Richard Silcock
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Uttlesford planning committee

Councillor Richard Silcock

Felsted and Stebbing wardMember, Planning Committee

Seen at planning committee from August 2025 to September 2026

  • 82%attendance
  • 23agreed, no vote against recorded
  • 50decisions at their meetings
  • 1motion proposed

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As at 30 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Uttlesford’s published minutes, Councillor Richard Silcock attended 9 of the 11 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from August 2025 to September 2026. On 23 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Silcock is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below. Silcock proposed 1 motion the committee passed.

Meetings attended
9 of 1182%
Meetings whose minutes list them as present, sending apologies or absent. Minutes that list only those present cannot show an absence. 4 meetings as a substitute.
Decisions at their meetings
50
Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
Agreed, no vote against recorded
23
Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
Proposed or seconded
1 / 0
Motions the minutes say they proposed, then seconded, that the committee passed.
Declared interests
2left 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 Silcock and no voting chart is drawn. The minutes do name who proposed each motion.

Attendance

82%

9 of 11 meetings whose minutes list them; apologies for 2.

The typical member of this committee attended 82% (the median of 11 members listed at 5 or more meetings).

Every meeting

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

PresentAs a substituteApologies
20252026

Planning Committee: 9 meetings

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Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
30 Sep 2026Planning CommitteeApologies
2 Sep 2026Planning CommitteePresent
5 Aug 2026Planning CommitteePresent
8 Jul 2026Planning CommitteeApologies
10 Jun 2026Planning CommitteePresent
8 Apr 2026Planning CommitteePresent as a substitute
11 Mar 2026Planning CommitteePresent as a substitute
14 Jan 2026Planning CommitteePresent as a substitute
17 Dec 2025Planning CommitteePresent
22 Oct 2025Planning CommitteePresent
27 Aug 2025Planning CommitteePresent as a substitute

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 Silcock 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.

  • Spoke against
    “Councillor Silcock spoke against the application and then withdrew from the Council Chamber for the remainder of consideration of the item.”
    Minutes, 5 Aug 2026, Land To The West Of Chelmsford Road Felsted Essex
  • Moved refusal
    “Councillor Silcock proposed refusal of the application as it was contrary to the spatial strategy of the Local Plan and was in conflict with Core Policy 3 of the Local Plan.”
    Minutes, 10 Jun 2026, Land To The West Of Clatterbury Lane Clavering Essex
  • Spoke against
    “Councillor Silcock spoke against the application, having called the item in. He then withdrew from the meeting.”
    Minutes, 8 Apr 2026, Rosemary Cottage Causeway End Road Felsted Essex
  • Proposed a condition
    “Councillor Silcock proposed approval of the application, with an added informative and this was seconded by Councillor Church.”
    Minutes, 11 Mar 2026, Land East Of Parsonage Road Takeley
  • Spoke on the conditions
    “Councillor Silcock said that there was clearly a need for this development and proposed approval of the application, together with ensuring that a condition covered bin areas.”
    Minutes, 11 Mar 2026, Land To The North East Of Chalk Farm Lane Newport
  • Called the application in
    “This application had been called in by Councillor Silcock on the basis that this would be backland development on a Green Field site, outside Village Development Limits.”
    Minutes, 14 Jan 2026, Rosemary Cottage Causeway End Road Felsted Essex

How this is worked out

Everything here is read from Uttlesford’s published planning committee minutes, 17 meetings from July 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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