Full Council and Committee Meetings

Full Council meets once a month throughout the year, usually on a Wednesday, at 6.00 pm currently via Zoom.  Public and the Press are invited to Full Council meetings as are County and District Councillors representing the Malvern wards.  All twenty members of the Council are expected to attend if possible.

The agenda is available three clear working days before the meeting.  Only items on the agenda may be discussed at the meeting although members of the public are welcome to speak during Public Participation on any matter relating to Malvern Town.

Next Full Council meeting:

Wednesday 17 June 2020, This meeting will be conducted via Zoom.

Meeting several times a year, the Operations and Planning Committee has nine members: Councillors Samantha Charles (Chairman), Lynne Lambeth (Vice Chairman), Caroline Bovey, Josephine Leibrandt, Pat Mewton, Cynthia Palmer, Peter Smith, Sharon Taylor and David Watkins.  

Meetings are open to the public unless stated otherwise.

For more details of what the Operations and Planning Committee does, please see the current Terms of Reference.

Next Operations and Planning Committee meeting:

Wednesday 6 May, Town Council offices, 6.00 pm

Minutes of previous meetings can be found below.  

At the Annual Council meeting on 22 May 2018, and following a Peer Review it was resolved to form a new Policy and Resources Committee to include Staffing and Governance; and a new Operations and Planning Committee to include Events and Strategic Planning.  You can find documents for the past committees below.

Calendar of meetings 2019/20 (pdf)

Calendar of meetings 2020/21 (pdf)

Members of the Policy and Resources Committee, elected at the Annual Council meeting in May, are Councillors Clive Hooper (Vice Chairman), Julie Dallow, Nick Houghton, Lou Lowton, Ronan McLaverty-Head, Neville Mills, James O'Donnell, Dan Roberts and Paul Tuthill.

The committee meets approximately twelve times a year and these meetings are open to the public unless stated otherwise.  For more information about the Policy and Resources Committee, please see the current Terms of Reference. 

Next Policy and Resources Committee meeting:

Wednesday 3 June 2020 at 6pm via zoom.  Zoom details to be confirmed.

Please download agenda here

Reports available here

Audit Committee members, appointed at the Annual Council meeting, are Councillors Caroline Bovey (Chairman), Cynthia Palmer (Vice Chairman), Lynne Lambeth, Pat Mewton and Sharon Taylor.

The committee meets approximately three times a year and these meetings are open to the public unless stated otherwise.  For more information about the Audit Committee, please see the current Terms of Reference. 

Next Audit Committee meeting:

Wednesday 15 July 2020, will now take place via  zoom.

Minutes of previous meetings can be found below.  If you require copies of reports, please contact the office.

The Annual Town Meeting is not a council meeting but is an Annual Statutory meeting of the Town electors, called in accordance with Schedule 12(14) of the Local Government Act 1972.

The next Annual Town Meeting will be held on Wednesday 17 March 2021 at 7.00 pm, venue to be confirmed.

There will be an Open Forum at the meeting when those present can put questions to the Mayor and the Council.  Notice of questions would be appreciated and should be sent to the Town Clerk a week in advance of the meeting.

Minutes of previous Annual Town Meetings can be read below:

11 March 2020 - minutes available shortly

13 March 2019 

21 March 2018

14 March 2017

15 March 2016

Under section 29 of the Localism Act 2011, there is a legal requirement for the register of Members' Interests to be published on the internet. 

Individual Councillor's forms are below:

Caroline Bovey

Samantha Charles

Julie Dallow

Clive Hooper - copy awaited

Nicholas Houghton

Lynne Lambeth

Josephine Leibrandt

Lou Lowton

Ronan McLaverty-Head

Patrick Mewton

Neville Mills

Neil Morton

James O'Donnell

Cynthia Palmer

Daniel Roberts

Peter Smith

Sharon Taylor

Paul Tuthill

David Watkins