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 interests of openness, the following declarations were made:

·         Councillor Browne declared that with regard to application 22/2353M, he had called in this application, but had retained an open mind and not formed a view and with regard to application 22/2111M one of the applicants is known to him, through a mutual friend, but had not discussed the application with them and had retained an open mind.

·         Councillor Gardiner declared that with regard to planning application 22/2347M, he had had communications with Mr D Malcom, Head of Planning, following an urgent action that had been raised with the appropriate legal officer.

·         Councillor Wilson declared that with regard to application 22/1223M she was previously a member of Macclesfield Town Council Planning Committee when this application was discussed on 29^th April 2022 and 17^th March 2023 when the Town Council objected to the application.  Councillor Wilson did not speak against this application, but  in order to avoid any perception of pre-determination she would leave the room when this application was discussed.

·         Councillor D Edwardes also declared that he was previously a member of Macclesfield Town Council when application 22/1223M was discussed on 29^th April 2022 and 17^th March 2023 and would also leave the room when the application was discussed to avoid any perception of pre-determination.