Local Plan Growth strategy and sites for allocation
Full council, 1 April 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 21, Against 14, Abstained 4.
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 (21)
- Angela Harrison (Labour)
- Ashley Wise (Labour)
- Carole Jackson (Labour)
- Charlie Miller (Labour)
- Dolley Wooster (Labour)
- Hayden Brawn (Labour)
- Mark Last (Labour)
- Simon Clark (Labour)
- Tim Gibson (Labour)
- Tony Winckless (Labour)
- Andy Booth (Conservative)
- Julien Speed (Conservative)
- Lloyd Bowen (Conservative)
- Peter Marchington (Conservative)
- Tara Noe (Conservative)
- Ben J Martin (Liberal Democrats)
- Charles Gibson (Liberal Democrats)
- Claire Martin (Liberal Democrats)
- Hannah Perkin (Liberal Democrats)
- Alastair Gould (Green)
- Cheeseman (not matched to a member)
Against (14)
- Carrie Pollard (Swale Independents)
- Derek Carnell (Swale Independents)
- Elliott Jayes (Swale Independents)
- Mike Baldock (Swale Independents)
- Monique Bonney (Swale Independents)
- Paul Stephen (Swale Independents)
- Sarah Stephen (Swale Independents)
- Tom Nundy (Swale Independents)
- Chris Palmer (Reform UK)
- Lloyd Chapman (Reform UK)
- Peter MacDonald (Reform UK)
- Richard Palmer (Reform UK)
- James Hunt (Conservative)
- Terry Thompson (Green)
Abstained (4)
- Ann Cavanagh (Labour)
- Karen Watson (Labour)
- Lee-Anne Moore (Conservative)
- Mike Whiting (Independent)
From the minutes
voting for it, would allow developers to build where they chose and that did not protect residents. In accordance with Procedure Rule 3.1.19(2), a recorded vote was taken, and voting was as follows: For: Councillors C Gibson, Wooster, Speed, Bowen, Marchington, Cheeseman, Wise, Miller, Gould, Clark, Winckless, Booth, B J Martin, Perkin, Last, Noe, Harrison, Jackson, C Martin, Brawn and T Gibson. Total equals 21. Against: Councillors Nundy, Jayes, Chapman, Bonney, C Palmer, P Stephen, R Palmer, Thompson, Pollard, Carnell, Hunt, Baldock, MacDonald and S Stephen. Total equals 14. Abstain: Councillors Watson, Whiting, Cavanagh and Moore. Total equals 4. The Mayor announced the recommendation was approved. Resolved: (1) That Growth Option 4 as the growth strategy for the drafting of t
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