Declarations of Interest/Pre-Determination
To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests and for Members to declare if they have pre-determined any item on the agenda.
Minutes:
The following declarations were made by Committee Members:
Councillor W T Beard: Personal and prejudicial interest in Agenda Item 10 (10/3824N – 8 Coppenhall Lane, Crewe) on the basis that he was a friend of the applicant and her husband, Councillor Roy Cartlidge.
Councillor Beard declared that in calling-in Application No. 10/3966N (agenda Item 13 – land adjoining 45 Holland Street and The Backlands, Crewe) he had formed an opinion and had, therefore, fettered his discretion. He exercised his separate speaking rights as a Ward Councillor and withdrew from the meeting during consideration of the item.
Councillor S Furlong: Personal and prejudicial interest in Agenda Item 8 (10/1269C – Bath Vale Works, Congleton) on the basis that she had supported an objector to the development. Having declared the interest, Councillor Furlong withdrew from the meeting during consideration of the item.
Councillors G Merry and M J Weatherill each declared a personal interest in Agenda Item 8 (10/1269C – Bath Vale Works, Congleton) as they were Members of Cheshire Fire Authority which had been consulted on the application.
Councillors G Merry, D N Bebbington, S Furlong, R Walker and M J Weatherill each reported that they had received correspondence from JASP Planning Consultancy in respect of the applications for Elworth Hall Farm, Sandbach.
Each Member of the Committee declared a personal interest in agenda item 10 (Application No. 10/3824N – 8 Coppenhall Lane, Crewe for Mrs Julie Cartlidge) on the basis that they were colleagues of Councillor Roy Cartlidge, the husband of the applicant.
The following declarations were made by visiting Councillors:
Councillor R Cartlidge: Personal and prejudicial interest in Agenda Item 10 (10/3824N – 8 Coppenhall Lane, Crewe) as he was the husband of the applicant.
Councillor P Mason: Personal interest in Agenda Item 8 ((10/1269C – Bath Vale Works, Congleton) on the basis that he was a Member of Congleton Town Council which had been consulted on the application.