Declarations of Interest/Pre Determination
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.
Minutes:
Councillor C Browne declared that he had pre determined application 16/0605M for the reasons stated within his call-in and in accordance with the Code of Conduct he exercised his right to speak as Ward Councillor and then left the table and sat in the public gallery until he had heard all of the speakers. He then left the room and only returned once a decision had been made.
Councillor L Durham declared that she had pre determined applications 16/2622M and 15/5536M for the reasons stated within both her call-ins and that she was a Member of Macclesfield Town Council Planning Committee and in accordance with the Code of Conduct she exercised her right to speak as Ward Councillor and then left the table and sat in the public gallery whilst the application was considered. She only returned to the table once a decision had been made in respect of each of the applications.
Councillor T Fox declared that she had pre determined application 15/5026M for the reasons stated within her call-in and in accordance with the Code of Conduct she exercised his right to speak as Ward Councillor and then left the table and sat in the public gallery until she had heard all of the speakers. She then left the room and only returned once a decision had been made.
In the interests of openness in respect of application 15/5536M, Councillor A Harewood declared that she knew some of the people were at Belong Care Home, however she had not pre determined the application, however during the public speaking part of the application she declared that she felt she had pre determined the application and in accordance with the Code of Conduct she exercised her right to speak as a visiting Councillor and then left the table and sat in the public gallery whilst the application was considered. She only returned to the table once a decision had been made in respect of the application.