Code of Conduct - Declarations of Interest/Pre-Determination
To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests and for Members to declare if they have pre-determined any item on the agenda.
Minutes:
Councillor B Dykes declared a personal interest in respect of application number 09/4086N on the grounds that he was a member of Bunbury Parish Council, which had been consulted on the proposed development. In accordance with the code of conduct, he remained in the meeting during consideration of this item.
Councillor G Merry declared a personal interest in respect of application number 09/3921C on the grounds that she was a member of Sandbach Town Council, which had been consulted on the proposed development. Councillor Merry also declared a personal interest in respect of this application on the grounds that Mrs C Lowe, who addressed the Committee on this matter, was also a member of Sandbach Town Council. In accordance with the code of conduct, Councillor Merry remained in the meeting during consideration of this item.
Councillor S Jones declared that in calling in application number 09/3490C she had expressed an opinion and therefore fettered her discretion. Councillor Jones exercised her separate speaking rights as a Ward Councillor and withdrew from the meeting during consideration of this item. Councillor Jones also declared a personal interest in respect of the application on the grounds that she was a member of Alsager Town Council, which had been consulted on the proposed development.