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 18/2456N, Councillor S Davies declared that he had not taken part in the Licensing Act Sub-Committee meeting which had considered the applicant’s application for a premises licence.  He knew one of the public speakers and he had called in the application on behalf of the parish council. He would exercise his separate speaking rights as a Ward Councillor and not take part in the debate or vote.

With regard to application number 18/1250N, Councillor S Edgar declared that he had spoken to the applicants and that he would not take part in the debate or vote.

All Members of the Committee declared that they had received email correspondence with regard to application number 18/2344C.

With regard to application number 18/0356C, Councillor R Bailey declared that, following previous consideration of this application by the Southern Planning Committee, she had attended a parish council meeting at which the process had been discussed but not the merits of the application, and that she had kept an open mind.

Councillor J Wray declared that he had received email correspondence with regard to application number 18/2456N.

With regard to application number 18/2344C, Councillor G Merry declared that the application site was in a neighbouring ward and that she was a member of Sandbach Town Council but did not attend the planning committee meetings.  She had not discussed the application and had kept an open mind.

Councillor J Weatherill declared that she had received email correspondence with regard to application number 18/2456N but that she had not made up her mind with respect to the application.