Val Bryant - Councillor for North Hertfordshire (Hitchin Bearton)

Councillor Val Bryant

Labour and Co-operative Hitchin Bearton Leader of the Council and Executive Member for Customer Experience

Email: val.bryant@north-herts.gov.uk

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Hitchin Community Forum (Committee Member) Council (Committee Member) Standards Committee (Committee Member) Hertfordshire Police and Crime Panel (Committee Member) Joint Staff Consultative Committee (Committee Member) Planning Control Committee (Committee Member) Cabinet (Vice-Chair, Chair) CCTV Partnership Joint Executive (Committee Member) Overview and Scrutiny Committee Council Tax Setting Committee (Committee Member) Cabinet Sub-Committee (Local Authority Trading Companies' Shareholder) Hitchin Area Forum Employment Committee

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended ^{Note this may include planned future meetings.}

94 meetings · Page 1 of 19

Planning Control Committee Committee Member

Planning Control Committee - Thursday, 12th February, 2026 7.00 pm

February 12, 2026, 7:00 pm

Hertfordshire Police and Crime Panel Committee Member

Hertfordshire Police and Crime Panel - Thursday, 5th February, 2026 6.00 pm

February 05, 2026, 6:00 pm

Council Committee Member

Council - Thursday, 29th January, 2026 7.30 pm

January 29, 2026, 7:30 pm

Council Tax Setting Committee Committee Member

Council Tax Setting Committee - Thursday, 29th January, 2026 5.30 pm

January 29, 2026, 5:30 pm

Planning Control Committee Committee Member

Planning Control Committee - Thursday, 22nd January, 2026 7.00 pm

January 22, 2026, 7:00 pm

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Decisions from Meetings

530 decisions · Page 38 of 106

PLANNING ENFORCEMENT QUARTERLY REPORT - PART 1

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

Recommendations Approved

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