South Tyneside planning committee

Councillor Kate Owens-Palmer

Independent

Member, Planning Committee

Seen at planning committee from March 2026 to July 2026

60%attendance
5agreed, no vote against recorded
9decisions at their meetings

As at 22 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of South Tyneside’s published minutes, Councillor Kate Owens-Palmer attended 3 of the 5 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from March 2026 to July 2026. On 5 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Owens-Palmer is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.

Meetings attended: 3 of 560%; 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: 9; Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
Agreed, no vote against recorded: 5; 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 Owens-Palmer and no voting chart is drawn.

Attendance

60%

3 of 5 meetings whose minutes list them; apologies for 2.

The typical member of this committee attended 100% (the median of 6 members listed at 5 or more meetings).

Every meeting

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

PresentApologies

2026

Planning Committee: 3 meetings

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Every meeting
Date	Committee	Attendance
21 Jul 2026	Planning Committee	Present
23 Jun 2026	Planning Committee	Present
26 May 2026	Planning Committee	Present
16 Mar 2026	Planning Committee	Apologies
9 Mar 2026	Planning Committee	Apologies

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

MeetingApplicationOutcomeTheir vote
21 Jul 2026 8 Albemarle Street South Shields18-bed HMO conversion · 250808 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
21 Jul 2026 161 Wansbeck Road, Jarrow6-bed HMO conversion · 260209 Refused For refusalNo vote against recorded
23 Jun 2026 1 King Street, 2 Fowler Street and Upper Floors of 4-8 Fowler Street South Shields20 dwellings and a shop · 250670 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
23 Jun 2026 113 Imeary Street South Shields4-bed HMO conversion · 250798 Refused Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
23 Jun 2026 13 Hall Road Hebburn6-bed HMO conversion · 250773 Refused Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
26 May 2026 88 Albert Road, Jarrow5-person HMO conversion · 260104 Refused For refusalUnanimous vote
26 May 2026 1 Pembroke Terrace, South Shields5-bed HMO conversion · 260078 Refused For refusalUnanimous vote
26 May 2026 7 Armstrong Terrace, South Shields3-bed HMO conversion · 260079 Refused Not recordedThe minutes give only the count: 8 for, 1 against
26 May 2026 12 Surrey Street, Jarrow6-bed HMO conversion · 260115 Refused Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted

In the minutes

What the minutes record Owens-Palmer 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 Tyneside’s published planning committee minutes, 7 meetings from March 2026 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 the one they were elected for, from Democracy Club’s open election results.

Also on this committee

All South Tyneside committee councillors