Rabi Martins
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Watford planning committee

Councillor Rabi Martins

Member, Development Management Committee

Seen at planning committee from July 2025 to June 2026

  • 83%attendance
  • 7agreed, no vote against recorded
  • 20decisions at their meetings

Councillor's page on the council's website

As at 30 June 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Watford’s published minutes, Councillor Rabi Martins attended 10 of the 12 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from July 2025 to June 2026. On 7 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Martins is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.

Meetings attended
10 of 1283%
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
20
Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
Agreed, no vote against recorded
7
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 Martins and no voting chart is drawn.

Attendance

83%

10 of 12 meetings whose minutes list them; apologies for 2.

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.

PresentApologies
20252026

Development Management Committee: 10 meetings

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Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
30 Jun 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
2 Jun 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
12 May 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
31 Mar 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
3 Mar 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
3 Feb 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
6 Jan 2026Development Management CommitteeApologies
2 Dec 2025Development Management CommitteeApologies
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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In the minutes

What the minutes record Martins 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

  • Raised concerns
    “Councillor Martins was concerned about the development. He felt that if there was no pressure to meet the five-year supply, then the council should not let the quality of developments drop.”
    Minutes, 30 Jun 2026, 7 Station Road Watford
  • Asked about the conditions
    “Councillor Martins inquired about the possibility of imposing a planning condition based on an agreed use that prevented the later conversion of the dwelling into a care home.”
    Minutes, 12 May 2026, 63 Garston Crescent Watford
  • Spoke on design and scale
    “Councillor Martins noted that the committee was responsible for the protection of Watford's character and that a Central Ward conservation area was not possible now because the council had not been stringent enough about how changes to dwellings in this area would affect later attempts to designate it as a conservation area.”
    Minutes, 12 May 2026, 55 Goodwood Avenue Watford
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Martins noted the reference that the flats would be to rent rather than to buy and questioned why this would make it a material consideration for the committee.”
    Minutes, 31 Mar 2026, 50 Clarendon Road Watford
  • Asked about highway safety
    “In response to a question from Councillor Martins about the weight given to the Highway Authority’s comments, the officer explained that it was felt the application should not be rejected on a minor point that could be dealt with by condition. He added that planning officers looked at the whole of the development and not one specific area.”
    Minutes, 31 Mar 2026, 50 Clarendon Road Watford
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Martins did not agree with previous comments. He acknowledged that the Inspector overturned the committee’s previous decision.”
    Minutes, 31 Mar 2026, 50 Clarendon Road Watford
  • Spoke
    “Councillor Martins agreed with the comments and that the developer needed to be told to properly secure the site before they start building. He asked whether it could be added as an information item on the decision.”
    Minutes, 31 Mar 2026, 50 Clarendon Road Watford

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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