Richard Bates
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Mid Sussex planning committee

Councillor Richard Bates

HH Ashenground wardMember, District Planning Committee

Seen at planning committee from October 2025 to September 2026

  • 100%attendance
  • 6agreed, no vote against recorded
  • 18decisions at their meetings

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As at 17 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Mid Sussex’s published minutes, Councillor Richard Bates attended 10 of the 10 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from October 2025 to September 2026. On 6 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Bates is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.

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. 1 meeting as a substitute.
Decisions at their meetings
18
Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
Agreed, no vote against recorded
6
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 Bates and no voting chart is drawn.

Attendance

100%

10 of 10 meetings whose minutes list them.

The typical member of this committee attended 91% (the median of 22 members listed at 5 or more meetings).

Every meeting

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

PresentAs a substitute
20252026

District Planning Committee: 8 meetings · Planning Committee: 2 meetings

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Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
17 Sep 2026District Planning CommitteePresent
13 Aug 2026Planning CommitteePresent as a substitute
16 Jul 2026District Planning CommitteePresent
28 May 2026District Planning CommitteePresent
21 May 2026Planning CommitteePresent
26 Mar 2026District Planning CommitteePresent
22 Jan 2026District Planning CommitteePresent
20 Nov 2025District Planning CommitteePresent
16 Oct 2025District Planning CommitteePresent
2 Oct 2025District Planning 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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Their vote
Outcome

In the minutes

What the minutes record Bates 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 Mid Sussex’s published planning committee minutes, 19 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 from the council’s own list of councillors.

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