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:
In the interests of openness in respect of application 16/4064M, Councillor S Gardiner declared that he was known to a number of people speaking on the application in particular Adam Keppel-Garner, Brian Chaplin and Rick Dallimore. Rick Dallimore was in the process of selling his house for him, therefore after taking Legal advice he stated that he would not take part in consideration of the application and indeed would leave the room prior to the application being considered.
In the interests of openness in respect of applications 16/4064M and 16/4527M, Councillor H Gaddum declared that she and the majority of Members on the Committee knew Councillor H Bradshaw-Wells who was the Ward Councillor speaking on application 16/4064M and Parish Councillor Mrs T Jackson who was a former Cheshire East and Macclesfield Borough Councillor speaking on application 16/4527M.
In the interests of openness in respect of application 16/4064M, Councillor G Walton declared that a number of people speaking on the application were know to him and that he owned an allotment close by to the application site.
In the interests of openness in respect of application 1616/4527M, Councillor G Walton declared that a resident approached him whilst he was on the site visit who also happened to be a former Borough Councillor. He also knew one of the speakers in connection with the application.