It is customary at the beginning of the council year for committee and working group appointments to be confirmed. The year commences from the May Annual Council Meeting.
In many cases appointments will be continuations of those made when the administration took the reins after the 2023 local elections. In some cases there are shuffles to maintain political proportionality or new working groups to be populated.
Here is what we will be doing for the council year 2025/2026. These responsibilities are additional to our general work within our ward and the parishes we represent. Members of legally mandated committees undergo rigorous training and regular refreshers. This applies to the four ‘senior’ committees: Audit & Standards; Licensing & Environmental Health; Planning; and Scrutiny.
NEIL GREGORY
• Chair, Scrutiny Committee
• Member, Audit & Standards Committee
• Member, Investment Board
• Substitute member, Planning Committee
• Substitute member, Essex Police, Fire & Crime Panel
RICHARD PAVITT
• Group leader, Uttlesford Independents
• Member, Planning Committee (+ Working Group)
• Group representative, Member development Working Group
• Member, Community Achievement Panel
• Vice-chair, Local Plan Panel
• UDC Representative, Essex Flood Partnership
• Substitute member, Audit & Standards Committee
• Substitute member, Scrutiny Committee