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.

With regard to application number 13/2136C, Councillor R Bailey declared that she was a member of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), which was objecting to the application, but that she had not been contacted and had kept an open mind.  In addition, as a Ward Councillor, she had participated in discussions regarding a previous application.  Councillor Bailey also declared that the applicant and objectors had contacted her and that she had been present when Church Lawton Parish Council had considered the application but had not participated in the discussion.

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 13/2322N, Councillor P Groves declared that he had been appointed as a Council representative on the Board of Wulvern Housing but that he had not participated in the discussions at Wulvern Housing with respect to this application and therefore felt comfortable declaring his appointment to Wulvern, staying in the room and participating in the decision.

All Members of the Committee declared that they had received correspondence regarding application number 13/2501C.