Iain Sharpe
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Watford planning committee

Councillor Iain Sharpe

Vice-Chair, Development Management Committee

Seen at planning committee from July 2025 to June 2026

  • 100%attendance
  • 9agreed, no vote against recorded
  • 22decisions at their meetings

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As at 30 June 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Watford’s published minutes, Councillor Iain Sharpe attended 12 of the 12 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from July 2025 to June 2026. On 9 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Sharpe 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
22
Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
Agreed, no vote against recorded
9
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 Sharpe and no voting chart is drawn.

Attendance

100%

12 of 12 meetings whose minutes list them.

The typical member of this committee attended 100% (the median of 9 members listed at 5 or more meetings).

Every meeting

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

Present
20252026

Development Management Committee: 12 meetings

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Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
30 Jun 2026Development Management CommitteePresent, Vice-Chair
2 Jun 2026Development Management CommitteePresent, Vice-Chair
12 May 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
31 Mar 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
3 Mar 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
3 Feb 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
6 Jan 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
2 Dec 2025Development Management CommitteePresent
4 Nov 2025Development Management CommitteePresent
30 Sep 2025Development Management CommitteePresent
2 Sep 2025Development Management CommitteePresent
22 Jul 2025Development Management CommitteePresent

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 Sharpe 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

  • Spoke
    “Councillor Sharpe said that the committee should take notice of objections.”
    Minutes, 30 Jun 2026, 30 Cassiobury Drive Watford
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Sharpe stressed the opportunities of Town Centre sites, including being close to amenities, public facilities and transport.”
    Minutes, 30 Jun 2026, 7 Station Road Watford
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Sharpe stated that, having looked at the surrounding area, side extensions were not uncommon and that the overall extension did not seem excessive from the outside.”
    Minutes, 12 May 2026, 63 Garston Crescent Watford
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Sharpe highlighted that, while there was no punishment for applicants who built before receiving planning permission and subsequent requests for planning permission could not be denied on this basis, this was not a wise course of action. He explained that this could lead to the expensive removal of building changes that had already begun and so could essentially double the cost of development.”
    Minutes, 12 May 2026, 10 Rufford Close Watford
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Sharpe stated that if he were a Central Ward councillor he would also be advocating the same concerns as those raised.”
    Minutes, 31 Mar 2026, 50 Clarendon Road Watford
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Sharpe referred to the appeal decision. He noted that 84 of the proposed flats had not met the BRE guidance and there were multiple amenity failures.”
    Minutes, 31 Mar 2026, 50 Clarendon Road Watford
  • Asked a question
    “Councillor Sharpe sought assurance from the officer that the committee had to consider the application at face value, as applied for, and that no weight should be given to what it could become in the future.”
    Minutes, 3 Mar 2026, 3 Coningesby Drive Watford Hertfordshire
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Sharpe commented that over the last 10 years the government had changed planning rules, enabling an increase in the size of houses without planning permission being required. He was referring to permitted development rights.”
    Minutes, 3 Mar 2026, 3 Coningesby Drive Watford Hertfordshire

How this is worked out

Everything here is read from Watford’s published planning committee minutes, 12 meetings from July 2025 to June 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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