Tonbridge planning committee
Councillor Adem Mehmet
ConservativeSeen at planning committee from October 2025 to June 2026
- 80%attendance
- 1recorded vote
- 3agreed, no vote against recorded
- 8decisions at their meetings
As at 24 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Tonbridge’s published minutes, Councillor Adem Mehmet attended 4 of the 5 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from October 2025 to June 2026. Each member's vote is recorded on 1 decision at those meetings: Mehmet voted for the resolution on it. On 1 of those votes the officers’ recommendation is known, and none went against it. On 3 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Mehmet is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.
- Meetings attended
- 4 of 580%
- 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
- 8
- Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
- Recorded votes
- 1
- Decisions where the minutes, the council's recorded vote or the meeting's recording give each member's vote: 1 for, 0 against, 0 abstained.
- Agreed, no vote against recorded
- 3
- 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
Votes by quarter
Not drawn: 1 recorded vote in one quarter is too few to show a pattern over time.
Against officer advice
Not drawn: 1 recorded vote with a known officers’ recommendation is too few to compare.
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
80%
4 of 5 meetings whose minutes list them; apologies for 1.
The typical member of this committee attended 90% (the median of 25 members listed at 5 or more meetings).
Every meeting
Each square is a meeting whose minutes list them, oldest first.
Area 1 Planning Committee: 3 meetings · Planning Committee: 1 meeting
Show as a table
| Date | Committee | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Jun 2026 | Planning Committee | Present as a substitute |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Area 1 Planning Committee | Present |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Area 1 Planning Committee | Present |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Area 1 Planning Committee | Apologies |
| 16 Oct 2025 | Area 1 Planning Committee | Present |
Decisions
Every application decided at a meeting they sat on, newest first, with their vote where the minutes give it.
- Land North Of Drayhorse Meadow Fields Lane Wateringbury Maidstone Kent66 homes · 25/01412/FL Deferred Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Development Site Land East Of Kiln Barn Road And West Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent1,300-home mixed development · 24/00372/OAEA Refused Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- RIDING FARM, RIDING LANE, HILDENBOROUGH, TONBRIDGEEight homes · 24/00733/PA Approved ForUnanimous vote
- LAND NORTH OF FIR TREE FARM, Riding Lane, Hildenborough, TonbridgeOne detached dwelling · 25/00713/PA Approved ForUnanimous vote
- 2 - 12 Avebury Avenue Tonbridge Kent34 apartments and gym · 24/02011/FL Approved ForAll members present in favour
- Land West Of 103 Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent5–7 homes · 25/01693/PIP RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- LAND NORTH OF FIR TREE FARM, Riding Lane, Hildenborough, TonbridgeOne detached dwelling · 25/00713/PA Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 2-12, Avebury Avenue, Tonbridge34 apartments and gym · 24/02011/PA Approved ForNo vote against recorded
No decision matches these filters.
In the minutes
What the minutes record Mehmet 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 Tonbridge’s published planning committee minutes, 17 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
- Michelle TattonLib Dem
- Wendy PalmerIndependent
- Dennis KingConservative
- Keith TunstallConservative
- Mark HoodGreen
- Sarah HudsonConservative
- Stacey PilgrimGreen
- Dave DavisConservative
- David ThornewellLib Dem
- James ClokeyLib Dem
- Bill BanksLib Dem
- Matt BoughtonConservative
- Paul HickmottLabour
- Robert CannonConservative
- Robin BettsConservative
- Roger RoudLib Dem