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 interest of openness in respect of applications 16/3209C and 16/3840C, Councillor J Hammond declared that he was a Director of ANSA who were a consultee however he had not made any comments nor been in any discussions relating to the application. In addition he along with other Members of the Board had received correspondence in respect of most of the applications on the agenda.
In the interest of openness in respect of applications 16/3209C and 16/3840C, Councillor S Hogben declared that he was a Director of ANSA who were a consultee however he had not made any comments nor been in any discussions relating to the application.
In the interest of openness in respect of application 16/5850C, Councillor G Merry declared that she was a member of Sandbach Town Council but that she did not participate in any planning discussions. She also declared that one of the landowners involved in the application was known to her.
In the interest of openness in respect of application 16/3209, Councillor S McGrory before the application was submitted at a time when the application was under going pre- application advice he attended a presentation by the developer along with the Town Council. To the best of his knowledge all of the information available to the public and is on the website. He made it clear at the time of the presentation that he would offer no opinion or take part in any of the discussions and he left the presentation when the question and answer session took place. He had kept an open mind on this development and offered no opinion on the application.
In the interest of openness in respect of application 16/5850C, Councillor D Hough stated that he knew one of the people involved in the application.
In the interest of openness in respect of the urgent item of business relating to application 15/4888N, Councillor D Hough declared that he was a member of Alsager Town Council and whilst he did participate in planning meetings if there was a danger of an application coming to the Board he would play no part in consideration of an application. He had played no part in the urgent item, however he did know one of the speakers who had a great interest in the matter and had therefore contacted her directly to let her know that the item was going to be on the agenda.
In the interest of openness in respect of the urgent item of business relating to application 15/4888N, Councillor J Hammond declared that he was a member of Haslington Parish Council, however he had not made any comments nor been involved in any discussions relating to the application.