
Maidstone planning committee
Councillor Mike Thompson
Lib DemSeen at planning committee from July 2025 to February 2026
- 4 of 4meetings attended
- 20decisions at their meetings
As at 17 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Maidstone’s published minutes, Councillor Mike Thompson attended 4 of the 4 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from July 2025 to February 2026. The committee decided 20 applications at those meetings. The minutes we hold do not give each member's vote on them.
- Meetings attended
- 4 of 4
- Too few meetings for a percentage.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
- 20
- Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
- 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 Thompson and no voting chart is drawn.
Attendance
4 of 4
4 of 4 meetings whose minutes list them.
The typical member of this committee attended 83% (the median of 16 members listed at 5 or more meetings).
Every meeting
Each square is a meeting whose minutes list them, oldest first.
Planning Committee: 4 meetings
Show as a table
| Date | Committee | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Feb 2026 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 18 Sep 2025 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 21 Aug 2025 | Planning Committee | Present |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Planning Committee | Present |
Decisions
Every application decided at a meeting they sat on, newest first, with their vote where the minutes give it.
- 4 Ash Gardens Lenham Road Headcorn KentTraveller site · 24/504387/FULL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land Off Sandway Road Sandway KentMobile home and caravan · 25/503251/FULL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land South Of Lenham Heath Road Lenham Heath Maidstone KentGypsy and traveller site · 24/505018/FULL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land At Carman's Close Loose Kent2 dwellings · 25/504187/FULL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Maidstone Borough Council Depot Bircholt Road Maidstone KentSolar array edge protection · 25/504805/FULL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land Adjoining No.44 Gladstone Road, Land North And South Of Granville Road Granville Road Maidstone Kent18 dwellings · 25/503712/FULL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 32A Wyatt Street Maidstone KentListed building window repairs · 25/502830/LBC Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Witherden Farmhouse Lenham Road Headcorn KentTraveller site with caravans · 25/502740/FULL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land Off Old Ashford Road Lenham Maidstone Kent100 homes and sports pitch · 19/504724/HYBRID Deferred Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Mount Farm Greenway Forstal Harrietsham Maidstone KentWinery and hotel · 24/500007/FULL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land Adjacent To 8 Westminster Square Maidstone KentTree crown reduction · 25/503357/TPOA Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Woodsview Matts Hill Road Detling KentHouse extensions · 25/503103/FULL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- East Went Chartway Street Sutton Valence KentSelf-build house · 25/501548/FULL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Crabtree Oast Cradducks Lane Staplehurst KentOast refurbishment and new home · 25/501840/FULL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 3 Manor Close Bearsted KentSelf-build bungalow · 25/501570/FULL Refused Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land On Site Of Former 51 London Road Maidstone Kent14 flats · 24/503558/FULL Deferred Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 1 Bower Walk Staplehurst Tonbridge KentEnd of terrace house · 24/501957/FULL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- East Went Chartway Street Sutton Valence KentSelf-build house · 25/501548/FULL Deferred Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Former Syngenta Office Building Hampstead Lane Yalding KentSchool change of use · 24/505202/FULL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 389 Tonbridge Road Maidstone KentShop to HMO conversion · 25/500230/FULL Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
No decision matches these filters.
In the minutes
What the minutes record Thompson 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.
The minutes we hold do not quote this councillor by name.
How this is worked out
Everything here is read from Maidstone’s published planning committee minutes, 17 meetings from July 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
- Denis SpoonerConservative
- Mark NaghiLib Dem
- John PerryConservative
- Maureen CleatorLabour
- Tony HarwoodLib Dem
- Stephen ThompsonIndependent
- Dan WilkinsonLabour
- Donna GreenanIndependent
- Paddy RiordanConservative
- Paul WilbyLib Dem
- Claudine RussellConservative
- Fay GoochIndependent
- Michael SummersgillIndependent
- Ziggy TrzebinskiConservative
- Stuart JefferyIndependent
- Clive EnglishLib Dem