
Medway planning committee
Councillor Matt Fearn
ConservativeSeen at planning committee from November 2025 to August 2026
- 2 of 2meetings attended
- 10agreed, no vote against recorded
- 16decisions at their meetings
As at 21 October 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Medway’s published minutes, Councillor Matt Fearn attended 2 of the 2 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from November 2025 to August 2026. On 10 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Fearn is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.
- Meetings attended
- 2 of 2
- 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. 2 meetings as a substitute.
- Decisions at their meetings
- 16
- Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
- Agreed, no vote against recorded
- 10
- 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 Fearn and no voting chart is drawn.
Attendance
2 of 2
2 of 2 meetings whose minutes list them.
The typical member of this committee attended 87% (the median of 18 members listed at 5 or more meetings).
Every meeting
Each square is a meeting whose minutes list them, oldest first.
Planning Committee: 2 meetings
Show as a table
| Date | Committee | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Aug 2026 | Planning Committee | Present as a substitute |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Planning Committee | Present as a substitute |
Decisions
Every application decided at a meeting they sat on, newest first, with their vote where the minutes give it.
- Arethusa Venture Centre Upnor Road Upnor Rochester MedwayNew flats · MC/24/2535 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land At Longhill Avenue Gillingham Chatham MedwayNew homes · MC/22/0486 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- 1 Blenheim Avenue Chatham MedwaySix-person HMO · MC/26/0639 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- 65 Copenhagen Road Gillingham MedwayFive-person shared house · MC/26/1272 Deferred Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 63 Copenhagen Road Gillingham MedwayFive-person HMO · MC/26/1271 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 53 Shakespeare Road Gillingham MedwayFive-person HMO · MC/26/1149 RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 4 Barnsole Road Gillingham MedwaySix-bedroom HMO · MC/26/1032 Refused Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 311 Canterbury Street Gillingham MedwaySix-person HMO · MC/26/0717 RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land To The Left Eternal Lake Nature Reserve, South Of Higham Road And East Of Buckland Road Buckland Road Cliffe Rochester MedwayUp to 100 homes · MC/26/0194 Refused Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land At East Hill Chatham Kent198 homes · MC/25/0812 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land At East Hill Chatham Kent263 homes and local shop · MC/25/0830 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land At East Hill Chatham Kent36 homes · MC/25/0811 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- M C L Ltd Grove Road Upper Halling Rochester MedwayLoft floors and entrance gate · MC/25/1784 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land Rear Of Garage Site Cordelia Crescent Borstal Rochester MedwayTerrace of 4 homes · MC/25/1363 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham MedwayFood retail store · MC/25/0753 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- 157 Long Catlis Road Parkwood Gillingham MedwayOak tree felling · TPA/24/2254 Refused For refusalNo vote against recorded
No decision matches these filters.
In the minutes
What the minutes record Fearn 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 Medway’s published planning committee minutes, 15 meetings from September 2025 to October 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
- John VyeReform UK
- Chrissy StampLabour
- Eddie PeakeLabour
- Jim GilbourneConservative
- Linda BowenLabour
- David FieldLabour
- Mark JonesLabour
- Adrian GulvinConservative
- Kwashie AnangConservative
- Gareth MytonLabour
- Gary EtheridgeConservative
- Paula HamiltonLabour
- Michael PearceIndependent
- Couincillor Douglas HamandisheLabour
- Phil FilmerConservative
- Smitha CampbellLabour