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 the interest of openness in respect of application 16/4136M, Councillor S Gardiner declared that he was known to all of the speakers by virtue of being a colleague of Mr Keppel-Garner and also having attended meetings with Mr Murren, the agent for the applicant and Mr Heywood, the applicant always being present with either an Officer of Cheshire East Council or an Officer of Knutsford Town Council.  He also recalled having attended and possibly voted when the application was first considered by Knutsford Town Council, however when the Town Council reconsidered the application at a meeting earlier in the week he chose not to use his vote in order for him to facilitate being able to speak and vote at the meeting today.  He did not believe his position had been prejudiced by these decisions.

In the interest of openness in respect of application 16/3539M, Councillor S Gardiner declared that he was known to Town Councillor K Edwards speaking on the application by the virtue of him being a former colleague at Cheshire East Council.  He was also known to the agent speaking on the application by virtue of the fact that he was a former work colleague.

In the interest of openness in respect of application 16/4552M, Councillor S Gardiner declared that he was known to the agent speaking on the application by virtue of the fact that he had worked with her on a number of cases in Knutsford as she used to work for a landowner there.

In the interest of openness in respect of application 16/4749C, Councillor S Gardiner declared that he was known to the objector speaking on the application as he was a former colleague at Cheshire East Council.

In the interest of openness in respect of application 16/4136M, Councillor T Dean declared that was known to all of the speakers by virtue of being a colleague of Mr Keppel-Garner and also having attended meetings with Mr Murren, the agent for the applicant and Mr Heywood, the applicant always being present with either an Officer of Cheshire East Council or an Officer of Knutsford Town Council.  He also recalled having attended a meeting when the application was first considered by Knutsford Town Council, however when the Town Council reconsidered the application at a meeting earlier in the week he chose not to use his vote in order for him to facilitate being able to speak and vote at the meeting today.  He did not believe his position had been prejudiced by these decisions.  In addition he declared that he was known to the two brothers who owned the company that owns the building but were not the applicants.  He confirmed that he had not discussed the application nor made any pre determination.

In the interest of openness in respect of application 16/4136M, Councillor M Warren declared that he was part of the Licensing Act Sub Committee that sat on 1 August 2016 which granted a premises licence to the old Sessions  ...  view the full minutes text for item 66