Wandsworth planning committee

Councillor Tony Belton

Member, Planning Applications Committee

Seen at planning committee from September 2025 to October 2026

  • 100%attendance
  • 7recorded votes
  • 33agreed, no vote against recorded
  • 100%with the majority
  • 14%against officer advice

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As at 22 October 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Wandsworth’s published minutes, Councillor Tony Belton attended 13 of the 13 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from September 2025 to October 2026, in the chair at 8. Each member's vote is recorded on 7 decisions at those meetings: Belton voted for the resolution on all 7. On 7 of those votes the officers’ recommendation is known, and 1 went against it. On 33 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Belton is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.

Meetings attended
13 of 13100%
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
58
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
33
Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
Votes against officer advice
1 of 714%
Recorded votes where the officers’ recommendation is known: for a resolution that went against it, or against one that followed it.
Declared interests
1
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 Q1 2026 (4).

7 recorded votes, by the quarter of the meeting.

ForAgainstAbstained
024
2025
2026
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Votes by quarter
QuarterForAgainstAbstained
Q4 2025100
Q1 2026400
Q2 2026200

Against officer advice

Belton went against officer advice more often than the committee: 14% of votes, against 5% of decisions.

The share that went against the officers’ recommendation.

Belton’s votes14%1 of 7
The committee’s decisions at their meetings5%3 of 55

The typical member of this committee (the median of 8 members with 5 or more such votes) voted against officer advice on 20% 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%

13 of 13 meetings whose minutes list them.

The typical member of this committee attended 100% (the median of 16 members listed at 5 or more meetings).

Every meeting

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

Present
20252026

Planning Applications Committee: 13 meetings

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Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
22 Oct 2026Planning Applications CommitteePresent
17 Sep 2026Planning Applications CommitteePresent
20 Aug 2026Planning Applications CommitteePresent
21 Jul 2026Planning Applications CommitteePresent
25 Jun 2026Planning Applications CommitteePresent
15 Apr 2026Planning Applications CommitteePresent, Chair
12 Mar 2026Planning Applications CommitteePresent, Chair
19 Feb 2026Planning Applications CommitteePresent, Chair
20 Jan 2026Planning Applications CommitteePresent, Chair
18 Dec 2025Planning Applications CommitteePresent, Chair
19 Nov 2025Planning Applications CommitteePresent, Chair
23 Oct 2025Planning Applications CommitteePresent, Chair
25 Sep 2025Planning Applications 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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Outcome

In the minutes

What the minutes record Belton 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.

Subjects in what the minutes record

  • Moved approval
    “Councillor Belton moved that the application be granted on a 2 years basis, however as this proposal was not seconded, Members did not vote on this proposal.”
    Minutes, 21 Jul 2026, Ground Floor Jessica House 10 Red Lion Square
  • Asked a question
    “The Chair asked whether, had this not been a retrospective application, the flue’s position or performance requirements would have been different.”
    Minutes, 19 Feb 2026, 26A-26B Upper Tooting Road Tooting Bec
  • Asked a question
    “The Chair asked for legal clarification over the Committee’s power to alter the statutory implementation period, to which the Committee’s Legal Advisor explained that planning permissions had a statutory three-year commencement period, which the Committee could vary.”
    Minutes, 19 Feb 2026, 67-85 Aslett Street
  • Asked a question
    “The Chair raised a question about the London Plan small-sites housing target to which the West Area Team Manager advised that approximately 4,140 of the 20,000 new homes expected in Wandsworth over ten years were anticipated to come from small sites, equating to approximately 400 homes per year.”
    Minutes, 19 Feb 2026, 67-85 Aslett Street
  • Proposed a condition
    “The Chair suggested a condition of 18 months to 2 years for this proposal in order to see how successful it could operate, without causing problems for the neighbours.”
    Minutes, 18 Dec 2025, 215 Upper Richmond Road

How this is worked out

Everything here is read from Wandsworth’s published planning committee minutes, 13 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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