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 21/4490N, Councillor N Mannion declared that until May 2021 he was the Portfolio Holder at Cheshire East Council with responsibility for assets and therefore whilst he was aware of the proposals for such a development he had not been involved in the drafting of the planning application and was only aware of the details when he read the agenda.
In the interest of openness in respect of application 21/4434N, Councillor S Edgar declared he was the Ward Councillor for Haslington and the Parish Councillor for Weston & Basford Parish Council. He had attended a pre application meeting but had made no comments on the application or pre-determined it.
In the interest of openness in respect of application 20/5700C, Councillor S Edgar declared that he was a member of the Cheshire Brine Subsidence Compensation Board.
In the interest of openness in respect of applications 20/5700C, 21/4434N, 21/4490N and 21/2589M, Councillor S Edgar declared that he was a member of the Public Rights of Way Committee (PRoW) however he had not discussed the applications or made any comments on them.
In the interest of openness in respect of application 20/5700C, Councillor A Critchley declared he knew Councillor J Parry who was speaking on the application.
In the interest of openness in respect of application21/2589M, Councillor S Gardiner declared that whilst he did not know the agent speaking on the application, the speaker did work for a company he also used to be employed by and was a member of their pension scheme.
In the interest of openness in respect of application 21/4490N, Councillor P Redstone declared he had previously been involved in the PV industry but was no longer involved and he had no connection with the company connected to the application.
In the interest of openness in respect of application 20/5700C, Councillor S Akers Smith declared that she had met with Town Councillor G Orme who was speaking on the application the previous week but she had not discussed the application with him.
It was noted all Members had received correspondence in respect of application 21/4434N.