Jillian Campbell
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Durham planning committee

Councillor Jillian Campbell

Member, County Planning Committee

Seen at planning committee from September 2025 to April 2026

  • 94%attendance
  • 2recorded votes
  • 11agreed, no vote against recorded
  • 31decisions 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 Jillian Campbell attended 16 of the 17 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from September 2025 to April 2026, in the chair at 7. Each member's vote is recorded on 2 decisions at those meetings: Campbell voted for the resolution on both. On 2 of those votes the officers’ recommendation is known, and 1 went against it. On 11 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Campbell is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.

Meetings attended
16 of 1794%
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
31
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
11
Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
Proposed or seconded
0 / 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: 2 recorded votes in one quarter 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

94%

16 of 17 meetings whose minutes list them; apologies for 1.

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.

PresentApologies
20252026

County Planning Committee: 7 meetings · Area Planning Committee (North): 5 meetings · Area Planning Committee (South and West): 4 meetings

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Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
23 Apr 2026Area Planning Committee (North)Present
26 Mar 2026Area Planning Committee (North)Present
4 Mar 2026County Planning CommitteePresent, Chair
26 Feb 2026Area Planning Committee (North)Present
19 Feb 2026Area Planning Committee (South and West)Present
4 Feb 2026County Planning CommitteePresent, Chair
29 Jan 2026Area Planning Committee (North)Present
18 Dec 2025Area Planning Committee (North)Present
11 Dec 2025Area Planning Committee (South and West)Present
3 Dec 2025County Planning CommitteePresent, Chair
20 Nov 2025Area Planning Committee (South and West)Present
5 Nov 2025County Planning CommitteePresent, Chair
20 Oct 2025County Planning CommitteePresent, Chair
16 Oct 2025Area Planning Committee (South and West)Present
1 Oct 2025County Planning CommitteePresent, Chair
25 Sep 2025Area Planning Committee (North)Apologies
3 Sep 2025County Planning CommitteePresent, Chair

Decisions

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

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Outcome

In the minutes

What the minutes record Campbell 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 on heritage
    “Councillor Campbell referred to the requirement for an access route that ensured the safety of occupiers, visitors and also secured the future of a heritage building. She recommended that the application was moved for approval.”
    Minutes, 26 Mar 2026, Land To The South Of Old Lodge Hamsterley Mill
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Campbell referred to the previous land use and what measures would be undertaken by the developer to ensure it was ground safe to develop.”
    Minutes, 26 Feb 2026, Land To The West Of Fulforth Way Sacriston
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Campbell added that in light of positive comments following consultation with residents and the benefits to local benefits she moved the application.”
    Minutes, 26 Feb 2026, Land To The West Of Fulforth Way Sacriston
  • Asked a question
    “Councillor J Campbell sought clarity on what off-site accessibility improvements would be paid for through £30,000 Section 106 monies.”
    Minutes, 19 Feb 2026, Land East Of Buckingham Terrace Leeholme
  • Raised concerns
    “Councillor J Campbell was concerned that a resident had mentioned that there was asbestos onsite and queried if there were any issues.”
    Minutes, 19 Feb 2026, Land East Of Buckingham Terrace Leeholme
  • Asked a question
    “Councillor J Campbell asked for clarification on the supervision of the children and whether they could leave the premises freely to come and go as they wanted or whether they had somebody attending with them when they left.”
    Minutes, 19 Feb 2026, 2 The Paddock Toronto Bishop Auckland
  • Spoke
    “Councillor J Campbell understood the concerns of the residents as it was important that the children were protected and safe.”
    Minutes, 19 Feb 2026, 2 The Paddock Toronto Bishop Auckland
  • Spoke
    “Councillor J Campbell added that there was a need for residential provision in small places like Torronto.”
    Minutes, 19 Feb 2026, 2 The Paddock Toronto Bishop Auckland
  • Raised concerns
    “Councillor J Campbell advised that the development was within her division and she was concerned about the extensive visual impact. She was uncertain at which section of the field the properties were to be developed and whether they were to be behind the 1970s style housing estate.”
    Minutes, 19 Feb 2026, Land To The West Of 14 St Gregory Close Staindrop
  • Spoke
    “Councillor J Campbell stated that she only had the one concern which she did not think it was going to be massively impactful in a harmful way on the views from within the village outwards or from the main road and was satisfied.”
    Minutes, 19 Feb 2026, Land To The West Of 14 St Gregory Close Staindrop
  • Spoke
    “Councillor J Campbell, Local Councillor addressed the committee to object against application on the grounds that it conflicted with Policies 31 and 29 (e) of the County Durham Plan and the Residential Community Standards SPD (Supplementary Planning Document).”
    Minutes, 11 Dec 2025, 8 Church Mews Winston Darlington
  • Raised concerns
    “Councillor J Campbell had noted residents’ concerns regarding safety. She asked what the boundary features were like for the property and queried whether a condition could be added to erect new fencing for added security.”
    Minutes, 20 Nov 2025, Applegarth New Road Crook
  • Asked about trees and wildlife
    “Councillor J Campbell sought clarity on whether the trees were in or out of the boundary of the property.”
    Minutes, 20 Nov 2025, Applegarth New Road Crook
  • Asked a question
    “Councillor J Campbell asked if the police would visit regularly as it was implied.”
    Minutes, 20 Nov 2025, Applegarth New Road Crook
  • Spoke
    “Councillor J Campbell commented that it would be good if the police did regular visits to build relationships so people would confide in them.”
    Minutes, 20 Nov 2025, Applegarth New Road Crook
  • Spoke
    “Councillor J Campbell echoed Councillor L Brown’s statement and was apprehensive as there was a need for small residential care homes but comments from the local Councillor and residents stating it was an unsafe area carried a lot of weight.”
    Minutes, 20 Nov 2025, Applegarth New Road Crook
  • Spoke
    “Councillor J Campbell noted from what she had heard had conceded that it was not the children’s behaviour living in the home which was the issue but the environment not being safe for the children living in the home. She felt the area was inappropriate and moved a motion to go against officer recommendation and refuse the application.”
    Minutes, 20 Nov 2025, Applegarth New Road Crook
  • Seconded
    “Councillor J Campbell seconded the motion.”
    Minutes, 16 Oct 2025, Church House 78 Front Street Stanhope Bishop Auckland
  • Asked a question
    “Councillor J Campbell asked why it needed to be classed as a new build if it was based on the same footprint, the same plan with the same materials.”
    Minutes, 16 Oct 2025, Woodland Barn Chilton Ferryhill
  • Seconded
    “Councillor J Campbell seconded Councillor P Sexton’s motion to approve the application.”
    Minutes, 16 Oct 2025, Woodland Barn Chilton Ferryhill

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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