Issue - meetings

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.

The following declarations were made in the interests of openness:

·           Councillor D Bebbington declared that he had been involved with the Keep it Green Campaign, which had been the subject of recent correspondence in the local press.  Councillor Bebbington declared that he had kept an open mind with respect to all the applications on the agenda for the current meeting, and that he would consider each item on its merits, having heard the debate and all the information.

·           Councillor P Butterill referred to a letter regarding development on greenfield sites which had recently been published in the local press.  Councillor Butterill declared that she had kept an open mind with respect to all the applications on the agenda for the current meeting, and that she would consider each item on its merits, having heard the debate and all the information.

·           With regard to application number 12/1989N, Councillor P Butterill declared that she was a member of Nantwich Town Council and a member of Nantwich Civic Society, but that she had not taken part in any discussions in respect of the application and had not made comments on it.

·           With regard to application numbers 12/2508C and 12/2511C, Councillor A Thwaite declared that he knew the public speakers on behalf of the applicants, as they had been officers of the former Congleton Borough Council, of which he had been a Member.

·           With regard to application number 12/1989N, Councillor D Marren declared that he was a member of Nantwich Town Council, but that he had not taken part in any discussions in respect of the application and had not made comments on it.

·           With regard to application number12/2511C, Councillor G Merry declared that she was a member of Sandbach Town Council, but that she had not taken part in any discussions in respect of the application and had not made comments on it.