Babergh Mid Suffolk planning committee
Councillor Jane Carruthers
GreenSeen at planning committee from September 2025 to July 2026
- 83%attendance
- 2recorded votes
- 4agreed, no vote against recorded
- 13decisions at their meetings
As at 9 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Babergh Mid Suffolk’s published minutes, Councillor Jane Carruthers attended 10 of the 12 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from September 2025 to July 2026. Each member's vote is recorded on 2 decisions at those meetings: Carruthers voted for the resolution on both. On 2 of those votes the officers’ recommendation is known, and none went against it. On 4 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Carruthers is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.
- Meetings attended
- 10 of 1283%
- Meetings whose minutes list them as present, sending apologies or absent. Minutes that list only those present cannot show an absence.
- Decisions at their meetings
- 13
- Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
- Recorded votes
- 2
- Decisions where the minutes, the council's recorded vote or the meeting's recording give each member's vote: 2 for, 0 against, 0 abstained.
- Agreed, no vote against recorded
- 4
- 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: 2 recorded votes is too few to show a pattern over time.
Against officer advice
Not drawn: 2 recorded votes 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
83%
10 of 12 meetings whose minutes list them; apologies for 2.
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: 10 meetings
Show as a table
| Date | Committee | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Jul 2026 | Babergh Planning Committee | Present |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Babergh Planning Committee | Present |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Babergh Planning Committee | Present |
| 20 May 2026 | Babergh Planning Committee | Apologies |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Babergh Planning Committee | Present |
| 1 Apr 2026 | Babergh Planning Committee | Apologies |
| 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.
- First Floor Offices Unit 6 Bulmer Road Industrial Estate Brundon Lane SudburyOne self-build dwelling · DC/26/01371 Refused Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Community Centre Timperleys Hintlesham Ipswich SuffolkCommunity centre extension · DC/25/03860 Approved ForUnanimous vote
- Land At Audley End Melford Road Lawshall SuffolkBirds of prey centre · DC/25/04984Seconded the motion Approved Not recordedThe minutes give only the count: 4 for, 3 against
- Chilton Woods Mixed Development Land North Of Woodhall Business Park Sudbury Suffolk269 homes · DC/25/05426 Approved ForAll members present in favour
- 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 At Cobbolds Farm Ipswich Road Hadleigh Ipswich SuffolkEmployment buildings · DC/25/05471 Approved ForUnanimous vote
- 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/25/04293 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 Carruthers 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 Reece proposed that the application be approved as detailed in the Officer’s recommendation, which was seconded by Councillor Carruthers.”
Minutes, 22 Jul 2026, Land At Audley End Melford Road Lawshall Suffolk - Seconded
“Councillor Carruthers seconded the proposal.”
Minutes, 18 Mar 2026, 16 Bull Lane Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk
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
- John WhymanLib Dem
- Lavinia HadinghamIndependent
- Tim RegesterGreen
- Nicholas HardinghamGreen
- Sarah ManselGreen
- Helen DaviesLib Dem
- Kathryn GrandonIndependent
- Rowland WarboysGreen
- Terence CarterGreen
- Peter K BeerConservative
- Elisabeth MalvisiIndependent