Roxanne Downes
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Ipswich planning committee

Councillor Roxanne Downes

Member, Planning & Development Committee

Seen at planning committee from June 2025 to September 2026

  • 100%attendance
  • 18agreed, no vote against recorded
  • 33decisions at their meetings

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As at 23 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Ipswich’s published minutes, Councillor Roxanne Downes attended 14 of the 14 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from June 2025 to September 2026. On 18 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Downes is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.

Meetings attended
14 of 14100%
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
33
Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
Agreed, no vote against recorded
18
Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
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 Downes and no voting chart is drawn.

Attendance

100%

14 of 14 meetings whose minutes list them.

The typical member of this committee attended 100% (the median of 14 members listed at 5 or more meetings).

Every meeting

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

Present
20252026

Planning & Development Committee: 14 meetings

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Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
23 Sep 2026Planning & Development CommitteePresent
29 Jul 2026Planning & Development CommitteePresent
1 Jul 2026Planning & Development CommitteePresent
3 Jun 2026Planning & Development CommitteePresent
29 Apr 2026Planning & Development CommitteePresent
4 Mar 2026Planning & Development CommitteePresent
4 Feb 2026Planning & Development CommitteePresent
7 Jan 2026Planning & Development CommitteePresent
10 Dec 2025Planning & Development CommitteePresent
12 Nov 2025Planning & Development CommitteePresent
15 Oct 2025Planning & Development CommitteePresent
17 Sep 2025Planning & Development CommitteePresent
23 Jul 2025Planning & Development CommitteePresent
25 Jun 2025Planning & Development CommitteePresent

Decisions

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

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In the minutes

What the minutes record Downes 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 highway safety
    “Councillor Downes, as a ward Councillor, commented that she lived locally to Felixstowe Road which was a heavily trafficked route that carried a large volume of cars into and out of the town, with limited parking only available in Malvern Close as other side streets were too narrow.”
    Minutes, 1 Jul 2026, 284 Felixstowe Road Ipswich Suffolk
  • Asked about neighbours' amenity
    “Councillor Downes asked about the potential noise impact from the extractor system for residents living above the shopping centre as the proposed use would be open every day up to 11pm.”
    Minutes, 3 Jun 2026, 63 Queens Way Ipswich Suffolk
  • Proposed a condition
    “Councillor Downes proposed that a condition be added to require pre-occupation boundary treatments and landscaping scheme, and this was agreed.”
    Minutes, 4 Feb 2026, 95 Grove Lane Ipswich Suffolk
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Downes highlighted that two of the bedrooms did not meet the nationally described space standards.”
    Minutes, 25 Jun 2025, 28 Grove Lane Ipswich Suffolk
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Downes commented that the Council should aspire to exceed the minimum space standards to ensure high quality residential housing.”
    Minutes, 25 Jun 2025, 28 Grove Lane Ipswich Suffolk

How this is worked out

Everything here is read from Ipswich’s published planning committee minutes, 15 meetings from June 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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