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:

With regard to application number 16/4268N, Councillor D Bebbington declared that he would be leaving the meeting early in order to attend a meeting at Bentley Motors Ltd.  He had not discussed this application, nor was he going to discuss planning at the meeting.

With regard to agenda item number 14, Councillor S Edgar declared that, as he had made up his mind and had previously spoken against the application, he would leave the meeting prior to consideration of this item.

All Members of the Committee declared that they had received email correspondence with regard to application number 16/3664N.

With regard to application number 16/2645C, Councillor G Merry declared that she was a member of Sandbach Town Council, which had been consulted on the application.  She had not discussed this application and had kept an open mind.

Councillor G Merry also declared that she had received email correspondence with regard to application number 16/2010N.

With regard to application numbers 16/2993N and 16/4736C, Councillor J Hammond, who was in attendance at the meeting, declared that he was a member of Haslington Parish Council, which had been consulted on the applications.

With regard to application numbers 16/2993N and 16/4736C, Councillor D Hough, who was in attendance at the meeting, declared that he was a member of Alsager Town Council, which had been consulted on the applications.  In addition, he declared that he was a Director of Transport Service Solutions Ltd.