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Please could you supply the following information for the time period May 2020 – May 2026 (could you please supply for years running May-May as this will line up with any changes as a result of elections):
1. The number of Members on your Planning Committee for each year
2. The political composition of the Planning Committee for each year (i.e. how many Members there are for each political party)
3. The number of planning applications determined at Planning Committee for each year
4. The number of each decision type at Planning Committee for each year (grant/refuse/defer)
5. The number of decisions made in line with the officer recommendation, and the number made against officer recommendation for each year.
Please could you supply the following information for the time period May 2020 – May 2026 (could you please supply for years running May-May as this will line up with any changes as a result of elections):
1. The number of Members on your Planning Committee for each year
2020-21: 11 members
2021-22: 11 members
2022-23: 9 members
2023-24: 9 members
2024-25: 9 members
2025-26: 9 members
2. The political composition of the Planning Committee for each year (i.e. how many Members there are for each political party)
2020-21: 6 Conservatives, 3 Lib Dem, 1 independent, 1 Labour
2021-22: 6 Conservatives, 3 Lib Dem, 1 independent, 1 Labour
2022-23: 4 conservatives, 4 Lib Dem, 1 independent
2023-24: 4 conservatives, 4 Lib Dem, 1 Labour
2024-25: 4 conservatives, 4 Lib Dem, 1 Labour
2025-26: 4 conservatives, 4 Lib Dem, 1 Labour (until August then 4 conservatives, 5 Lib Dem)
3. The number of planning applications determined at Planning Committee for each year
2020-21: 36
2021-22: 60
2022-23: 56
2023-24: 37
2024-25: 18
2025-26: 23
This information is available via the website https://wokingham.moderngov.co.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CommitteeId=135
4. The number of each decision type at Planning Committee for each year (grant/refuse/defer)
2020-21: 34 grant, 2 defer
2021-22: 51 approve, 4 defer, 2 refuse, 2 withdrawn , 1 not considered due to time constraints
2022-23: 38 approve, 4 withdrawn, 6 refuse, 8 defer
2023-24: 31 approve, 4 refuse, 2 defer
2024-25: 13 approve, 5 refuse
2025-26: 20 approve, 1 refuse, 2 withdrawn, 1 defer
This information is available via the website https://wokingham.moderngov.co.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CommitteeId=135
5. The number of decisions made in line with the officer recommendation, and the number made against officer recommendation for each year.
2020-21: none against
2021-22: 2 against officer recommendation
2022-33: 5 against officer recommendation
2023-24: 4 against officer recommendation 2024-25: 4 against officer recommendation
2025-26: 1 against officer recommendation
This information is available via the website https://wokingham.moderngov.co.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CommitteeId=135
