Councillor Helen Chuah

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  • Allowances & Expenses
  • Election History
  • Party History
  • Ward History
  • Members Interests
  • Committees
  • Outside Bodies
  • Training History
  • Hospitality & Gifts
  • Locality Budget
  • Attendance
Elected:
07 May 1998
First Elected
07 May 1998
Party:
Ward:
Job Title:
Basic Allowance £7293.55, Planning Committee member Special Responsibility Allowance £1148,75
Department:

Election History

ElectedRetiredReason
Thu 7 May 1998 Mon 8 May 2023 Did not stand for re-election

Party Representation History

PartyFromTo
Liberal DemocratsThu 7 May 1998 Mon 8 May 2023

Ward Representation History

WardFromTo
St Anne's Thu 7 May 1998 Sun 8 May 2016
St Anne's and St John'sMon 9 May 2016 Sun 5 May 2019
St Anne's and St John'sMon 6 May 2019 Mon 8 May 2023

Current Committee Memberships

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

Past Committee Memberships

Current Outside Body Appointments

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

Past Outside Body Appointments

Personal Register of Interests

Date of NoticeReceipt by Monitoring OfficerView
14 July 201214 July 2012

Meeting Declarations

Committee NameMeeting DateNatureView
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Planning Committee02 October 2014Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee05 March 2015Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee16 July 2015Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee01 October 2015Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee22 October 2015Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee04 February 2016Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee17 March 2016Other
Planning Committee17 March 2016Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee17 March 2016Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee17 March 2016Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee14 July 2016Non-Pecuniary
Planning Committee03 November 2016Pecuniary
DateTitleNotes
Tue, 18 Apr 2023Chief Executive Briefing 
Tue, 28 Feb 2023Member Briefing on new voter ID requirements 
Tue, 7 Feb 2023Planning Enforcement Training 
Tue, 29 Nov 2022New Model Code of Conduct Training  
Wed, 26 Oct 2022Chief Executive Briefing - The story so far 
Mon, 26 Sep 2022Chief Executive Briefing - Levelling Up/ Shared Prosperity Fund 
Wed, 10 Aug 2022Tendring Colchester Borders Garden Community Briefing 
Tue, 2 Aug 2022Chief Executive Briefing - Electoral Reform 
Mon, 25 Jul 2022Colchester Borough Homes Briefing 
Wed, 5 Jan 2022Briefing on Permitted Development  
Wed, 15 Dec 2021Briefing on the Vaccine Booster Programme and Volunteering 
Thu, 18 Nov 2021Local Plan and Supplementary Planning Documents Briefing 
Mon, 8 Nov 2021Joint Committee for Tendring Colchester Borders Garden Community 
Tue, 2 Nov 2021Suicide Awareness and Prevention Training 
Wed, 27 Oct 2021Licensing Training - Gambling Act 2005 and Safeguarding 
Mon, 18 Oct 2021Councillor Safety Briefing 
Tue, 6 Jul 2021Delays in Elective Surgery Briefing 
Tue, 8 Jun 2021Licensing Act 2003 Training 
Wed, 19 May 2021Planning Training 
Thu, 21 Jan 2021Vaccination Programme 
Mon, 16 Nov 2020Scooter Briefing Session 
Tue, 6 Oct 2020GDPR Training 
Mon, 5 Oct 2020Budget Workshop 
Thu, 3 Sep 2020Local List and Assets of Community Value 
Wed, 26 Aug 2020Budget Workshop 
Fri, 5 Jun 2020Licensing Training - Sexual Entertainment Venues and Safeguarding 
Wed, 12 Jun 2019Licensing Training 
Mon, 4 Mar 2019Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Briefing 
Tue, 5 Feb 2019Policing in Colchester 
Mon, 10 Sep 2018Social Media Training 
Tue, 20 Mar 2018General Data Protection Regulations Training 
Mon, 26 Feb 2018Emergency Planning Briefing 
Tue, 5 Dec 2017Dementia Awareness 
Wed, 15 Nov 2017Planning Training 
Wed, 8 Nov 2017Working Together Across Colchester 
Tue, 12 Jul 2016Gang Violence in Colchester 
Mon, 20 Jun 2016Presentation by the University of Essex 
Thu, 12 May 2016New Council Conference 
Tue, 9 Feb 2016Safeguarding 
Thu, 29 Oct 2015Section 106, Community Infrastructure Levy, Affordable Housing and Viability 
Fri, 31 Jul 2015Archaeology, Urban Design, Historic Buildings and Areas 
Tue, 1 Jul 2014Changes to the Council's Website 
Wed, 12 Mar 2014UCC FSR Briefing 
Mon, 20 Jan 2014Planning Training 
DateFromDescriptionValue
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 
     
     


Further information on Locality Budgets for Councillors

Member Attendance

Attendance Summary

SummaryCountPercentage
Expected attendances2 
Present as expected2100%
Absent00%
Apologies received00% of absences
In attendance (as a visitor)0 

Attendance Details