The Committee is required to appoint a Chair in accordance with Standing Order 31.1

Councillor P Gahir be elected Chair for the municipal year 2024/2025

Councillor A Berardi be elected Vice-Chair for the municipal year 2024/25

To confirm and sign, as a correct record, the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 9^th April 2024 (Appendix ‘A’).

The Minutes of the meeting held on 9^th April 2024 were confirmed and signed as a correct record.

Apologies were received from Councillors A Berardi and E Kettle.

Members are invited to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests or other registrable and non-registrable interests in items on the agenda.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Committee considered two event applications for use of the Green.

The first application was from Englefield Green Cricket Club regarding a Cricket and Musical Festival on the Green on Sunday 26^th May. 

The Committee agreed to approve the event.  Officers from the appropriate department of the Council would be contacting the  Cricket Club in due course to discuss the occupational arrangements at the Cricket Pavilion.

The second application was from the RHUL Student Union Biological Sciences Society.   The application requested use of the Green on Saturday 25^th May for a sports day/summer fete.  Whilst the Committee was happy to approve the event Officers were asked to:

i)              Specify to the RHUL Student Union that the event would need to take place at the southern end of the Green as there was a Cricket Match taking place on the same day

ii)             Ascertain if RHUL students had obtained a TEN for the selling of alcohol and if not advise them that the selling of alcohol would be prohibited.

Resolved that:

i)              The application from RHUL to hold a BioSoc Sports Day/Summer Fete on the Green on Saturday 25^th May be approved.

ii)             The application from the Englefield Green Cricket Club to hold a Cricket & Musical Festival on the Green on Sunday 26^th May be approved.

There were no exempt or confidential items in the agenda.

There is no exempt information in this agenda.

There were no exempt or confidential items in the agenda.