Code of Conduct - Declarations of Interest/Pre-Determination
To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests and for Members to declare if they have pre-determined any item on the agenda.
Minutes:
Councillor B H Dykes declared a personal and prejudicial interest in agenda item 14 (Variation of S.106 Agreement – Wyche Lane, Bunbury) on the basis that he was a Member of Bunbury Parish Council and had entered into correspondence with the applicant (Muir Group Housing). Having declared a personal and prejudicial interest, Councillor Dykes withdrew from the meeting during discussion of the item.
Councillor A Kolker declared a personal interest in agenda item 5 (09/3286C – Holly House Farm, Cranage) on the basis that he was acquainted with the father of the applicant and also that the applicant had made contact with him about the application. Councillor Kolker had expressed no view on the application.
Councillors W T Beard, D N Bebbington, W S Davies, B H Dykes, S Furlong, E Howell, J Jones, A Kolker, R Walker and M J Weatherill each declared that, in respect of agenda item 6 (Planning Application No. 09/4043N – Earl of Crewe) they had received communications from the applicant. None had acknowledged the communications.
Councillor E Howell declared that she had been contacted by the applicant in respect of the previous application at which time she had declined to comment. She had subsequently been contacted in respect of this application and had also declined to comment.
Councillor S Jones made a declaration of pre-determination in respect of agenda items 7 and 8 (09/3490C – 20 Pikemere Road and 09/0819N – 38 Pikemere Road). She would exercise her right to speak and then withdraw from the meeting.
Councillor W S Davies declared that in respect of agenda item 9, the site visit had been arranged prior to his election as a Councillor and he had, therefore, been unable to attend the arranged visit. He made a separate visit to the site unaccompanied by an Officer, and had met a neighbour of the applicant during that visit but had not expressed a view.