Issue - meetings

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests and for Members to declare if they have made a pre-determination in respect of any item on the agenda.

It was noted that Councillors had received correspondence in respect of both applications on the agenda.

In respect of application Mr Steve Irvine, the Planning and Development Manager declared a personal and prejudicial interest on behalf of Councillor B Moran who was not present at the meeting but who would have declared a close involvement in the Scheme and in accordance with the Code of Conduct would have exercised his right to speak and then left the meting prior to consideration of the application.

In respect of application 11/0899C - Land South of Pochin Way and Cledford Lane, East of Booth Lane (A533), Middlewich - Extension to Time Limit - 07/0323/OUT (Midpoint 18 Phase 3: Proposed development for B1, B2 and B8, appropriate leisure and tourism (including hotel) uses, the completion of the Southern section of the Middlewich Eastern bypass & associated landscaping mitigation and enhancement works.) Councillors P Edwards and W J Macrae declared that whilst they had not pre determined the application nor had an interest in the application they had in the past communicated with the developer of the Scheme.