Adrian Schulman
Photo: Durham

Durham planning committee

Councillor Adrian Schulman

Member, County Planning Committee

Seen at planning committee from September 2025 to September 2026

  • 100%attendance
  • 3recorded votes
  • 19agreed, no vote against recorded
  • 59decisions at their meetings
  • 1motion proposed

Councillor's page on the council's website

As at 17 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Durham’s published minutes, Councillor Adrian Schulman attended 27 of the 27 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from September 2025 to September 2026. Each member's vote is recorded on 3 decisions at those meetings: Schulman voted for the resolution on all 3. On 3 of those votes the officers’ recommendation is known, and 1 went against it. On 19 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Schulman is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below. Schulman proposed 1 motion the committee passed and seconded 1.

Meetings attended
27 of 27100%
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
59
Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
Recorded votes
3
Decisions where the minutes, the council's recorded vote or the meeting's recording give each member's vote: 3 for, 0 against, 0 abstained.
Agreed, no vote against recorded
19
Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
Proposed or seconded
1 / 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: 3 recorded votes is too few to show a pattern over time.

Against officer advice

Not drawn: 3 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

100%

27 of 27 meetings whose minutes list them.

The typical member of this committee attended 86% (the median of 31 members listed at 5 or more meetings).

Every meeting

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

Present
20252026

County Planning Committee: 10 meetings · Area Planning Committee (Central and East): 10 meetings · Area Planning Committee (South and West): 7 meetings

Show as a table
Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
17 Sep 2026Area Planning Committee (South and West)Present
8 Sep 2026Area Planning Committee (Central and East)Present
29 Jul 2026County Planning CommitteePresent
21 Jul 2026Area Planning Committee (Central and East)Present
16 Jul 2026Area Planning Committee (South and West)Present
14 Jul 2026Area Planning Committee (Central and East)Present
8 Jul 2026County Planning CommitteePresent
9 Jun 2026Area Planning Committee (Central and East)Present
2 Jun 2026County Planning CommitteePresent
12 May 2026Area Planning Committee (Central and East)Present
7 Apr 2026Area Planning Committee (Central and East)Present
4 Mar 2026County Planning CommitteePresent
19 Feb 2026Area Planning Committee (South and West)Present
10 Feb 2026Area Planning Committee (Central and East)Present
4 Feb 2026County Planning CommitteePresent
13 Jan 2026Area Planning Committee (Central and East)Present
11 Dec 2025Area Planning Committee (South and West)Present
3 Dec 2025County Planning CommitteePresent
20 Nov 2025Area Planning Committee (South and West)Present
5 Nov 2025County Planning CommitteePresent
20 Oct 2025County Planning CommitteePresent
16 Oct 2025Area Planning Committee (South and West)Present
7 Oct 2025Area Planning Committee (Central and East)Present
1 Oct 2025County Planning CommitteePresent
18 Sep 2025Area Planning Committee (South and West)Present
9 Sep 2025Area Planning Committee (Central and East)Present
3 Sep 2025County Planning CommitteePresent

Decisions

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

Show
Their vote
Outcome

In the minutes

What the minutes record Schulman 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.

Subjects in what the minutes record

  • Asked about affordable housing
    “Councillor A Schulman asked if the affordable housing could be conditioned that it be offered to a Housing Association for affordable rent, prior to any discount market sale to the general public.”
    Minutes, 17 Sep 2026, Land at Kitchen Avenue, Bishop Auckland
  • Spoke on affordable housing
    “Councillor A Schulman noted that there may not be many in the local area that could afford discount market sale, and that affordable rent may be preferable.”
    Minutes, 17 Sep 2026, Land at Kitchen Avenue, Bishop Auckland
  • Asked a question
    “Councillor A Schulman asked who decided upon who could apply for those discount market sale properties.”
    Minutes, 17 Sep 2026, Land at Kitchen Avenue, Bishop Auckland
  • Raised concerns
    “Councillor A Schulman was worried about the access to the site as the road was narrow and queried if the application was approved how the construction vehicles would manage.”
    Minutes, 29 Jul 2026, Land To The North Of George Pit Lane Great Lumley
  • Declared an interest
    “Councillor A Schulman declared that he was ambivalent towards renewable energy but this would not affect his decision making. He considered that the impacts on residential amenity and heritage assets outweighed the benefits of the proposal.”
    Minutes, 29 Jul 2026, Unit 1, Integra 61 West Bowburn, Durham
  • Spoke
    “Councillor A Schulman noted he felt that the application was a shrew move to establish the property as an HMO, with a previous application for an HMO having been refused, now the idea was being put forward to split the property into two flats. He noted that with two bedrooms, there was nothing stopping putting four people into each flat.”
    Minutes, 21 Jul 2026, 18 Boyd Street Durham
  • Seconded
    “Councillor A Schulman seconded the motion for refusal, noting a three-bed house was preferable in the location to two flats.”
    Minutes, 21 Jul 2026, 18 Boyd Street Durham
  • Spoke
    “The Lawyer (Planning and Highways) had it explained to him that the personal differences that Councillor A Schulman referred to had occurred over ten years ago.”
    Minutes, 16 Jul 2026, Kynren Flatts Farm Toronto Bishop Auckland
  • Raised concerns
    “Councillor Schulman referred to the productive nature of the agricultural field and expressed concern regarding the loss of land used for food production.”
    Minutes, 8 Jul 2026, Land East Of Carrs Farm South Hetton
  • Spoke on highway safety
    “Councillor Schulman stated that he sympathised with the concerns raised by the Local Member and local residents and accepted that local observations suggested highway issues continued to exist.”
    Minutes, 8 Jul 2026, Land To The North East Of Explorer House Iveston Lane Iveston
  • Moved approval
    “Councillor Schulman moved the recommendation for approval, noting that the Committee were powerless as a delegated decision had approved another application for the same condition to be removed.”
    Minutes, 8 Jul 2026, Land To The North East Of Explorer House Iveston Lane Iveston
  • Spoke
    “Councillor A Schulman noted the existing menage and stable block, therefore in his view it was previously developed land. He added that those elements formed part of the proposals and with there already being a house on the site, he did not feel the argument against the Officer’s recommendation held water.”
    Minutes, 9 Jun 2026, Fernhill Newcastle Road Crossgate Moor Durham
  • Seconded
    “Councillor A Schulman seconded the application.”
    Minutes, 9 Jun 2026, Land North East Of Brandon United Football Club Commercial Street Brandon
  • Spoke
    “Responding to the representations made by speakers, Councillor Schulman confirmed that he did not consider that the application was linked to the adjacent development. He agreed that a full badger survey was required and recommended deferral of the application.”
    Minutes, 2 Jun 2026, Land To The West Of Fenhall Lodge Greencroft Park Lanchester Durham
  • Spoke
    “Councillor A Schulman noted that while he had doubts as regards fire safety, he was assured that the application met all regulations and therefore he would move approval.”
    Minutes, 12 May 2026, 23 Mistletoe Street Durham
  • Spoke
    “Councillor A Schulman explained he drove past the building almost every day and noted the current building was unattractive and therefore he moved that the proposals be approved.”
    Minutes, 7 Apr 2026, 7 Atherton Street Durham
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Schulman observed that the field had been described as mediocre agricultural land however on the photographs it appeared to be high grade agricultural land, which produced food. He was aware that bus routes on the A688 were often diverted due to flooding, which had not been mitigated and would be exacerbated by this development.”
    Minutes, 4 Mar 2026, Land North And West Of 3 Westerton Road Coundon
  • Asked a question
    “Councillor A Schulman queried if a comprehensive bat survey had been carried out during the hours of dawn and dusk and remarked that the Arriva Bus 56 was also unreliable.”
    Minutes, 19 Feb 2026, Land East Of Buckingham Terrace Leeholme
  • Raised concerns
    “Councillor A Schulman was concerned that the site particularly at the rear was insecure where children could escape from. He was not worried about the parking because it was transient.”
    Minutes, 19 Feb 2026, 2 The Paddock Toronto Bishop Auckland
  • Raised concerns
    “Councillor A Schulman was concerned about the safety of the rear garden as children would escape from anywhere but because it was conditioned for boundary treatment he was prepared to second Councillor Stead's motion to approve the application.”
    Minutes, 19 Feb 2026, 2 The Paddock Toronto Bishop Auckland
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Schulman referred to the recent motion of the County Council which sought to reindustrialise Durham and moved approval of the application.”
    Minutes, 4 Feb 2026, Tarmac The Quarry Old Quarrington Durham
  • Spoke on affordable housing
    “Councillor A Schulman noted that the most important thing was that the derelict land was being made use of to provide affordable housing and seconded the application for approval.”
    Minutes, 11 Dec 2025, Site Of Former Horndale Working Mens Club Meadowfield Way Newton Aycliffe
  • Spoke on flooding and drainage
    “Councillor Schulman referred to the images of flooding on site provided by objectors and the Senior Planning Officer confirmed that there was no existing drainage, however French drains and swales would be installed as part of the application to direct water out of the site and prevent flooding.”
    Minutes, 3 Dec 2025, Land To The South Of Wagtail Lane Craghead
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Schulman added that he not against solar farms, however the cumulative impact of this site and the site at Burnhope was a significant concern.”
    Minutes, 3 Dec 2025, Land To The South Of Wagtail Lane Craghead
  • Asked a question
    “In response to a question from Councillor Schulman he confirmed that there were no absent landlords as privately owned properties were owner occupied.”
    Minutes, 3 Dec 2025, Third Street, Former Fourth Street And Fifth Street Horden Peterlee
  • Asked about highway safety
    “In response to a question from Councillor Schulman, the Traffic and Infrastructure Manager clarified that there was a proposal to provide traffic signals at Stonebridge roundabout.”
    Minutes, 5 Nov 2025, Land To The South Of Cockhouse Lane Ushaw Moor
  • Spoke on affordable housing
    “Councillor Schulman considered that a distinct benefit of this development was the predominance of 3 bedroom houses as they would be much more affordable than larger properties.”
    Minutes, 5 Nov 2025, Whitworth Park Phase 6 Spennymoor
  • Seconded
    “He advised that the solar panels would allow animals to continue to graze and moved a motion to approve the application, which was seconded by Councillor Schulman.”
    Minutes, 5 Nov 2025, Land North East Of Glaxo Harmire Road Barnard Castle
  • Seconded
    “Councillor A Schulman seconded Councillor A Savory’s motion to approve the application.”
    Minutes, 16 Oct 2025, Church House 78 Front Street Stanhope Bishop Auckland
  • Asked a question
    “Councillor A Schulman asked what would stop any operator of the holiday lets from moving tenants to other rooms and allow continued occupation beyond the 31 days.”
    Minutes, 9 Sep 2025, Bowburn Methodist Church Ash Terrace Durham Road Bowburn Durham

The 30 most recent of 32 are shown.

How this is worked out

Everything here is read from Durham’s published planning committee minutes, 34 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

All Durham committee councillors