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.

The following declarations were made in the interests of openness:

All Members of the Committee declared that they had received email correspondence with regard to application numbers 17/1531M and 17/1676M.

Councillor G Walton declared that he had called in application number 17/1607M, which was in his Ward.  He would vacate the Chair in favour of the Vice-Chairman and exercise his separate speaking rights as the Ward Councillor, then withdraw from the meeting for the duration of the Committee’s consideration of this item.

With regard to application number 17/0346M, Councillor C Browne declared that he had called in the application at the request of the parish council.  He had taken part in discussions regarding the matter but had kept an open mind.

With regard to application number 17/1531M, Councillor N Mannion declared that he had been a member of the bowling club and had played on the site.  However, he had not played there since last summer and had not made up his mind.  Councillor Mannion also declared that he had been approached by some members of the public prior to the start of the meeting but that his discussion with them had not been related to planning matters.