Councillors and committees
Committee details
Appeals Committee
Purpose of committee
This Committee deals with a wide range of appeals covering:
· Education grants
· Housing, including exclusion from the housing register, introductory tenancies, deferred applications for rehousing and homeless appeals
· Adaptations for disabled people
· Access to personal files
· Marriage premises
Depending on the type of appeal, either three or five councillors sit on each hearing, drawn from a committee of 22 councillors.
Membership
- Councillor Maureen Goldsworthy (Chair)
- Councillor Julie Simpson (Vice-Chair)
- Councillor Jim Turnbull
- Councillor Ron Beadle
- Councillor Chris Buckley
- Councillor Brenda Clelland
- Councillor Sonya Dickie
- Councillor Freda Geddes
- Councillor Bob Goldsworthy
- Councillor Stuart Green
- Councillor Peter Maughan
- Councillor Jane McCoid
- Councillor Eileen McMaster
- Councillor Amelia Ord
- Councillor Christopher Ord
- Councillor Marilynn Ord
- Councillor Steve Ronchetti
Contact information
Support officer: Democratic Services, Email: democraticservicesteam@gateshead.gov.uk.