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 pre-determined any item on the agenda.
Minutes:
In the interest of openness and transparency:
· in respect of application 20/1769C, Councillor Suzie Akers-Smith declared that as she was the Member who had called in this application, she would leave the virtual meeting prior to consideration of the application on the grounds of predetermination; and
· in respect of applications 20/0921C and 20/0920C, Councillor John Wray noted one of the speakers registered to speak on both applications shared the same surname as him, however the speaker was not known to him in anyway.
Committee Members acknowledged receipt of correspondence via email directly relating to one of the applications ahead of the meeting.