Dave Winstanley - Councillor for North Hertfordshire (Hitchin Bearton)

Councillor Dave Winstanley

Labour and Co-operative Hitchin Bearton Chair of the Licensing & Regulation Committee

Email: dave.winstanley@north-herts.gov.uk

Council: North Hertfordshire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Hitchin Community Forum (Committee Member) Council (Committee Member) Planning Control Committee (Committee Member) Cabinet Hitchin Area Forum Cabinet Sub-Committee (Council Charities) Licensing and Regulation Committee (Chair)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

55 meetings · Page 1 of 11

Planning Control Committee Committee Member

Planning Control Committee - Thursday, 18th December, 2025 7.00 pm

December 18, 2025
Planning Control Committee Committee Member

Planning Control Committee - Thursday, 11th December, 2025 7.00 pm

December 11, 2025
Hitchin Community Forum Committee Member

Hitchin Community Forum - Tuesday, 9th December, 2025 7.00 pm

December 09, 2025
Council Committee Member

Council - Thursday, 4th December, 2025 7.30 pm

December 04, 2025
Planning Control Committee Committee Member

Planning Control Committee - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 7.00 pm

November 20, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

311 decisions · Page 16 of 63

MINUTES - 17, 24 JULY 2025

From: Planning Control Committee - Thursday, 21st August, 2025 7.00 pm - August 21, 2025

...they approved the minutes of the Planning Control Committee meetings held on 17 July 2025, as amended, and 24 July 2025, to be signed by the Chair, and also deferred an application and granted two others, subject to various conditions and amendments.

Recommendations Approved

APPEALS

From: Planning Control Committee - Thursday, 21st August, 2025 7.00 pm - August 21, 2025

...the committee noted that an appeal for the construction, operation, and decommissioning of a solar farm on land north east of Wandon End had been allowed on 15 July 2025, despite local landscape and heritage concerns, due to the significant contribution to renewable energy generation and other benefits outweighing the identified harms.

For Determination

Summary

Meetings Attended: 55

Average per Month: 2.4

Decisions Recorded: 311