
Babergh Mid Suffolk planning committee
Councillor Peter K Beer
ConservativeSeen at planning committee from September 2025 to July 2026
- 64%attendance
- 2recorded votes
- 3agreed, no vote against recorded
- 8decisions at their meetings
- 2motions proposed
As at 9 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Babergh Mid Suffolk’s published minutes, Councillor Peter K Beer attended 7 of the 11 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: Beer voted for the resolution on both. On 2 of those votes the officers’ recommendation is known, and none went against it. On 3 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Beer is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below. Beer proposed 2 motions the committee passed.
- Meetings attended
- 7 of 1164%
- 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
- 8
- 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
- 3
- Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
- Proposed or seconded
- 2 / 0
- 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
64%
7 of 11 meetings whose minutes list them; apologies for 4.
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: 7 meetings
Show as a table
| Date | Committee | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Apologies |
| 1 Oct 2025 | Babergh Planning Committee | Apologies |
| 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.
- 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/25/05618Proposed the motion 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/25/04293Proposed the motion Approved ForUnanimous vote
- Hillside Retirement Home 20 Kings Hill Great Cornard Sudbury Suffolk75-bed care home · DC/25/00086 Approved ForUnanimous vote
- 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 Beer 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.
- Moved approval
“Cllr Beer proposed that the application be approved as detailed in the Officer recommendation and including the additional conditions in respect of landscaping and provision of defibrillators, and the removal of the condition relating to inverters.”
Minutes, 8 Jul 2026, Chilton Woods Mixed Development Land North Of Woodhall Business Park Sudbury Suffolk - Moved approval
“Councillor Beer proposed that the application be approved as detailed in the officer recommendation.”
Minutes, 10 Jun 2026, Abc Pre School Country Primary School Strickmere Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk - Moved approval
“Councillor Beer proposed that the application be approved as detailed in the Officer recommendation.”
Minutes, 15 Apr 2026, Land At Cobbolds Farm Ipswich Road Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk - Moved approval
“Councillor Beer proposed that the application be approved as detailed in the Officer recommendation.”
Minutes, 4 Mar 2026, 13 Mill Green Edwardstone Sudbury Suffolk - Moved approval
“Councillor Beer proposed that the application be approved as detailed in the Officer’s recommendation with the additional conditions and informative note as read out by the Area Planning Manager.”
Minutes, 29 Oct 2025, Hillside Retirement Home 20 Kings Hill Great Cornard Sudbury Suffolk - Moved approval
“Councillor Beer proposed that the application be approved as detailed in the Officer recommendation.”
Minutes, 3 Sep 2025, Land To The North And East Of Bobbits Lane Wherstead Suffolk - Spoke on the conditions
“Councillor Beer accepted the additional condition.”
Minutes, 3 Sep 2025, Land To The North And East Of Bobbits Lane Wherstead 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
- Jane CarruthersGreen
- John WhymanLib Dem
- Lavinia HadinghamIndependent
- Tim RegesterGreen
- Nicholas HardinghamGreen
- Sarah ManselGreen
- Helen DaviesLib Dem
- Kathryn GrandonIndependent
- Rowland WarboysGreen
- Terence CarterGreen
- Elisabeth MalvisiIndependent