Issue - meetings

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests and for Members to declare if they have made a pre-determination in respect of any item on the agenda.

Councillor Rachel Bailey declared a personal and prejudicial interest in application 09/2058C - Proposed New Football Pitches, Changing Accommodation, Car Parking, Access and Floodlighting, Land off Hind Heath Road, Sandbach, Cheshire for Cheshire East Council by virtue of the fact that she was a close friend of a neighbouring landowner, who she also had business dealings with and in accordance with the Code of Conduct she left the meeting prior to consideration of the application.

Councillor W J Macrae declared a pre-determination in respect of the same application on the basis of his involvement in the Cabinet decision which dealt with the purchase of the land involved in the application and in accordance with the Code of Conduct he did not speak or vote upon the application.

Councillor A J Knowles who was a visiting Councillor declared a pre-determination in respect of the same application on the basis that he had spoken at the Cabinet meeting which dealt with the purchase of the land involved in the application and in accordance with the Code of Conduct he exercised his right to speak on the application.

Councillor D Brown declared a pre-determination in respect of the same application as at the Cabinet meeting he spoke in support of selling the land involved in the application and in accordance with the Code of Conduct he did not speak or vote upon the application.

Councillor Mrs H M Gaddum stated that a number of Members on the Board including herself had received email from members of the public in relation to the same application.

Councillor B Moran declared that he had personally received three emails from people in relation to the same application.