented Wyre Forest District Council at civic events in the District and neighbouring towns and districts, supporting the charitable fundraising of their Mayors and Chairmen. I have run several fundraising events in our District in aid of my charity, Wyre Forest Citizens' Advice Bureau.
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