Housing & planning · Waverley Council
Waverley housing committee item put off until November, with proposed member names left as placeholders
A deferred motion would seek up to six housing and planning experts and two community representatives. The chair postponed consideration of proposed terms of reference and councillor appointments until 17 November.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Consideration of proposed terms of reference and councillor appointments for Waverley’s Housing Advisory Committee was deferred to 17 November 2026, according to the supplied, unconfirmed minutes of the 20 October meeting. The motion would seek up to six experts and up to two community representatives, but was not adopted at that meeting.
The proposed expert recruitment covers housing, planning, design, sustainability and allied fields. The motion nominated Cr Lewis as chair and proposed appointing a deputy chair and two other councillors. Those three names appear as placeholders in the minutes.
The motion also proposed a 28-day expression-of-interest process for the external positions. The deferral did not approve that recruitment process or the proposed appointments; the supplied record does not establish whether recruitment or appointments have occurred through any other process.
The item was deferred by the chair to the 17 November Council meeting. The minutes do not record approval of the proposed terms of reference, final councillor membership or recruitment arrangements under this item.
What deserves a closer look
The item heading concerns terms of reference and councillor appointments, not an express resolution establishing a new committee.
The item was deferred, so the listed terms, appointments and recruitment process remain proposals rather than decisions made under this item.
The placeholders identify three unnamed proposed councillor positions; they do not establish the eventual nominees or appointments.
Questions for follow-up reporting
Will Council adopt the proposed terms of reference and appointment arrangements when the item returns?
Who will be nominated as deputy chair and the other two councillor members if the motion proceeds?
When would expressions of interest open if Council approves the proposal?
What happens next
The minutes record that the item was deferred to the Council meeting on 17 November 2026.
If Council adopts the proposed recruitment provision, it would invite expressions of interest for 28 days for up to six experts and up to two community representatives.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The Housing Advisory Committee terms-of-reference and councillor-appointments item was deferred by the chair to the 17 November 2026 Council meeting.
CM/7.9/26.10 Housing Advisory Committee - Terms of Reference and Councillor Appointments (A10/0353) The item was deferred by the Chair to the Council meeting on 17 November 2026. MOTION That Council: 1.
CM/7.9/26.10
Open original minutes ↗The deferred motion would adopt terms of reference and appoint Cr Lewis as chair, with placeholders for the deputy chair and two other councillors.
CM/7.9/26.10 Housing Advisory Committee - Terms of Reference and Councillor Appointments (A10/0353) The item was deferred by the Chair to the Council meeting on 17 November 2026. MOTION That Council: 1. Adopts the terms of reference for the Housing Advisory Committee attached to the report. 2. Appoints Cr Lewis (Chair), Cr [INSERT NAME] (Deputy Chair) and Crs [INSERT NAME] and [INSERT NAME] to the Committee up to and including 8 September 2028.
CM/7.9/26.10, proposed clauses 1–2
Open original minutes ↗The proposed recruitment provision would invite expressions of interest for 28 days for up to six experts in housing, planning, design, sustainability and allied fields and up to two community representatives.
3. Invites expressions of interest for 28 days for up to six experts in housing, planning, design, sustainability and allied fields and up to two community representatives to be appointed to the Committee.
CM/7.9/26.10, proposed clause 3
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the supplied minutes of Waverley Council’s meeting held on 20 October 2026, treated as unconfirmed.
Key facts from the minutes
- The Housing Advisory Committee terms-of-reference and councillor-appointments item was deferred to the 17 November 2026 Council meeting.
- The motion proposed adopting terms of reference and appointing Cr Lewis as chair, with the deputy chair and two other councillor names left as placeholders.
- The motion proposed 28-day expressions of interest for up to six experts and up to two community representatives.
- The supplied minutes do not record adoption of the motion at the 20 October meeting.
Why it matters
- The proposal concerns specialist and community input into Waverley’s housing and planning policy, but the proposed terms of reference, councillor appointments and recruitment arrangements were not approved under this item.