Changes to the Constitution - Implementation of Planning Committee Reforms under the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025
Full council, 12 May 2026: a named vote.
For 22, Against 0, Abstained 20.
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 (22)
- Bill Banks (Liberal Democrats)
- David Thornewell (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)
- Angus Bennison (Labour)
- Paul Hickmott (Labour)
- Dennis King (Conservative)
- Mike Taylor (not matched to a member)
- Oakley (not matched to a member)
- Wendy Palmer (not matched to a member)
Abstained (20)
- Adem Mehmet (Conservative)
- Alex McDermott (Conservative)
- Christopher Brown (Conservative)
- Colin Williams (Conservative)
- Dan Harman (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)
- Roger Dalton (Conservative)
- Sarah Hudson (Conservative)
- Steve Hammond (Conservative)
- Davis (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
il Procedure Rule 8.4, Cllr Hoskins 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 Banks. Members voting in favour: Cllrs Athwal, Banks, Barton, Bennison, Boxall, Bridge, Clokey, Crisp, Cope, Dean, Hickmott, Hood, Hoskins, King, Oakley, Oliver, Palmer, Pilgrim, Roud, Tatton, Taylor and Thornewell. Total = 22 Members voting against: Total = 0 Members abstaining: Cllrs Bell, Betts, Boughton, Brown, Cannon, Chapman, Coffin, Davis, Dalton, Hammond, Harman, Hudson, Keers, Lark, McDermott, Mehmet, Rhodes, Tanner, Tunstall and Williams. Total = 20 Motion (2) won There was further discussion on the proposed changes to Committee Procedure Rule 15.24 and whether planning applications deferred contrary to
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.