Iain Dobie
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Cheltenham planning committee

Councillor Iain Dobie

College wardMember, Planning Committee

Seen at planning committee from July 2025 to September 2026

  • 85%attendance
  • 2recorded votes
  • 18agreed, no vote against recorded
  • 30decisions at their meetings

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As at 17 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Cheltenham’s published minutes, Councillor Iain Dobie attended 11 of the 13 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from July 2025 to September 2026. Each member's vote is recorded on 2 decisions at those meetings: Dobie voted for the resolution on both. On 2 of those votes the officers’ recommendation is known, and none went against it. On 18 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Dobie is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.

Meetings attended
11 of 1385%
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
30
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
18
Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
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

85%

11 of 13 meetings whose minutes list them; apologies for 2.

The typical member of this committee attended 85% (the median of 11 members listed at 5 or more meetings).

Every meeting

Each square is a meeting whose minutes list them, oldest first.

PresentApologies
20252026

Planning Committee: 11 meetings

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Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
17 Sep 2026Planning CommitteeApologies
20 Aug 2026Planning CommitteePresent
23 Jul 2026Planning CommitteePresent
23 Apr 2026Planning CommitteePresent
19 Mar 2026Planning CommitteePresent
22 Jan 2026Planning CommitteePresent
18 Dec 2025Planning CommitteePresent
20 Nov 2025Planning CommitteePresent
21 Oct 2025Planning CommitteeApologies
16 Oct 2025Planning CommitteePresent
18 Sep 2025Planning CommitteePresent
21 Aug 2025Planning CommitteePresent
17 Jul 2025Planning CommitteePresent

Decisions

Every application decided at a meeting they sat on, newest first, with their vote where the minutes give it.

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In the minutes

What the minutes record Dobie 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.

How this is worked out

Everything here is read from Cheltenham’s published planning committee minutes, 13 meetings from July 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.

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