Durham planning committee
Councillor Sean Healy
Reform UKSeen at planning committee from September 2025 to September 2026
- 90%attendance
- 4agreed, no vote against recorded
- 16decisions at their meetings
As at 17 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Durham’s published minutes, Councillor Sean Healy attended 9 of the 10 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from September 2025 to September 2026, in the chair at 9. On 4 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Healy is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.
- Meetings attended
- 9 of 1090%
- 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
- 16
- Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
- Agreed, no vote against recorded
- 4
- Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
- Declared interests
- 4
- 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 Healy and no voting chart is drawn.
Attendance
90%
9 of 10 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.
Area Planning Committee (Central and East): 9 meetings
Show as a table
| Date | Committee | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 2026 | Area Planning Committee (Central and East) | Present, Chair |
| 21 Jul 2026 | Area Planning Committee (Central and East) | Present, Chair |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Area Planning Committee (Central and East) | Present, Chair |
| 9 Jun 2026 | Area Planning Committee (Central and East) | Present, Chair |
| 12 May 2026 | Area Planning Committee (Central and East) | Present, Chair |
| 7 Apr 2026 | Area Planning Committee (Central and East) | Present, Chair |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Area Planning Committee (Central and East) | Present, Chair |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Area Planning Committee (Central and East) | Present, Chair |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Area Planning Committee (Central and East) | Present, Chair |
| 9 Sep 2025 | Area Planning Committee (Central and East) | Apologies |
Decisions
Every application decided at a meeting they sat on, newest first, with their vote where the minutes give it.
- 18 Boyd Street DurhamTwo self-contained flats · DM/25/03505/FPADeclared an interest RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Part Of Unit 1 3 Cook Way North West Industrial Estate PeterleeIndoor padel centre · DM/26/00593/FPA Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Silver Cottage, Silver Courts, Red Firs Rowman Lea And Vicarage Flats Brandon Durham90 affordable homes · DM/23/00531/FPA Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land At 40-82 Farnham Road Newton Hall Durham22 affordable homes · DM/25/01556/FPADeclared an interest Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land North East Of Brandon United Football Club Commercial Street Brandon36 social-rent homes · DM/25/02911/FPA Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Fernhill Newcastle Road Crossgate Moor DurhamTwo dwellings and garage · DM/25/03389/OUT Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Former Easington Colliery Primary School Seaside Lane Easington Colliery Peterlee25 affordable homes · DM/25/03426/FPA Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- 23 Mistletoe Street DurhamTwo-storey HMO extension · DM/26/00137/FPA Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 7 Atherton Street Durham45 student studios · DM/25/02827/FPA Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land North West Of Ebony Stud 3 Weems Farm Mickle Hill Road HesledenTwo secure dog walking fields · DM/25/01554/FPA Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land To The South Of South Parade Thornley22 affordable homes · DM/25/02618/FPA Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land To The South West Of 27 Durham Road West BowburnUp to 20 homes · DM/24/03487/OUT Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land North Of The Old Chapel Colliery Road Bearpark48 homes · DM/24/03257/FPA Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 43 Oak Avenue Sherburn Road Estate DurhamFlexible HMO and dwelling · DM/25/02066/FPADeclared an interest RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 6 Goodyear Crescent Sherburn Road Estate DurhamFlexible HMO and dwelling use · DM/25/02015/FPADeclared an interest Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land To The South Of 28 Station Road West Rainton14 bungalows and retail unit · DM/25/01965/FPA Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
No decision matches these filters.
In the minutes
What the minutes record Healy 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.
- Asked a question
“The Chair asked Members for their views on the application.”
Minutes, 7 Apr 2026, 7 Atherton Street Durham - Asked a question
“The Chair asked Members for their questions, noting there was a representative from the applicant in attendance.”
Minutes, 13 Jan 2026, Land North Of The Old Chapel Colliery Road Bearpark
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
- Adrian SchulmanReform UK
- David FreemanLib Dem
- Mark WilkesLib Dem
- Jillian CampbellReform UK
- Steven FranklinReform UK
- Scott WoodhouseReform UK
- Alan BellIndependent
- Dawn SaundersReform UK
- Liz MaddisonIndependent
- Andrew EalesReform UK
- Christine BlatchfordReform UK
- Dawn BellinghamReform UK
- Jonathan ElmerGreen
- Kenny HopeReform UK
- James PickardReform UK
- James StephensonReform UK