East Suffolk planning committee
Councillor Sarah Plummer
GreenSeen at planning committee from September 2025 to September 2026
- 100%attendance
- 4recorded votes
- 16agreed, no vote against recorded
- 42decisions at their meetings
- 3motions proposed
As at 8 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of East Suffolk’s published minutes, Councillor Sarah Plummer attended 16 of the 16 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from September 2025 to September 2026. Each member's vote is recorded on 4 decisions at those meetings: Plummer voted for the resolution on all 4. On 4 of those votes the officers’ recommendation is known, and 1 went against it. On 16 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Plummer is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below. Plummer proposed 3 motions the committee passed.
- Meetings attended
- 16 of 16100%
- 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
- 42
- Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
- Recorded votes
- 4
- Decisions where the minutes, the council's recorded vote or the meeting's recording give each member's vote: 4 for, 0 against, 0 abstained.
- Agreed, no vote against recorded
- 16
- Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
- Proposed or seconded
- 3 / 0
- 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: 4 recorded votes is too few to show a pattern over time.
Against officer advice
Not drawn: 4 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.
Motions they proposed
3 of the 3 motions Plummer proposed were to approve.
The outcome of each motion the minutes say Plummer proposed and the committee passed.
Attendance
100%
16 of 16 meetings whose minutes list them.
The typical member of this committee attended 92% (the median of 20 members listed at 5 or more meetings).
Every meeting
Each square is a meeting whose minutes list them, oldest first.
Planning Committee North: 10 meetings · Strategic Planning Committee: 5 meetings · Planning Committee South: 1 meeting
Show as a table
| Date | Committee | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 2026 | Planning Committee North | Present |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Planning Committee North | Present |
| 6 Jul 2026 | Strategic Planning Committee | Present |
| 9 Jun 2026 | Planning Committee North | Present |
| 12 May 2026 | Planning Committee North | Present |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Planning Committee North | Present |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Strategic Planning Committee | Present |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Planning Committee North | Present |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Planning Committee North | Present |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Strategic Planning Committee | Present |
| 9 Dec 2025 | Planning Committee North | Present |
| 11 Nov 2025 | Planning Committee North | Present |
| 31 Oct 2025 | Strategic Planning Committee | Present |
| 28 Oct 2025 | Planning Committee South | Present as a substitute |
| 6 Oct 2025 | Strategic Planning Committee | Present |
| 9 Sep 2025 | Planning Committee North | Present |
Decisions
Every application decided at a meeting they sat on, newest first, with their vote where the minutes give it.
- Land South Of Sole Bay Health Centre Teal Close Reydon Suffolk36 retirement apartments · DC/25/2677/FUL RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Birds Eye Ltd Whapload Road Lowestoft SuffolkSprinkler water tank · DC/26/2115/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 42 Kirkley Park Road Lowestoft SuffolkReplacement windows · DC/26/1652/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Corner Of Elim Terrace And Factory Street Lowestoft SuffolkSix affordable homes · DC/26/2260/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Spring Park London Road Willingham St Mary SuffolkFour holiday mobile homes · DC/26/0999/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land South Of Sole Bay Health Centre Teal Close Reydon Suffolk36 retirement apartments · DC/25/2677/FUL Deferred Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Pakefield Holiday Village London Road Gisleham Lowestoft Suffolk340 touring caravan pitches · DC/25/3078/FUL Deferred Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land To Rear Of 3 & 4 Hogg Lane Ilketshall St Lawrence SuffolkSmallholding with animal shelters · DC/25/4145/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- 7 Windsor Road Lowestoft SuffolkRaised rear decking · DC/26/1629/FULProposed the motion Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Beech Tree Farm East Green Kelsale Cum Carlton Saxmundham SuffolkListed building alterations · DC/26/1386/LBC Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Beech Tree Farm East Green Kelsale Cum Carlton Saxmundham SuffolkListed building alterations · DC/26/1385/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Pier Pavilion North Parade Southwold Suffolk11 holiday rooms · DC/25/4341/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- 8A Hartington Road Aldeburgh SuffolkRear first-floor extension · DC/25/3064/FUL RefusedAgainst officer advice For refusalAll members present in favour
- Verge At Fountain Way Reydon SuffolkMicro energy storage facility · DC/26/0924/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- St Michaels Church Tower The Walk Beccles SuffolkReplacement flagpole · DC/26/0913/RG3 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- St Michaels Church Tower The Walk Beccles SuffolkFlagpole replacement · DC/26/0914/LBCProposed the motion Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Pier Pavilion North Parade Southwold SuffolkTrampoline and paybooth · DC/26/0482/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land And Buildings At North Green Farm North Green Kelsale Cum Carlton SuffolkOne self-build dwelling · DC/26/0438/FUL Refused For refusalNo vote against recorded
- 1 North End St James Road South Elmham All Saints Halesworth SuffolkTwo-storey side extension · DC/26/0512/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- 18 June Avenue Lowestoft SuffolkStep lift and platform · DC/26/0110/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Leiston Sports Centre Red House Lane Leiston SuffolkLeisure centre energy works · DC/25/4727/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- 1 St Andrews Road Beccles SuffolkGarden land and boundary wall · DC/25/4514/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land East Of Peach House Wentworth Road AldeburghSingle-storey self-build home · DC/25/4106/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 99-99A High Street Lowestoft SuffolkTimber windows and shopfronts · DC/25/4438/FUL Approved ForAll members present in favour
- 70 - 72 High Street Lowestoft SuffolkTraditional shopfront repairs · DC/25/4557/FULProposed the motion Approved ForAll members present in favour
- 33-41 Puddingmoor Beccles SuffolkReplacement windows · DC/25/3663/RG3 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land To The Rear Of Larks Rising Easton Lane IP18 6SS And The Warren Easton Lane Easton Bavents Reydon SuffolkFour replacement homes · DC/25/3322/FUL RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Woodleys The Common Southwold SuffolkReplacement home and pool · DC/25/1867/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Cockfield Hall Estate Station Road Yoxford SuffolkNorth lake · DC/23/4866/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Cockfield Hall Estate Station Road Yoxford Saxmundham SuffolkWalled garden alterations · DC/23/4867/FUL Deferred Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Cockfield Hall Station Road Yoxford Saxmundham Suffolk37 tourism cottages · DC/23/4864/OUT Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Cockfield Hall Station Road Yoxford Saxmundham SuffolkCockfield Hall hotel conversion · DC/24/2469/LBC Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Cockfield Hall Station Road Yoxford Saxmundham Suffolk16-bedroom hotel · DC/24/2468/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 17 Market Place Southwold SuffolkSmall dwelling conversion · DC/25/0567/LBC RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 17 Market Place Southwold SuffolkTwo-bedroom dwelling · DC/25/0179/FUL RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land Adjoining 20 Manor Park Road Corton SuffolkSelf-build chalet dwelling · DC/25/3049/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Former Jeld Wen Factory Waveney Drive Lowestoft Suffolk500 homes, employment and early years · DC/24/2381/OUT Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Sizewell Beach Toilet Block Sizewell Gap Sizewell Leiston SuffolkTimber notice board · DC/25/3118/ADN Approved ForAll members present in favour
- Otley College Of Agriculture And Horticulture Charity Lane Otley SuffolkHGV training facility · DC/24/4253/FUL Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- St Margarets Church Hollingsworth Road Lowestoft SuffolkReplacement timber fence · DC/25/2810/FUL Approved ForUnanimous vote
- Oak Hill Halesworth Road Wenhaston With Mells Hamlet Halesworth SuffolkBungalow conversion · DC/25/1637/FUL Refused For refusalUnanimous vote
- Blyth Manor Blyth Estate Brick Kiln Lane Huntingfield SuffolkUnderground HVAC plant room · DC/25/1460/FUL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
No decision matches these filters.
In the minutes
What the minutes record Plummer 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 the motion
“On the proposal of Councillor Plummer, seconded by Councillor Robinson”
Minutes, 11 Aug 2026, 7 Windsor Road Lowestoft Suffolk - Spoke
“Councillor Plummer said she felt like it would give less light, despite what the diagrams showed.”
Minutes, 9 Jun 2026, 8A Hartington Road Aldeburgh Suffolk - Moved the motion
“On the proposal of Councillor Plummer, seconded by Councillor Ashdown”
Minutes, 12 May 2026, St Michaels Church Tower The Walk Beccles Suffolk - Spoke
“Councillor Plummer explained that she knew the site and thought it will tidy up the area.”
Minutes, 10 Mar 2026, 1 St Andrews Road Beccles Suffolk - Asked about design and scale
“Councillor Plummer asked if there was a designated place where the changeover will take place between instructor and the learner.”
Minutes, 28 Oct 2025, Otley College Of Agriculture And Horticulture Charity Lane Otley Suffolk - Spoke
“Councillor Plummer pointed out that students were not coming to do a course that was simply learning to drive an HGV and wider learning would go on.”
Minutes, 28 Oct 2025, Otley College Of Agriculture And Horticulture Charity Lane Otley Suffolk
How this is worked out
Everything here is read from East Suffolk’s published planning committee minutes, 24 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 the one they were elected for, from Democracy Club’s open election results.
Also on this committee
- Paul Geoffrey AshdownConservative
- Lee ReevesLib Dem
- Malcolm PitchersLabour
- Colin Stanley HedgleyConservative
- Graham Reginald ParkerLabour
- Paul Richard AshtonLib Dem
- Seamus BennettLib Dem
- Andrée Marise Diana GeeConservative
- Mike NinnmeyLib Dem
- Tom DalyGreen
- David BeavanLib Dem
- Geoffrey Ian David WakelingGreen
- John FisherIndependent
- Rosie SmithsonLabour
- Toby HammondGreen
- Mike DeaconLabour