Richard Davies
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Reading planning committee

Councillor Richard Davies

Vice-Chair, Planning Applications Committee

Seen at planning committee from September 2025 to October 2026

  • 81%attendance
  • 18agreed, no vote against recorded
  • 32decisions at their meetings

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As at 7 October 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Reading’s published minutes, Councillor Richard Davies attended 13 of the 16 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from September 2025 to October 2026, in the chair at 1. On 18 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Davies is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.

Meetings attended
13 of 1681%
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
32
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
1left for 1
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 Davies and no voting chart is drawn.

Attendance

81%

13 of 16 meetings whose minutes list them; apologies for 3.

The typical member of this committee attended 93% (the median of 17 members listed at 5 or more meetings).

Every meeting

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

PresentApologies
20252026

Planning Applications Committee: 12 meetings · Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport Committee: 1 meeting

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Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
7 Oct 2026Planning Applications CommitteePresent, Vice-Chair
9 Sep 2026Planning Applications CommitteePresent, Vice-Chair
12 Aug 2026Planning Applications CommitteeApologies
22 Jul 2026Planning Applications CommitteePresent, Chair
1 Jul 2026Planning Applications CommitteeApologies
3 Jun 2026Planning Applications CommitteePresent, Vice-Chair
29 Apr 2026Planning Applications CommitteePresent, Vice-Chair
11 Mar 2026Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport CommitteePresent
4 Mar 2026Planning Applications CommitteePresent, Vice-Chair
4 Feb 2026Planning Applications CommitteePresent, Vice-Chair
7 Jan 2026Planning Applications CommitteePresent, Vice-Chair
3 Dec 2025Planning Applications CommitteePresent, Vice-Chair
19 Nov 2025Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport CommitteeApologies
5 Nov 2025Planning Applications CommitteePresent, Vice-Chair
8 Oct 2025Planning Applications CommitteePresent, Vice-Chair
10 Sep 2025Planning Applications 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 Davies 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.

  • Declared an interest
    “(Councillor Davies declared an interest in this application. He left the meeting and took no part in the debate or decision.)”
    Minutes, 5 Nov 2025, 8 VICTORIA ROAD, TILEHURST, READING

How this is worked out

Everything here is read from Reading’s published planning committee minutes, 17 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.

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