Reforms to Planning Committee
Full council, 7 September 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 25, Against 18, Abstained 7.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: No overall control. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (25)
- Alison Simpson (Labour)
- Chris Penberthy (Labour)
- Daniel Steel (Labour)
- Jaime Bannerman (Labour)
- Jemima Laing (Labour)
- Jeremy Goslin (Labour)
- John Stephens (Labour)
- Jon Dingle (Labour)
- Josh McCarty (Labour)
- Kate Taylor (Labour)
- Keith Moore (Labour)
- Lewis Allison (Labour)
- Maria Lawson (Labour)
- Mark Coker (Labour)
- Mark Lowry (Labour)
- Matt Smith (Labour)
- Paul McNamara (Labour)
- Sally Cresswell (Labour)
- Sarah Allen (Labour)
- Sue Dann (Labour)
- Tess Blight (Labour)
- Tom Briars-Delve (Labour)
- Tudor Evans OBE (Labour)
- Will Noble (Labour)
- Lindsay Gilmour (Independent)
Against (18)
- Andy Rose (Reform UK)
- Angie Smith (Reform UK)
- Ben Rowe (Reform UK)
- Chris Sharpe (Reform UK)
- Helen Kelly (Reform UK)
- Jackie Sansom (Reform UK)
- Nicola Cooke (Reform UK)
- Paul Hagan (Reform UK)
- Paul Rielly (Reform UK)
- Shaun Hooper (Reform UK)
- Steve Ricketts (Reform UK)
- Vanessa Tyler (Reform UK)
- Andrea Loveridge (Independent)
- Carol Ney (Independent)
- Grace Stickland (Independent)
- Patrick Nicholson (Independent)
- Andrew Crumplin (not matched to a member)
- Mark Hadfield (not matched to a member)
Abstained (7)
- Byran Driver (Green)
- Lauren McLay (Green)
- Saahi Aroori (Green)
- Chris Wood (Conservative)
- Ms Kathy Watkin (Conservative)
- Terri Beer (Independent)
- Dr John Mahony (Labour)
From the minutes
ndation (1) be 31 October 2026 is noted; 3. The “Probity in Planning” Planning Committee Code of Practice at Appendix B is removed from the Constitution and sits as a standalone document is approved. For: (25) Councillors Allen, Allison, Bannerman, Blight, Briars-Delve, Coker, Cresswell, Dann, Dingle, Evans OBE, Gilmour, Goslin, Laing, Lawson, Lowry, McCarty, McNamara, Moore, Noble, Penberthy, Simpson, M. Smith, Steel, Stephens and Taylor. Against: (18) Councillors Cooke, Crumplin, Hadfield, Hagan, Hooper, Kelly, Mrs Loveridge, Ney, P. Nicholson, Ricketts, Rielly, Rose, Rowe, Sansom, Sharpe, A. Smith, Stickland and Tyler. Abstain: (7) Councillors Aroori, Mrs Beer, Driver, Dr Mahony, McLay, Ms Watkin and Wood. Absent/Did not vote: (2) Councillors Penrose, and Sproston.
The item in the council's own minutes. Names are matched to the councillors listed at the meeting. The names of people who aren't councillors are removed.