Jan Blakey
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Durham planning committee

Councillor Jan Blakey

Member, County Planning Committee

Seen at planning committee in February 2026

  • 1 of 1meeting attended
  • 2decisions at their meetings

Councillor's page on the council's website

As at 17 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Durham’s published minutes, Councillor Jan Blakey attended one planning committee meeting, in February 2026. The committee decided 2 applications at those meetings. The minutes we hold do not give each member's vote on them.

Meetings attended
1 of 1
Too few meetings for a percentage.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
2
Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
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 Blakey and no voting chart is drawn.

Attendance

1 of 1

1 of 1 meeting 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
2026

County Planning Committee: 1 meeting

Show as a table
Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
4 Feb 2026County Planning CommitteePresent

Decisions

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

Their vote
Outcome

In the minutes

What the minutes record Blakey 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

  • Spoke
    “Councillor Blakey addressed the Committee and confirmed that she had represented the area for 18 years, however she was yet to find a solution to some of these issues. She did not object to the application, however mineral extraction impacted this area, which was surrounded by quarries.”
    Minutes, 4 Feb 2026, Tarmac The Quarry Old Quarrington Durham
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Blakey advised the Committee of an encampment nearby, which was storing and burning waste at all times, affecting the B roads and also the A1.”
    Minutes, 4 Feb 2026, Tarmac The Quarry Old Quarrington Durham
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Blakey referred to a longstanding Quarry Liaison Group which had been beneficial for the past 18 years, however it had not met for 18 months.”
    Minutes, 4 Feb 2026, Tarmac The Quarry Old Quarrington Durham
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Blakey addressed the Committee as Local Member and advised that she supported the representations made by Coxhoe Parish Council, particularly regarding the contributions towards education. She was disappointed that parking had been reduced for the park and stride and despite promises made to residents in Gladstone Terrace, parking to the rear had been removed.”
    Minutes, 3 Dec 2025, Land West Of Gladstone Terrace Coxhoe
  • Spoke on parking
    “Councillor J Blakey noted the proposals did not offer any benefit got the village, and parking was a big issue. She noted that staff and residents using the library were often complaining as they were unable to get parked, impacting on disabled access and parking at the library.”
    Minutes, 9 Sep 2025, Bowburn Methodist Church Ash Terrace Durham Road Bowburn Durham
  • Spoke on parking
    “Councillor J Blakey noted that the community centre car park was private, used for activities such as blood donations, and events such as that could attract up to 300 people. She added that those using the sunbed shop often parked along the A177, a 30mph zone.”
    Minutes, 9 Sep 2025, Bowburn Methodist Church Ash Terrace Durham Road Bowburn Durham
  • Spoke on parking
    “Councillor J Blakey explained that residents of nearby street experienced issues with parking and with delivery vehicles being able to access their properties.”
    Minutes, 9 Sep 2025, Bowburn Methodist Church Ash Terrace Durham Road Bowburn Durham
  • Spoke on flooding and drainage
    “Councillor J Blakey explained that in reference to environmental issues, the area was at the bottom of two banks and had been trouble over the last 20 years in terms of flooding, with major flooding to such that children had been paddling along the road in canoes. She referred to Bowburn beck and the flood risk from silt build-up, near to the A1(M).”
    Minutes, 9 Sep 2025, Bowburn Methodist Church Ash Terrace Durham Road Bowburn Durham
  • Spoke
    “Councillor J Blakey explained that when the chapel was operating in its heyday it had always been full, however, when it closed it had only a congregation of 12, with several sharing vehicles, or a minibus or walking to the chapel.”
    Minutes, 9 Sep 2025, Bowburn Methodist Church Ash Terrace Durham Road Bowburn Durham
  • Spoke on flooding and drainage
    “Councillor J Blakey explained that flooding to the community centre had resulted in a bill of £200,000 for replacement flooring and they would not be able to afford another replacement if it were to flood again. She noted that two or three days prior to a bat survey being carried out, there had been works to the property to mend the roof.”
    Minutes, 9 Sep 2025, Bowburn Methodist Church Ash Terrace Durham Road Bowburn Durham
  • Spoke
    “Councillor J Blakey noted that residents should not be held to ransom in such a way, similar to work at another development where works had started but then stopped and not continued.”
    Minutes, 9 Sep 2025, Bowburn Methodist Church Ash Terrace Durham Road Bowburn Durham
  • Spoke
    “Through the Chair, Councillor J Blakey noted for information that in that particular part of the village there were a number of former colliery rows and she would estimate that around 50 percent were HMOs for students or Amazon workers.”
    Minutes, 9 Sep 2025, Bowburn Methodist Church Ash Terrace Durham Road Bowburn Durham

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.

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