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Elected:

04 May 2006

First Elected::

04 May 2006

Party:

Conservative

Ward:

Lexden and Braiswick

Address:

The Retreat
Wood Lane
Fordham Heath
Colchester
CO3 9TR

Email:

cllr.dennis.willetts@colchester.gov.uk

Telephone No:

01206240314

Job Title:

Basic Allowance £7,115.66

Department:

Election History

Elected:	Retired	Reason
Thu 4 May 2006

Party Representation History

Party	Representation From	Representation To
Conservative	Thu 4 May 2006

Ward Representation History

Ward	Representation From	Representation To
West Bergholt and Eight Ash Green	Thu 4 May 2006	Sun 8 May 2016
Lexden and Braiswick	Mon 9 May 2016	Sun 9 May 2021

Current Committee Memberships

Committee	Role	Joining Date
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Council	Member	22 May 2013
Crime and Disorder Committee	Substitute	22 May 2013
Governance and Audit Committee	Group Spokesperson	25 May 2016
Local Plan Committee	Substitute	22 May 2013
Planning Committee	Substitute	22 May 2013

Past Committee Memberships

Committee	Role	Joining Date	Leaving Date
Trading Board	Substitute	05 August 2014	22 May 2018
Waste and Recycling Task and Finish Group	Member	22 May 2013	25 May 2016

Current Outside Body Appointments

Outside Body	Joining Date
Local Highway Panel	01 June 2015

Past Outside Body Appointments

Not a past member of any Outside Body.

Personal Register of Interests

Date of Notice	Receipt by Monitoring Officer
10 June 2016	10 June 2016	View

Meeting Declarations

Committee Name	Meeting Date	Nature
Planning Committee	26 September 2019	Non-Pecuniary	View

Date	Title	Notes
Mon, 5 Oct 2020	Budget Workshop
Thu, 3 Sep 2020	Local List and Assets of Community Value
Tue, 11 Feb 2020	Garden Communities Briefing
Mon, 13 Jan 2020	Neighbourhood Teams Briefing
Thu, 3 Oct 2019	Garden Communities Briefing
Tue, 5 Feb 2019	Policing in Colchester
Thu, 29 Nov 2018	Local Plan Viability
Wed, 14 Nov 2018	Local Plan Housing Numbers and Objectively Assessed Need
Tue, 19 Jun 2018	Universal Credit and Colchester Update
Mon, 11 Jun 2018	Licensing Training
Wed, 16 May 2018	Social Media Training
Thu, 15 Mar 2018	Planning Training
Thu, 16 Nov 2017	New Waste Technology
Tue, 11 Apr 2017	Bradwell New Nuclear programme briefing
Tue, 24 Jan 2017	Planning Training
Mon, 9 Jan 2017	Welfare Reform, Benefits and Colchester
Tue, 6 Dec 2016	Policing in Colchester
Tue, 15 Nov 2016	Scrutiny Training
Thu, 13 Oct 2016	Managing Unauthorised Encampments in the Borough
Thu, 21 Jul 2016	Code of Conduct and Statement of Accounts briefing
Mon, 27 Jun 2016	Gang Violence in Colchester
Thu, 12 May 2016	New Council Conference
Tue, 26 Jan 2016	Jumbo - Issues and Options Briefing
Mon, 11 Jan 2016	Planning Training
Wed, 1 Jul 2015	Universal Credit and Colchester
Mon, 1 Dec 2014	Colchester Housing Strategy 2015 briefing
Mon, 20 Oct 2014	Local Government Boundary Commission: Warding Proposals briefing
Mon, 15 Sep 2014	Plan Making and the Duty to Co-operate
Mon, 27 Jan 2014	Castle Reopening Communications Strategy
Mon, 20 Jan 2014	Planning Training
Tue, 8 Oct 2013	UCC and FSR Briefing
Tue, 30 Jul 2013	Scrutiny Training
Wed, 24 Jul 2013	Local Government Finance Made Easy
Mon, 22 Jul 2013	Planning Training
Mon, 8 Jul 2013	Colchester Citizen's Advice Bureau
Wed, 8 May 2013	Surface Water Management Plan Briefing

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

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

Date	Total Contribution	Description
30/06/2020	£100	Money to help supply the vital food some residents require. Colchester Foodbank
31/12/2020	£117.80	Purchase of bird and bat nesting boxes for open spaces plus pruning tools for maintenance. Eight Ash Green Parish Council

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

Date	Total Contribution	Description	Category
01/08/2019	£533	Outdoor story telling chair with stools for pupils designed to encourage individual children in reading stories aloud in an outdoor environment, Braiswick Primary School	OPPORTUNITY WELLBEING
	£155	West Bergholt Swift Project - Boxes fitted to residential and public building to encourage swifts to settle, West Bergholt Parish Council	WELLBEING
01/10/2019	£150	Replacing and augmenting their current stock They will continue to be of benefit to the whole community as they extend the litter picking areas and also enable other groups of all ages to use the equipment. West Bergholt Litter Warriors	RESPONSIBILITY WELLBEING
01/12/2019	£165	Contribution towards the hiring of the hall , programme production and advertising. West Bergholt Gardeners Association	WELLBEING
01/12/2019	£190	Design and print of new footpath leaflets, delievered to all residents, glamping site and local hotel. Eight Ash Green Parish Council	WELLBEING
01/12/2019	£318	Replacement interpretation board outside Aldham village hall. Aldham Parish Council	WELLBEING
31/01/2020	£108	Improvement to water provision facility at allotments for the users of these premises. Eight Ash Green Parish Council	WELLBEING
31/01/2020	£380	Monday morning senior citizens shopper transport from Eight Ash Green, Fordham and Aldham to Sainsbury's. Community360 Transport	WELLBEING

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

Date	Total Contribution	Description	Category
31/09/2018	£166.66	Replacement of playpark equipment, West Bergholt Parish Council	Wellbeing

30/11/2018	£69.33	Footpath sign as part of the WW1 memorial, West Bergholt Local History Group	RESPONSIBILITY WELLBEING
31/12/2018	£790.40	Provision of a speed gun for community speed watch group, Aldham Parish Council	RESPONSIBILITY WELLBEING
01/01/2019	£40.29	Provision of bat and bird boxes in straegic locatiosn to encourage and protect local wildlife, Eight Ash Green Parish Council	RESPONSIBILITY WELLBEING
31/01/2019	£505	Installation of community defibrillator in the village with residents volunteering for training, Eight Ash Green Parish Council	RESPONSIBILITY WELLBEING
	£428.32	Community Bus - providing transport for shopping trips for local elderly residents, Community360	WELLBEING

Further information on Locality Budgets for Councillors

Councillor Dennis Willetts