Colchester planning committee

Councillor Samuel Ian Alexander McLean

Member, Planning Committee

Seen at planning committee from September 2025 to September 2026

  • 88%attendance
  • 8agreed, no vote against recorded
  • 13decisions at their meetings

As at 15 October 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Colchester’s published minutes, Councillor Samuel Ian Alexander McLean attended 7 of the 8 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from September 2025 to September 2026. On 8 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so McLean is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.

Meetings attended
7 of 888%
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
13
Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
Agreed, no vote against recorded
8
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

The minutes we hold do not give each member's vote at these meetings, so no vote is counted for McLean and no voting chart is drawn.

Attendance

88%

7 of 8 meetings whose minutes list them; apologies for 1.

The typical member of this committee attended 93% (the median of 15 members listed at 5 or more meetings).

Every meeting

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

PresentAs a substituteApologies
20252026

Planning Committee: 7 meetings

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Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
10 Sep 2026Planning CommitteePresent as a substitute
23 Apr 2026Planning CommitteePresent
12 Mar 2026Planning CommitteePresent
19 Feb 2026Planning CommitteePresent
29 Jan 2026Planning CommitteePresent
27 Nov 2025Planning CommitteeApologies
6 Nov 2025Planning CommitteePresent
4 Sep 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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Their vote
Outcome

In the minutes

What the minutes record McLean 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
    “Councillor McLean proposed approval and the Chair reminded the Committee that as acceptance would be contrary to the Officer Recommendation, they would require a clear reason for doing so.”
    Minutes, 29 Jan 2026, Athelstan House, 201 Maldon Road, Colchester

How this is worked out

Everything here is read from Colchester’s published planning committee minutes, 15 meetings from September 2025 to October 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 the one they were elected for, from Democracy Club’s open election results.

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