Isle of Wight councillors debated and voted on the draft Island Planning Strategy (DIPS) at tonight’s extraordinary full council meeting.
Councillors spoke for and against the plan, which once approved by the council will go to the Planning Inspectorate and out to public consultation for six weeks.
The vote
When it came to the vote members voted in 16 favour and 18 against the plan.
The named vote was as follows:
For:
- Lora Peacey Wilcox (Alliance)
- Debbie Andre (Alliance)
- Julie Jones-Evans (Alliance)
- Phil Jordan (Alliance)
- Jonathan Bacon (Alliance)
- Joe Lever (Alliance)
- Ian Dore (Alliance)
- Michael Lilley (Alliance)
- Rodney Downer (Alliance)
- Karl Love (Alliance)
- Paul Fuller (Alliance)
- Karen Lucioni (Alliance)
- Ian Stephens (Alliance)
- Daryll Pitcher (Vectis)
- Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Claire Critchison (Alliance)
Against:
- Chris Jarman (Alliance)
- John Medland (Alliance)
- Andrew Garratt (Libdem)
- Michael Beston (Con)
- Paul Brading (Con)
- Stephen Hendry (Con)
- Clare Mosdell (Con)
- John Nicholson (Con)
- Martin Oliver (Con)
- Gary Peace (Con)
- Matt Price (Con)
- Chris Quirk (Con)
- Ray Redrup (Con)
- Joe Robertson (Con)
- Peter Spink (Con)
- Ian Ward (Con)
- Geoff Brodie (Ind Lab)
The motion fell.
Additional motion
Following the vote, Cllr Chris Jarman raised a ‘motion without notice’ calling for the DIPS to be updated with accurate information from ONS 2021 Census data and “be taken back to committee correctly reflecting the actual and urgent needs of our Island”.
However, the meeting was called to an end a couple of minutes later just before 9pm, without the motion being discussed or voted upon.
According to the council’s Constitution there is no ability to extend an Extraordinary meeting, as would have happened had it been a standard Full Council meeting.
You can watch the entire meeting via the council’s YouTube Channel
Article edit
9.30am 6th Oct 2022 – Video of meeting embedded
