a)        Councillor Hill will ask the following question of Councillor Bicknell, Lead Member for Highways and Transport:

When Oldfield School was proposed to be built on Braywick Park a roundabout on Braywick Road with crossing points was deemed necessary at the entrance.  Now with a busy leisure centre approved for construction and a school in the pipeline why is no roundabout being planned?

b)   Councillor C Rayner will ask the following question of Councillor Bicknell, Lead Member for Highways, Transport & Windsor:

What are the arrangements for the upcoming Royal Wedding in Windsor and why there has not been wider consultation of ward councillors and the Tourism Development Forum, given the event will affect everybody living in the Royal Borough?

c)    Councillor E. Wilson will ask the following question of Councillor McWilliams PrincipalMember for Housing:

The Local Government Ombudsman has recently upheld a complaint regarding a homelessness application to this Council.  Will the Principal Member for Housing explain how he intends to respond to this decision?

d)     Councillor Carroll will ask the following question of CouncillorS Rayner, Lead Member for Culture and Communities:

Could the Lead Member please explain to me the process being followed and action being taken to reinstall the much admired traditional steel railings in Grenfell Park, Boyn Hill, which were recently removed without Lead and Ward Member consultation and which has caused understandable upset amongst many of my residents?  

e)     Councillor Bhatti will ask the following question of Councillor Rankin, Lead Member for Economic Development, Property, Communications and Deputy Finance

The Swan plays a vital part in the life and social interaction of the Clewer North community. Please can the lead member give reassurances that all options will be considered in making this site an asset of community value and that the lead member would be happy to discuss the issue with my local residents?

f)      Councillor Brimacombe will ask the following question of CouncillorMcWilliams, Principal Member for Housing: 

What is the publication date for the promised 'Affordable Housing' paper and will it address in detail all of the ten questions from RRAG, plus questions (under topics of Money, Products, Policy and Ratio) asked by me for the (cancelled) February Councillor briefing? Specifying to Council any questions that Cllr McWilliams considers will be too difficult for him to answer.

g)     Councillor Brimacombe will ask the following question of CouncillorMcWilliams, Principal Member for Housing: 

On 4th February 2018 Councillor McWilliams tweeted that he would shortly hold a public meeting on Affordable Housing, which did not take place. The scheduled 19th February Councillor briefing was cancelled. Does Cllr McWilliams have any plans at all to consult with anybody regarding Affordable Housing and if so, then who, when and how, and if not, then why not?

h)     Councillor Hill will ask the following question of Councillor N. Airey, Lead Member for Children’s Services:

Oldfield School pupils only got 40% of their 1st choice places with only 2 girls out of 7 going to Newlands.  Why, when you knew all the class sizes, gender mix and likely 1st place choices did you do nothing for Oldfield school children?

i)      Councillor Majeed will ask the following question of Councillor McWilliams, Principal Member for Housing:

The RBWM was found at fault by the Local Government Ombudsman in dealing with one of our vulnerable homeless residents suffering from mental health issues. It was not just Housing who had let this individual down but also Adult Services, so why was the LGO complaint report 16-003-062 not sent to the Adult Services & Health Overview & Scrutiny Panel?

j)      Councillor Majeed will ask the following question of Councillor Targowska, Principal Member for HR, Legal and IT:

Residents have been put on the vexatious list. Can you please inform Council how many residents who have a democratic right to question the council have been excluded by being placed on the 'vexatious list', on what grounds have these decisions been made and by whom, and what is the appeal process, if any?

k)     Councillor Jones will ask the following question of Councillor Coppinger, Lead Member for Planning and Health:

Could the Lead Member for Planning give Full Council and residents an update on the progress of the Borough Local Plan and likely timescales for approval.

l)      Councillor Da Costa will ask the following question of Councillor McWilliams, Principal Member for Housing:

At the last Council meeting, in relation to the Homelessness Strategy you said, “the council would be consulting widely, including forming a fully formalised Homelessness Forum”. What progress has the Council made on the Homelessness Strategy, who has it consulted with so far (individuals and organisations) and, how many times has the Homelessness Forum met?

(The Member responding has up to 5 minutes to address Council. The Member asking the question has up to 1 minute to submit a supplementary question. The Member responding then has a further 2 minutes to respond.)

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That Member questions a, c-g and i-m be responded to in writing outside of the meeting.

b) Councillor C Rayner asked the following question of Councillor Bicknell, Lead Member for Highways, Transport & Windsor:

What are the arrangements for the upcoming Royal Wedding in Windsor and why there has not been wider consultation of ward councillors and the Tourism Development Forum, given the event will affect everybody living in the Royal Borough?

Councillor Bicknell responded that the forthcoming Royal Wedding would help showcase Windsor to the world. He was delighted that Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle had chosen to share their very special day with the Windsor and the world, and by deciding to have a procession through our wonderful town after their wedding service in St George’s Chapel on Saturday 19 May 2018. He was pleased to be able to confirm that the planning for this very large event, perhaps the biggest ever in Windsor, and one that would be under the watchful eyes of millions, watching the event around the world, were progressing very well.

The arrangements were being drawn together by the established Ceremonial Events Project Group, which had for many years been the multi-agency planning group that worked to plan and coordinate Royal and State events for Windsor. For the planning of such events, there was always a balance to the process, between finalising arrangements to meet the safety and security requirements, and keeping Members, local residents, businesses and visitors informed of the plans as they became finalised.

The work was ongoing but with just over three weeks to go, he was pleased to report arrangements were now well advanced with the council’s partners, which included: police, emergency services, a number of government departments, a range of health services, the Environment Agency, security services, the Royal Household and many others.

The multi-agency group was continuing to make the final detailed plans, but he was able to confirm that in addition to the confidential Elected Member Briefing that was issued to all Elected Members a couple of weeks ago, residents and businesses most directly impacted by the arrangements had recently been sent letters setting out the plans as they currently stood, and confirming the best way to stay up to date with any last minute changes or developments.

With an event of this size, there would inevitably be some disruption to the town on the day of Rehearsal (Thursday 17th) and on the big day itself, with a number of the special arrangements coming into effect incrementally from the Friday afternoon and evening in some specific areas. The event would provide a legacy of tourism for a long time to come. Whilst these details were correct, Councillor Bicknell re-iterated that as there were still over three weeks to go, some details may change, but the council would keep Members, residents, local businesses and visitors updated through the website, leaflets and local signage.

By way of a supplementary question, Councillor C Rayner asked why ward councillors and himself as the Chairman of the Tourism Development Forum not been consulted; this meant they were unable to advise residents.

Councillor Bicknell responded that there was a great deal of security around the event and as much as the council would like to tell business and residents the details in advance this was not possible, the methods had been well used for previous events.