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 a pre-determination in respect of any item on the agenda.

In respect of application 15/0646M, Councillor Mrs T Fox declared that she had pre determined the application by virtue of the fact that she had been the Chairman of Handforth Parish Council Planning Committee when the application was originally discussed.  She left the meeting prior to consideration of the application and only returned once a decision had been made.

Councillor J Macrae declared a pecuniary interest in respect of application 14/5471M by virtue of the fact that he was Chairman of Engine of the North who were connected to the applicants.  He left the meeting prior to consideration of the application and only returned once a decision had been made.

In addition it was noted that a number of Members on the Committee had received correspondence in respect of some of the applications on the agenda.