Changes to the Constitution - Implementation of Planning Committee Reforms under the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025
Full council, 12 May 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 17, Against 24, 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 (17)
- Bill Banks (Liberal Democrats)
- Frani Hoskins (Liberal Democrats)
- Garry Bridge (Liberal Democrats)
- James Clokey (Liberal Democrats)
- Mrs Michelle Tatton (Liberal Democrats)
- Mrs Trudy Dean (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Boxall (Liberal Democrats)
- Roger Roud (Liberal Democrats)
- Anna Cope (Green)
- Kath Barton (Green)
- Lee Athwal (Green)
- Mark Hood (Green)
- Robert Oliver (Green)
- Stacey Pilgrim (Green)
- Steve Crisp (Green)
- Oakley (not matched to a member)
- Thornwell (not matched to a member)
Against (24)
- Adem Mehmet (Conservative)
- Alex McDermott (Conservative)
- Christopher Brown (Conservative)
- Colin Williams (Conservative)
- Dan Harman (Conservative)
- Dennis King (Conservative)
- Des Keers (Conservative)
- James Lark (Conservative)
- Keith Tunstall (Conservative)
- Kim Tanner (Conservative)
- Luke Chapman (Conservative)
- Mark Rhodes (Conservative)
- Martin Coffin (Conservative)
- Matt Boughton (Conservative)
- Mrs Sue Bell (Conservative)
- Robert Cannon (Conservative)
- Robin Betts (Conservative)
- Sarah Hudson (Conservative)
- Steve Hammond (Conservative)
- Angus Bennison (Labour)
- Paul Hickmott (Labour)
- Davis (not matched to a member)
- Mike Taylor (not matched to a member)
- Wendy Palmer (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
rocedure Rule 8.4, Cllr Thornewell requested that the names for and against the motion or abstaining from voting be taken down in writing and entered in the Minutes. This was seconded by Cllr Clokey. Members voting in favour: Cllrs Athwal, Banks, Barton, Boxall, Bridge, Clokey, Cope, Crisp, Dean, Hoskins, Hood, Oakley, Oliver, Pilgrim, Roud, Tatton and Thornwell. Total = 17 Members voting against: Cllrs Betts, Bell, Bennison, Boughton, Brown, Cannon, Chapman, Coffin, Davis, Hammond, Harman, Hickmott, Hudson, Keers, King, Lark, Mehmet, McDermott, Palmer, Rhodes, Tanner, Taylor, Tunstall and Williams. Total = 24 Members abstaining: Cllr Dalton Total = 1 Total members available to vote = 42 Motion (1) defeated. Concern was expressed about the proposed role of full Council in planning decisions and whether applications for planning permission su
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.