Lewisham planning committee

Councillor Jack Lavery

Sydenham wardChair, Strategic Planning Committee

Seen at planning committee from September 2025 to April 2026

  • 100%attendance
  • 1recorded vote
  • 8agreed, no vote against recorded
  • 12decisions at their meetings
  • 3motions proposed

Councillor's page on the council's website

As at 16 April 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Lewisham’s published minutes, Councillor Jack Lavery attended 10 of the 10 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from September 2025 to April 2026, in the chair at 6. Each member's vote is recorded on 1 decision at those meetings: Lavery voted for the resolution on it. On 1 of those votes the officers’ recommendation is known, and none went against it. On 8 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Lavery is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below. Lavery proposed 3 motions the committee passed and seconded 1.

Meetings attended
10 of 10100%
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
12
Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
Recorded votes
1
Decisions where the minutes, the council's recorded vote or the meeting's recording give each member's vote: 1 for, 0 against, 0 abstained.
Agreed, no vote against recorded
8
Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
Proposed or seconded
3 / 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: 1 recorded vote in one quarter is too few to show a pattern over time.

Against officer advice

Not drawn: 1 recorded vote 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 Lavery proposed were to approve.

The outcome of each motion the minutes say Lavery proposed and the committee passed.

Approved 3

Attendance

100%

10 of 10 meetings whose minutes list them.

The typical member of this committee attended 80% (the median of 9 members listed at 5 or more meetings).

Every meeting

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

Present
20252026

Strategic Planning Committee: 5 meetings · Planning Committee B: 5 meetings

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Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
16 Apr 2026Planning Committee BPresent, Chair
24 Feb 2026Strategic Planning CommitteePresent, Vice-Chair
12 Feb 2026Planning Committee BPresent, Chair
4 Dec 2025Planning Committee BPresent, Chair
2 Dec 2025Strategic Planning CommitteePresent, Vice-Chair
25 Nov 2025Planning Committee BPresent, Chair
18 Nov 2025Strategic Planning CommitteePresent, Vice-Chair
16 Oct 2025Strategic Planning CommitteePresent, Chair
18 Sep 2025Planning Committee BPresent, Chair
9 Sep 2025Strategic Planning CommitteePresent, Vice-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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Their vote
Outcome

In the minutes

What the minutes record Lavery 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.

  • Seconded
    “Cllr John Paschoud proposed to accept the officer’s recommendation, which was seconded by Cllr Jack Lavery, then voted on by Members present at the meeting.”
    Minutes, 24 Feb 2026, SUN WHARF, CREEKSIDE, LONDON
  • Moved the motion
    “In reaching a decision on the application and considering submissions made at the meeting by the Senior Planning Officer, Councillor Lavery moved the recommendation on the proposal subject to conditions, which was seconded by Councillor Rathbone and voted upon.”
    Minutes, 25 Nov 2025, CATFORD POLICE STATION, 333 BROMLEY ROAD, LONDON

How this is worked out

Everything here is read from Lewisham’s published planning committee minutes, 12 meetings from September 2025 to April 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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