Harlow Council Leader confirms changes to his cabinet

News / Mon 30th May 2022 at 04:13pm

COUNCILLOR Russell Perrin, Leader of Harlow Council, has announced changes to his cabinet.

Following Councillor Perrin being re-elected as the Leader of the Council on Thursday 26 May 2022 he has today (30 May 2022) made the following Cabinet appointments:

Councillor Dan Swords becomes the new Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Regeneration with responsibility for the delivery of regeneration projects including the town centre, delivery of council housebuilding projects and planning and building control.

Councillor Simon Carter stays as Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Housing with responsibility for council housing management, housing repairs and maintenance, housing allocations, supported housing and tenant and leaseholder participation.

Councillor Nicky Purse stays as Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Environment with responsibility for environmental services including HTS street cleaning, HTS landscape maintenance and trees.

Councillor Joel Charles stays as Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Community and Business Resilience with responsibility for a range of community and leisure services, community engagement and the town’s economic recovery.

Councillor Alastair Gunn stays as Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Governance with responsibility for customer service, legal, Human Resources, ICT services and waste and recycling collections.

Councillor Michael Hardware stays as Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Strategic Growth with responsibility for strategic planning, the local plan and the delivery of the Harlow and Gilston Garden Town project.

Councillor James Leppard stays as Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Finance with responsibility for financial management including council tax, budgets, benefits, and internal audit.

Councillor Steve LeMay becomes the new Cabinet Portfolio Holder for HTS, Properties and Facilities – with special responsibility for the roads. This new portfolio has responsibility for the corporate development of the council’s local authority trading company HTS, properties and facilities management and roads and street furniture.

The first meeting of the new look Cabinet will take place on 16 June 2022.

5 Comments for Harlow Council Leader confirms changes to his cabinet:

Nostradamus

2022-05-30 16:25:44

Hardly worth the announcement only two changes and what smug photos!! Same team that got suckered by East Herts and passed planning permissions to devastate the Stort Valley and despite 'protestations' (or are they crocodile tears), and have not managed to stop Epping Council's dumping their massive housing developments on Harlow.

Jawad Sharief

2022-05-30 17:33:22

Well done nothing like organising yourselfs. i still haven't had my council tax rebate shape up or ship out.

David Vincent

2022-05-30 17:47:41

I bet Cllr Joel Charles is gutted at losing his deputy leader position to someone so much younger.

Kim Oconnor

2022-05-30 18:39:19

Big unaffordable housing estates being built on our wet lands, and a 4 lane road going straight through our river stort valley is nothing to be proud of. I repeat 6,000 signatures against this monstrosity, and every one was ignored. Dan swords said that your building hundreds and hundreds of council houses, 99 in fase one, how many in fase 2 ,?? It still wouldn't be any thing like hundreds an hundreds. Did you know Mr perrin, you have 5000 on waiting list in Harlow, is this listening to people's needs. ?? Mr Hardware responded to my comments about the lack of council houses, up against thousands and thousands of unaffordable housing, he just simply said people are buying them, 🙄 yes people from out side Harlow, if it was people waiting on homes, your waiting list would no longer exist... Your projects are for greed and profit pure and simple, and at a terrible cost to the environment. Nicky purse, I say to you, its not man made landscape s we need, you carnt plant an old tree in a new place. While you all like to be seen to plant trees here and there, your all failing missserably to realise the true damage your doing. THERE ARE GOOD REASONS OUR WET LANDS WEREN'T BUILT ON. Your reap what you all sow.