Declarations of Interest/Pre Determination
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 a pre-determination in respect of any item on the agenda.
Minutes:
In the interest of openness in respect of application 18/3348N, Councillor D Hough declared that he had spoken at the Local Plan enquiry regarding the total employment allocation for Alsager, however the site under discussion had been carried over from the Crewe and Nantwich Local Plan. He had spoken to Councillor R Fletcher in respect of whether or not he should speak at the meeting as well as with the Vice Chairman of the Alsager Neighbourhood Plan who had sent in her comments as a resident rather than as a member of the Neighbourhood Plan group. He had not discussed the application or given his opinion at any of those meetings. He had attended the joint CCC Ward Member Neighbourhood Plan meeting with Adrian Fisher, however he had not taken part in any debate on the application with the Town Council and therefore felt able to take part in the debate on the application.
In the interest of openness in respect of application 18/1369N, Councillor B Roberts declared that he was a Member of Crewe Town Council, however he had not attended any planning meetings of the Town Council in respect of the application.
In the interest of openness in respect of application 18/4156C, Councillor G Merry declared she was a Member of Sandbach Town Council, however she had not attended any planning meetings of the Town Council and had not discussed the application.
In the interest of openness in respect of application 18/4449C, Councillor D Brown declared that he was a Member of Congleton Town Council and had attended Planning meetings of the Town Council but had not taken part in any of the debates.
It was noted that all Members had received correspondence in respect of application 18/1369N.