Marilyn Ashton

Deputy Leader of Harrow Council
Portfolio Holder for Planning & Regeneration
Deputy Leader of Harrow Council Conservative Group
Stanmore Park Ward Councillor

Cllr Marilyn Ashton was first elected to represent Stanmore Park ward in 1998. After standing down for a brief period in 2010, she was re-elected as a Councillor for Stanmore Park ward, where she lives, in a 2011 by-election.

Marilyn is currently Deputy Leader of Harrow Council and the Conservative Group as well as being Cabinet Member for Planning & Regeneration. In this role she scrutinises planning applications as well as reviewing the previous Labour administration's deeply flawed, and costly, regeneration plans.

She has a particular interest in planning issues, and from 2006 – 2010 she served as the Portfolio Holder for Planning, Development and Enterprise and Chairman of the LDF Panel in the last Conservative administration. She has served as a Magistrate since 2004.

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News

Meet Harrow Council's New Conservative Cabinet

Harrow Council is led by the Cabinet, a team of 10 Councillors who are each responsible for a portfolio which oversees a Council department and/or service. Find out more about the new Conservative Cabinet members below:

Reviewing Harrow's Planning Rules to Protect Our Suburbs From Tall Buildings

Harrow Council’s new Conservative administration is formally reviewing the Council’s planning and regeneration policies as well as improving the quality and living standards of proposed new developments. The Conservative Council is committed to protecting the suburban character of Harrow.

Stop The Press: 265 The Ridgeway Refusal Upheld

The developer, who was refused planning permission to build on 265 The Ridgway last year, has lost an appeal to overturn the Council’s refusal and force through planning permission for several tower blocks on the site.
 

Labour Block Free Bulk Waste Collection

At the November Full Council meeting, Conservative Councillors proposed a motion which would have seen Harrow Council introduce a free bulk waste collection service and improved street cleaning services.

265 The Ridgeway Refused

On Wednesday 28 July the Planning Committee considered an application to build a massive development comprising of seven storey high tower blocks at 265 The Ridgeway. The Committee voted to REFUSE this application.
 

Local Community Group Let Down By Labour

Cllr Marilyn Ashton, Deputy Leader of Harrow's Conservative Councillors, has raised the continued poor treatment of the Headstone Horticultural Society by Harrow's Labour Council.

Labour Inconsistent On Tall Buildings

Local Conservatives have consistently criticised Labour for encouraging high-rise, densely packed developments in suburban neighbourhoods across Harrow. Labour have claimed on a number of occasions that they cannot protect sites like 265 The Ridgeway or Vaughan Road car park.