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 18/6313N, Councillor P Butterill declared that she had known the applicants for a long time and had made up her mind with respect to the application.  She would exercise her separate speaking rights as a Ward Councillor, leave the room and not take part in the debate or vote.

With regard to application number 18/6313N, Councillor A Gage declared that he believed that the applicants owned a nearby evening entertainment establishment (the Cheshire Cat), which he had frequented on occasion.  He had no personal relationship with the applicants and had not been approached by anyone about the application.