Planning committee members & party political affiliations
Case reference FOI2026/01048
Received 20 May 2026
Published 9 June 2026
Request
Information Request - 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.
Response
Please find the answers to your queries below:
Information Request - 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);
Information regarding the number of Members on the Planning Committee and their political composition is available through our website Planning Committee pages, with most of the information being available at the link below:
As such, the information you require can be found from publicly available sources and consequentially under Section 21 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible.
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.
With regard to questions 3-5, all of this information is already in the public domain on our website. Committee agendas, minutes etc for the time periods noted can be found via the following website:
As such, the information you require can be found from publicly available sources and consequentially under Section 21 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible.
Yours sincerely,
FOI Team
Guildford Borough Council
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