Motion (or Motions) Submitted Under Council Procedure Rule 11
Full council, 15 July 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 20, Against 6, Abstained 0.
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 (20)
- Cath Thompson (Labour)
- Donna Louise Pressland (Labour)
- Guy Gillbe (Labour)
- Helen Purnell (Labour)
- Janet Cochrane (Labour)
- Jenny Penfold (Labour)
- Jodie Watts (Labour)
- Megan Wright (Labour)
- Paul Bidwell (Labour)
- Peter Frewer (Labour)
- Ryan Frost (Labour)
- Tricia Brown (Labour)
- Christoph Eberle (Liberal Democrats)
- Nazar Zahuruddin (Liberal Democrats)
- Patrick Smith (Liberal Democrats)
- Philip Thompson (Liberal Democrats)
- Adrian Haffegee (Green)
- Sheila Collings (Green)
- Mary Temperton (INDG)
- Roy Bailey (INDG)
Against (6)
- Dorothy Hayes (Conservative)
- Gareth Barnard (Conservative)
- John Harrison (Conservative)
- Nicholas Robertson (Conservative)
- Ray Mossom (Conservative)
- Tony Virgo (Conservative)
From the minutes
t levels. Councillors Barnard requested that a recorded voted be taken on the substantive motion. On being put to a recorded vote the substantive motion was carried with a record of votes as follows: For (20): Councillors Bailey, Bidwell, Brown, Cochrane, Collings, C Eberle, Frewer, Frost, Gillbe, Haffegee, Penfold, Pressland, Purnell, Smith, Temperton, C Thompson, P Thompson, Watts, Wright and Zahuruddin Against (6): Barnard, Harrison, Hayes, Mossom, Robertson and Virgo Abstain (0) Motion 02/2026 An alteration to Motion 02/2026 was moved by Councillor Virgo and seconded by Councillor Smith: Council notes that the Government has confirmed that developments on sites of 0.2 hectares or less will generally be exempt from the statutory requirement to deliver a minimum 10% Biodiversity Net Gain from 6 August 2026. Biodiversity contributes to residents' wellbeing, climate resilience, flood management and the attractiveness of Bracknell Forest as a place to
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