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 17/2586M, Councillor G Walton declared that attention had been drawn to the fact that one of the School Governors was a Parish Councillor with whom he was acquainted with by his attendance at the relevant Parish Council meetings albeit he declared that he had no prior knowledge of this fact and had had no conversations relating to the application.

In the interest of openness in respect of application 17/2610M, Councillor G Walton declared that he had called-in the application on behalf of the Parish Council and whilst he was acquainted with the applicant and one of the speakes, both of whom were Parish Councillors on the Parish Council he attended, he stated that he had not been party to any pre determination in relation to the application.

In the interest of openness in respect of applications 17/1977M and 17/2586M, Councillor C Browne declared that he had called in the application at the request of the Parish Council and whilst he had views he had retained an open mind.

In the interest of openness in respect of application 15/5637M, Councillor L Smetham declared that she had spoken on  a previous application relating to the site on behalf of Marton Parish Council, however she had retained an open mind in respect of this new application.

It was noted that the majority of Members had received correspondence in respect of applications 17/1052M and 17/2586M.