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 J Weatherill declared that in calling in application number 10/1427N she had expressed an opinion and therefore fettered her discretion. Councillor Weatherill exercised her separate speaking rights as a Ward Councillor and withdrew from the members’ seating area during consideration of this item.
Councillor B Dykes declared a personal and prejudicial interest in respect of agenda item 9 (Land at 2 & 4 Heathfield Avenue and 29, 29A & 31 Hightown, Crewe) on the grounds that he had been appointed as a Cheshire East Council representative on the Board of Wulvern Housing. In accordance with the Code of Conduct, he withdrew from the meeting during consideration of this item.
Councillor T Beard declared a personal and prejudicial interest in respect of agenda item 9 (Land at 2 & 4 Heathfield Avenue and 29, 29A & 31 Hightown, Crewe) on the grounds that he had been appointed as a Cheshire East Council representative on the Board of Wulvern Housing. In accordance with the Code of Conduct, he withdrew from the meeting during consideration of this item.
Councillor J Jones declared a personal and prejudicial interest in respect of application number 10/1446N on the grounds that he knew the applicant. In accordance with the Code of Conduct, he withdrew from the meeting during consideration of this item.
Councillor D Brickhill, who was in attendance at the meeting, declared a personal interest in respect of application number 09/3658N on the grounds that he was a member of Hough & Chorlton and Shavington-cum-Gresty Parish Councils, which had been consulted on the proposed development. In accordance with the code of conduct, he remained in the meeting during consideration of this item.
Rachel Goddard, Senior Lawyer, declared a personal and prejudicial interest in respect of application number 10/1094N on the grounds that she had a personal connection with the site in question. In accordance with the Code of Conduct, she withdrew from the meeting during consideration of this item.