
Babergh Mid Suffolk planning committee
Councillor Helen Davies
Lib DemSeen at planning committee from September 2025 to June 2026
- 89%attendance
- 1recorded vote
- 2agreed, no vote against recorded
- 9decisions at their meetings
As at 9 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Babergh Mid Suffolk’s published minutes, Councillor Helen Davies attended 8 of the 9 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from September 2025 to June 2026. Each member's vote is recorded on 1 decision at those meetings: Davies voted for the resolution on it. On 1 of those votes the officers’ recommendation is known, and none went against it. On 2 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Davies is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.
- Meetings attended
- 8 of 989%
- Meetings whose minutes list them as present, sending apologies or absent. Minutes that list only those present cannot show an absence. 1 meeting as a substitute.
- Decisions at their meetings
- 9
- Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
- Recorded votes
- 1
- Decisions where the minutes, the council's recorded vote or the meeting's recording give each member's vote: 1 for, 0 against, 0 abstained.
- Agreed, no vote against recorded
- 2
- Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
- Proposed or seconded
- 0 / 1
- Motions the minutes say they proposed, then seconded, that the committee passed.
- Declared interests
- 0
- Decisions on which the minutes record them declaring an interest.
Voting record
Votes by quarter
Not drawn: 1 recorded vote in one quarter is too few to show a pattern over time.
Against officer advice
Not drawn: 1 recorded vote with a known officers’ recommendation is too few to compare.
Agreement with other members
Not drawn: the minutes record no divided vote of this councillor by name. On a unanimous vote every member agrees, so it says nothing about agreement.
Attendance
89%
8 of 9 meetings whose minutes list them; apologies for 1.
The typical member of this committee attended 83% (the median of 19 members listed at 5 or more meetings).
Every meeting
Each square is a meeting whose minutes list them, oldest first.
Babergh Planning Committee: 8 meetings
Show as a table
| Date | Committee | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Jun 2026 | Babergh Planning Committee | Present as a substitute |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Babergh Planning Committee | Apologies |
| 1 Apr 2026 | Babergh Planning Committee | Present |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Babergh Planning Committee | Present |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Babergh Planning Committee | Present |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Babergh Planning Committee | Present |
| 15 Oct 2025 | Babergh Planning Committee | Present |
| 1 Oct 2025 | Babergh Planning Committee | Present |
| 3 Sep 2025 | Babergh Planning Committee | Present |
Decisions
Every application decided at a meeting they sat on, newest first, with their vote where the minutes give it.
- Abc Pre School Country Primary School Strickmere Stratford St Mary Colchester SuffolkPre-school replacement facility · DC/25/05618 Approved Not recordedThe minutes give only the count: 9 for, 2 against
- Land To The South Of Thompson And Morgan Poplar Lane Sproughton SuffolkPhase 1 site access · DC/25/05508 Approved Not recordedThe minutes give only the count: 5 for, 5 against
- 16 Bull Lane Long Melford Sudbury SuffolkAccessibility parking · DC/25/04695 Approved Not recordedThe minutes give only the count: 6 for, 3 against
- Land North Of Jubilee Road, Adjacent To Uplands, Sudbury13 affordable homes and 2 children's homes · DC/25/05497 Deferred Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 13 Mill Green Edwardstone Sudbury Suffolk5-metre UHF radio antenna · DC/25/04293Seconded the motion Approved ForUnanimous vote
- Hillside Retirement Home 20 Kings Hill Great Cornard Sudbury Suffolk75-bed care home · DC/25/00086 Approved ForUnanimous vote
- Car Park And External Areas W M Morrison Supermarket Calais Street Hadleigh SuffolkBanking hub · DC/25/01918 Approved Not recordedThe minutes give only the count: 7 for, 3 against
- Land East Of Capel Road Bentley18-home rural exception scheme · DC/24/05240 Refused Not recordedThe minutes give only the count: 3 for, 5 against
- Land To The North And East Of Bobbits Lane Wherstead SuffolkTwo warehouse units · DC/25/00608 Approved ForAll members present in favour
No decision matches these filters.
In the minutes
What the minutes record Davies moving, seconding, asking or saying on each decision, in the minutes’ own words. Passages that name more than one councillor, or a member of the public, are left out.
- Seconded
“Councillor Davies seconded the proposal.”
Minutes, 4 Mar 2026, 13 Mill Green Edwardstone Sudbury Suffolk - Seconded
“Councillor Davies seconded the proposal with the addition of further reasons for deferral in relation to the assessment of policies Ben 01, Ben 03, in respect of viability and local housing needs.”
Minutes, 1 Oct 2025, Land East Of Capel Road Bentley - Seconded
“Councillor Davies seconded the proposal.”
Minutes, 1 Oct 2025, Land East Of Capel Road Bentley
How this is worked out
Everything here is read from Babergh Mid Suffolk’s published planning committee minutes, 24 meetings from September 2025 to September 2026. A councillor is matched across meetings by the council’s own member number where it has one, otherwise by full name.
Each vote shows how it is known. Named in the minutes: the minutes, or the council’s own recorded vote, list each member with their vote. From the count and the names: the minutes give the numbers and name the members in the minority, and every member present is known. All members present in favour: the minutes say every member voted for it and the members present are known. No vote against recorded: the minutes record the decision with no vote against, no abstention and no count, at a council whose minutes print a divided vote when there is one, so each member present is counted for. Unanimous vote: the minutes call the decision unanimous, or give a count with no one against and no one abstaining, and each member present is counted for. From the meeting recording: the vote was heard on the council’s recording of the meeting and closes exactly with the members present. Where none of these holds, the vote is left as “Not recorded” and is not counted.
Votes are on the resolution the committee passed, so a vote for is a vote with the majority. A vote is a decision on the application in front of the committee, not a statement of the councillor’s views. A percentage is shown only with five or more votes, decisions or meetings behind it.
Source: Plota analysis of the council’s minutes. The party is from the council’s own list of councillors.
Also on this committee
- Adrian OsborneIndependent
- Lucy ElkinGreen
- Simon DowlingGreen
- Terry LawrenceLib Dem
- Isabelle ReeceConservative
- Jane CarruthersGreen
- John WhymanLib Dem
- Lavinia HadinghamIndependent
- Tim RegesterGreen
- Nicholas HardinghamGreen
- Sarah ManselGreen
- Kathryn GrandonIndependent
- Rowland WarboysGreen
- Terence CarterGreen
- Peter K BeerConservative
- Elisabeth MalvisiIndependent