Vic Thomson
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South Norfolk Broadland planning committee

Councillor Vic Thomson

Chair, South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) Committee

Seen at planning committee from September 2025 to September 2026

  • 100%attendance
  • 7recorded votes
  • 15agreed, no vote against recorded
  • 100%with the majority
  • 0%against officer advice

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As at 23 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of South Norfolk Broadland’s published minutes, Councillor Vic Thomson attended 12 of the 12 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from September 2025 to September 2026, in the chair at 12. Each member's vote is recorded on 7 decisions at those meetings: Thomson voted for the resolution on all 7. On 6 of those votes the officers’ recommendation is known, and none went against it. On 15 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Thomson is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.

Meetings attended
12 of 12100%
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
37
Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
Recorded votes
7
Decisions where the minutes, the council's recorded vote or the meeting's recording give each member's vote: 7 for, 0 against, 0 abstained.
With the majority
7 of 7100%
Votes for the resolution the committee passed. An abstention is not counted as with the majority.
Agreed, no vote against recorded
15
Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
Votes against officer advice
0 of 60%
Recorded votes where the officers’ recommendation is known: for a resolution that went against it, or against one that followed it.
Declared interests
0
Decisions on which the minutes record them declaring an interest.

Voting record

Votes by quarter

For the resolution on all 7 recorded votes; the most in Q4 2025 (3).

7 recorded votes, by the quarter of the meeting.

ForAgainstAbstained
024
2025
2026
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Votes by quarter
QuarterForAgainstAbstained
Q4 2025300
Q1 2026300
Q2 2026100

Against officer advice

Thomson went against officer advice less often than the committee: 0% of votes, against 9% of decisions.

The share that went against the officers’ recommendation.

Thomson’s votes0%0 of 6
The committee’s decisions at their meetings9%3 of 35

The typical member of this committee (the median of 7 members with 5 or more such votes) voted against officer advice on 0% of them.

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.

Attendance

100%

12 of 12 meetings whose minutes list them.

The typical member of this committee attended 75% (the median of 22 members listed at 5 or more meetings).

Every meeting

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

Present
20252026

South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) Committee: 12 meetings

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Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
23 Sep 2026South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) CommitteePresent, Chair
26 Aug 2026South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) CommitteePresent, Chair
29 Jul 2026South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) CommitteePresent, Chair
3 Jun 2026South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) CommitteePresent, Chair
13 May 2026South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) CommitteePresent, Chair
8 Apr 2026South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) CommitteePresent, Chair
11 Mar 2026South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) CommitteePresent, Chair
18 Feb 2026South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) CommitteePresent, Chair
20 Jan 2026South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) CommitteePresent, Chair
19 Nov 2025South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) CommitteePresent, Chair
22 Oct 2025South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) CommitteePresent, Chair
24 Sep 2025South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) CommitteePresent, 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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In the minutes

What the minutes record Thomson 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 South Norfolk Broadland’s published planning committee minutes, 27 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.

Also on this committee

All South Norfolk Broadland committee councillors