Issue - meetings

Declarations of Interest

Meeting: 08/08/2012 - Southern Planning Committee (Item 36)

Declarations of Interest

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests and for Members to declare if they have pre-determined any item on the agenda.

Minutes:

Note: The Senior Lawyer briefly outlined the provisions of the new Code of Conduct, which had been approved by Council on 19 July 2012, and the implications for declaring interests at meetings of the Southern Planning Committee.

 

Councillor D Bebbington declared that, with respect to application number 12/1836N, he had in the past rented a property from the mother of the applicant.  He was acquainted with the applicant, and still knew him well enough to hold a conversation, but had no other social contact with him nor any business or financial dealings.

 

Councillor A Thwaite declared that he had been present when application number 12/2230N had been discussed previously.  He had, however, not made up his mind and had not fettered his discretion.

 

All Members of the Committee stated that they had not predetermined application number12/2230N, which had previously been discussed by the Committee.

 

All Members of the Committee declared that they had received correspondence regarding application number12/2230N.