Melvyn Caplan

Councillor for Little Venice Ward

Melvyn has lived in the area and has served as a councillor for Little Venice Ward for over 30 years. He has a degree in Economics and is a Qualified Accountant. Prior to retirement, he spent 25 years of his working career as a sales director of IBM and now spends the majority of his week on council activity supporting local residents.

During his long career as a councillor, he has held many Cabinet roles at the council as well as chairing both Planning and Licencing committees. Melvyn says ' it has been my privilege to serve this area for so long and I still enjoy supporting local people and helping to preserve the special character of the Little Venice area.'.

He also serves on the Little Venice neighbourhood police committee. In his spare time, he enjoys going to the gym and watching most sports.

Contact Melvyn by email,or via the Little Venice councillors hotline on 020 7289 9929.

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Little Venice Matters September 2016

Road Safety Schemes – Keeping our residents safe We are pushing to see if improvements can be made to the crossing on Sutherland Avenue that is adjacent to St Joseph's School.  This is a busy area within the Little Venice Ward and is used by many pedestrians as well as many cars travelling to

Little Venice Matters July 2016

Play improvements Providing safe facilities for children to enjoy play activities and sport is a major objective for your Little Venice Conservative councillors.  We are working on a scheme to upgrade the play facilities on the Hall Park Estate.  This will involve renewing the play surfac

Little Venice Matters June 2016

Maintaining roads and pavements in Little Venice Ward Your Little Venice Conservative Councillors have been working hard on your behalf to ensure that roads and pavements in the ward are kept up to the right standard.   Little Venice Councillor Melvyn Caplan commented that ‘the general co

Westminster Makes History With ‘Outstanding’ Children’s Services

Conservative-run Westminster City Council has made history as the first authority in the country to receive an ‘outstanding’ rating from OFSTED for its Children’s Services. OFSTED said that Westminster’s Children’s Services Department showed ‘exemplary application’ of the ‘focus on practice’ model

Westminster top of the country for social mobility

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Paddington Tower application withdrawn

Thank you for all your support. We are delighted to report that following the campaign by your Little Venice Conservative councillors, the developer has withdrawn their planning application for a 72 storey tower.

West End Green campaign continues

The campaign by your Little Venice Conservative councillors to seek a reduction in the height of the tower on the West End Green site continues. We are very supportive of development on this site, but we want the right development.

Little Venice Councillors oppose the Paddington Tower

There is a planning application adjacent to Paddington Station that includes a 72 storey tower that will be visible from much of the ward and areas further afield such as parts of Hyde Park and Regent’s Park.