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 pre-determined any item on the agenda.

The following declarations were made in the interests of openness:

With regard to application number 13/1064C, Councillor A Kolker declared that the site was in his Ward and that he had received emails, but that he had kept an open mind.

With regard to application number 12/4318C, Councillor A Kolker declared that the site was in his Ward and the village where he lived, but that he had not discussed the application and had kept an open mind.

With regard to application number12/4326C, Councillor A Kolker declared that he had attended meetings with the applicant and planning officers.  He had fettered his discretion and would withdraw from the meeting during consideration of this item.

Councillor P Butterill declared that she was a member of Nantwich Town Council and a member of Nantwich Civic Society.

With regard to application number 13/0762N, Councillor J Clowes declared that she had called in the application on the basis of concerns raised by the parish council and local residents, and that the wording of her call in request in the officer’s report did not reflect her own views. She had kept an open mind and would consider the application on its merits, having heard the debate and all the information.

With regard to application number 11/3349C, Councillor S Jones, who was in attendance at the meeting, declared that she was acquainted with the applicant and was a member of Alsager Town Council.

With regard to application number 11/3349C, Councillor D Hough, who was in attendance at the meeting, declared that he was acquainted with the applicant and one of the objectors, and that a member of his family was a friend of the applicant’s daughter.  After exercising his speaking rights as a Ward Councillor, he would withdraw from the meeting during consideration of this item.