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Elected:

07 May 1998

First Elected

07 May 1998

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Ward:

Job Title:

Basic Allowance £7293.55, Planning Committee member Special Responsibility Allowance £1148,75

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Election History

Elected	Retired	Reason
Thu 7 May 1998	Mon 8 May 2023	Did not stand for re-election

Party Representation History

Party	From	To
Liberal Democrats	Thu 7 May 1998	Mon 8 May 2023

Ward Representation History

Ward	From	To
St Anne's	Thu 7 May 1998	Sun 8 May 2016
St Anne's and St John's	Mon 9 May 2016	Sun 5 May 2019
St Anne's and St John's	Mon 6 May 2019	Mon 8 May 2023

Current Committee Memberships

Committee - Date Joined	Role
There are no current committees for this member.

Past Committee Memberships

Past Committee - Date Joined	Past Role	Past Leaving Date
1 2 Page 1 of 2, items 1 to 5 of 9.
Scrutiny Panel - 22 May 2013	Substitute	08 May 2023
Full Council - 22 May 2013	Member	08 May 2023
Crime and Disorder Committee - 22 May 2013	Substitute	08 May 2023
Planning Committee - 24 May 2018	Substitute	08 May 2023
Licensing Committee - 22 May 2019	Member	08 May 2023

Current Outside Body Appointments

Outside Body	Joining Date
There are no current outside bodies for this member.

Past Outside Body Appointments

Past Outside Body	Past Joining Date	Past Leaving Date
Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust	01 September 2015	08 May 2023

Personal Register of Interests

Date of Notice	Receipt by Monitoring Officer	View
14 July 2012	14 July 2012

Meeting Declarations

Committee Name	Meeting Date	Nature
1 2 Page 1 of 2, items 1 to 12 of 19.
Planning Committee	02 October 2014	Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee	05 March 2015	Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee	16 July 2015	Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee	01 October 2015	Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee	22 October 2015	Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee	04 February 2016	Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee	17 March 2016	Other
Planning Committee	17 March 2016	Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee	17 March 2016	Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee	17 March 2016	Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee	14 July 2016	Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee	03 November 2016	Pecuniary

Date	Title	Notes
Tue, 18 Apr 2023	Chief Executive Briefing
Tue, 28 Feb 2023	Member Briefing on new voter ID requirements
Tue, 7 Feb 2023	Planning Enforcement Training
Tue, 29 Nov 2022	New Model Code of Conduct Training
Wed, 26 Oct 2022	Chief Executive Briefing - The story so far
Mon, 26 Sep 2022	Chief Executive Briefing - Levelling Up/ Shared Prosperity Fund
Wed, 10 Aug 2022	Tendring Colchester Borders Garden Community Briefing
Tue, 2 Aug 2022	Chief Executive Briefing - Electoral Reform
Mon, 25 Jul 2022	Colchester Borough Homes Briefing
Wed, 5 Jan 2022	Briefing on Permitted Development
Wed, 15 Dec 2021	Briefing on the Vaccine Booster Programme and Volunteering
Thu, 18 Nov 2021	Local Plan and Supplementary Planning Documents Briefing
Mon, 8 Nov 2021	Joint Committee for Tendring Colchester Borders Garden Community
Tue, 2 Nov 2021	Suicide Awareness and Prevention Training
Wed, 27 Oct 2021	Licensing Training - Gambling Act 2005 and Safeguarding
Mon, 18 Oct 2021	Councillor Safety Briefing
Tue, 6 Jul 2021	Delays in Elective Surgery Briefing
Tue, 8 Jun 2021	Licensing Act 2003 Training
Wed, 19 May 2021	Planning Training
Thu, 21 Jan 2021	Vaccination Programme
Mon, 16 Nov 2020	Scooter Briefing Session
Tue, 6 Oct 2020	GDPR Training
Mon, 5 Oct 2020	Budget Workshop
Thu, 3 Sep 2020	Local List and Assets of Community Value
Wed, 26 Aug 2020	Budget Workshop
Fri, 5 Jun 2020	Licensing Training - Sexual Entertainment Venues and Safeguarding
Wed, 12 Jun 2019	Licensing Training
Mon, 4 Mar 2019	Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Briefing
Tue, 5 Feb 2019	Policing in Colchester
Mon, 10 Sep 2018	Social Media Training
Tue, 20 Mar 2018	General Data Protection Regulations Training
Mon, 26 Feb 2018	Emergency Planning Briefing
Tue, 5 Dec 2017	Dementia Awareness
Wed, 15 Nov 2017	Planning Training
Wed, 8 Nov 2017	Working Together Across Colchester
Tue, 12 Jul 2016	Gang Violence in Colchester
Mon, 20 Jun 2016	Presentation by the University of Essex
Thu, 12 May 2016	New Council Conference
Tue, 9 Feb 2016	Safeguarding
Thu, 29 Oct 2015	Section 106, Community Infrastructure Levy, Affordable Housing and Viability
Fri, 31 Jul 2015	Archaeology, Urban Design, Historic Buildings and Areas
Tue, 1 Jul 2014	Changes to the Council's Website
Wed, 12 Mar 2014	UCC FSR Briefing
Mon, 20 Jan 2014	Planning Training

Date	From	Description	Value
There are no hospitality and gift records for this member.

Please find below the 2022/23 Locality Budget spends for Councillor Chuah:

Date	Total Contribution	Description
31/07/2022	£200	To provide goody bags with essential groceries and food to families identified by our local primary schools- Willowbrook, Parson’s Heath, Roach Vale, Friar Grove and St John’s, plus those families identified by the St Anne’s Community Hall Association. St Anne's Community Halls Association
31/07/2022	£200	Contribution to Community Fun Day. St Anne's Community Halls Association
30/11/2022	£300	Replacement tables and chairs in the halls for community use. St Anne's Community Halls Association
30/11/2022	£250	Goody bags for elderly residents in sheltered accommodation. St Anne's Community Halls Association
30/11/2022	£300	Christmas goody bags for schools. St Anne's Community Halls Association
30/11/2022	£300	New Year goody bags for schools. St Anne's Community Halls Association
30/11/2022	£200	Youth Club hall hire. St Anne's Community Halls Association
31/01/2023	£150	Purchase of salt bin. St Anne's Community Halls Association
31/01/2023	£100	Purchase of food for five local schools. St Anne's Community Halls Association

Please find below the 2021/22 Locality Budget spends for Councillor Chuah:

Date	Total Contribution	Description
31/10/2021	£100	To fund a children's Christmas Party for St Anne's residents. St Anne's Community Hall Association
30/11/2021	£300	To fill a Goody Bag with Christmas presents for each resident of Mary Frank House. St Anne's Community Hall Association
30/11/2021	£450	A bench opposite Rovers Tye on the greensward opposite Ipswich Road. A resting place. Internal
30/11/2021	£500	To provide goody bags of essential groceries, food, to families identified by our local primary schools - Willowbrook School, Parson's Heath, Roach Vale, Fria's Grove, and St John's School, plus those families identified by the St Anne's Community Hall Association. St Anne's Community Hall Association
31/01/2022	£300	Payment for fencing rolled from previous fencing and now allocated. Internal
31/01/2022	£250	To help with the continual running of The Youth Club that meets every Friday evening from 6pm to 8pm, for the youth residing in the St Anne’s and St John’s Area. St Anne's Community Association
31/01/2022	£500	Further essential items goody bags. St Anne's Community Centre
31/01/2022	£100	To offset cost of replenishing community planters at St Christopher's Shops. Growing in St Johns Potential Spend

Please find below the 2020/21 Locality Budget spends for Councillor Chuah:

Date	Total Contribution	Description
30/06/2020	£250	Money for a community garden shed for the volunteer gardeners to sustain and improve the garden environment. St Annes Community Hall Association
30/06/2020	£100	Money to help supply the vital food some residents require.
31/07/2020	£120	Willow Brook Primary School has joined forces with Amazing Minds CIC so that the children in the school can build mental health and well being skills during this unprecedented times. Lockdown has not only impacted on the education of many children, but also their emotional stability, and this funding is to tackle this issue. Amazing Minds CIC
30/11/2020	£300	Safety fencing installed at Pondfields for the wellbeing and safety of residents. Internal
30/11/2020	£300	Christmas dinner or hamper to be provided to the local elderly residents, in order to tackle isolation. St Anne's Community Halls Association
28/02/2021	£300	Provision and repair of emergency lighting. St Anne's Community Hall Association
28/02/2021	£80	Toward purchase of new IT equipment to benefit users of the Hall. St Anne's Community Hall Association
28/02/2021	£550	Dog bin and litter bin for community use to support/enable the environment and greening of Colchester. Internal

Please find below the 2019/20 Locality Budget spends for Councillor Chuah

Date	Total Contribution	Description	Category
01/11/2019	£125	Enhancing the appearance of the frontage to the school’s reception, making it more welcoming to the pupils, parents and visitors. Friars Grove Primary School	GROWTH OPPORTUNITY WELLBEING
01/12/2019	£100	Enhancement of natural area using wood craft skills for the benefit of the community. Internal	OPPORTUNITY WELLBEING
01/12/2019	£280	Christmas dinner for local elderly. St Anne's Community Hall Association	RESPONSIBILITY OPPORTUNITY WELLBEING GROWTH
01/12/2019	£300	Running costs. St Anne's Youth Club	RESPONSIBILITY OPPORTUNITY WELLBEING GROWTH
31/01/2020	£300	Hire charges and expenses. St Matthew's Child Contact Centre	RESPONSIBILITY OPPORTUNITY WELLBEING GROWTH
31/01/2020	£400	Contribution toward lessons, music equipment, and hire charges. Community Music Colchester	RESPONSIBILITY OPPORTUNITY WELLBEING GROWTH
31/01/2020	£300	Running costs for Parkinsons Dance Group. Dance Network Association	OPPORTUNITY WELLBEING GROWTH
31/01/2020	£134	Provision of salt bins for Community use - Welshwood Park Residents' Association & Broadland Estate. St Anne's Community Hall Association	OPPORTUNITY WELLBEING

Please find below the 2018/19 Locality Budget spends for Councillor Chuah

Date	Total Contribution	Description	Category
31/07/2018	£1,000	Provision of outside area for special needs members - St Anne's Community Hall Association	Wellbeing
31/12/2018	£280	To provide a Christmas lunch for older single people, St Anne's Community Hall Association	Wellbeing
	£126.60	To provide a defibrillator on site for public use, St Anne's Community Hall Association	Wellbeing
	£50	Provision of bench on site for residents use, St Anne's Community Hall Association	Wellbeing
	£250	Provision and planting of tree at Lancaster Way, St Anne's Community Hall Association	Wellbeing
	£293.40	Supporting youth services including educational sessions, St Anne's Community Hall Association	RESPONSIBILITY OPPORTUNITY WELLBEING

Please find below the 2017/18 Locality Budget spends for Councillor Chuah

Date	Total Contribution	Description	Category
16/05/2017	£2,000	Community Arts Project and Garden Project - St Ann's Community Hall Association	Thriving, Vibrant, Welcoming

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Councillor Helen Chuah