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 pre-determined any item on the agenda.
Minutes:
The following declarations were made in the interests of openness:
With regard to application number 13/0493N, Councillor S Davies declared that he had raised money for the applicant’s charity when he was Mayor of Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council. In accordance with the code of conduct, Councillor Davies withdrew from the meeting during consideration of this item.
With regard to application number 13/1864N, Councillor S Davies declared that he knew the applicant. In accordance with the code of conduct, Councillor Davies withdrew from the meeting during consideration of this item.
Councillor P Butterill declared that she had received correspondence regarding application number 12/4741N. Councillor Butterill also declared that she was a member of Nantwich Town Council, which had been consulted on the proposed development, and a member of Nantwich Civic Society, but that she had not taken part in any discussions in respect of the application and had not made comments on it.
Councillor A Thwaite declared that he had received correspondence regarding application numbers 13/0493N and 13/0616N.
With regard to application number 13/1688N, Councillor A Thwaite declared that he had previously had a close working relationship with the applicant, and that he would withdraw from the meeting during consideration of this item.
With regard to application numbers 12/4741N and 13/1843N, Councillor D Marren declared that he was a member of Nantwich Town Council, but that he had not taken part in any discussions in respect of the applications and had not made comments on them.
With regard to application number 12/4741N, Councillor P Groves declared that he considered he had pre-determined the application. Councillor Groves declared that he would exercise his separate speaking rights as a Councillor and withdraw from the meeting during consideration of this item.
With regard to application number 13/0003N, Councillor P Groves declared that he had been appointed as a Council representative on the Board of Wulvern Housing and that he had taken part in a discussion regarding housing in the area. Councillor Groves declared that he would withdraw from the meeting during consideration of this item.
Councillor G Merry declared that she had received correspondence regarding application number 13/0616N.
With regard to application number 12/4741N, Councillor A Moran, who was in attendance at the meeting, declared that he was a member of Nantwich Town Council and that he had discussed the application.
With regard to application number 12/4741N, Councillor A Martin, who was in attendance at the meeting, declared that he was a member of Nantwich Town Council and that he had discussed the application.
With regard to application number 13/0003N, Councillor S Hogben, who was in attendance at the meeting, declared that he was a member of Shavington-cum-Gresty Parish Council.
With regard to application number 13/0493N, Councillor J Hammond, who was in attendance at the meeting, declared that he was a member of Haslington Parish Council.
With regard to application number 13/1688N, Julie Zientek, Democratic Services Officer, declared that the applicant was a former Congleton Borough Council colleague, with whom she had worked in the past.