(Assistant to the Chief Executive) To declare interests in any item on this agenda.
Minutes:
(a) Pursuant to the Council’s Code of Member Conduct, Councillor E Webster declared an interest in agenda item 10, Adoption of Standard Caravan Site Licence Conditions for Permanent Residential Sites, by virtue of having family connections with Park Homes sites in the District. The Councillor had determined that her interest was pecuniary and would leave the meeting for the consideration of the issue.
(b) Pursuant to the Council’s Code of Member Conduct, Councillors K Avey, W Breare-Hall and T Church declared an interest in agenda item 11, Consultation Update and Timetable – St John’s Road (Epping) Area Development and Design Brief, by virtue of being a member of Epping Town Council. The Councillors had determined that their interest was non-pecuniary and would remain in the meeting for the consideration of the issue.
(c) Pursuant to the Council’s Code of Member Conduct, Councillor C Whitbread declared an interest in agenda item 11, Consultation Update and Timetable – St John’s Road (Epping) Area Development and Design Brief, by virtue of being a resident of Epping. The Councillor had determined that his interest was non-pecuniary and would remain in the meeting for the consideration of the issue. In addition, the Councillor gave the following personal statement:
“There are a number of questions relating to this site this evening and these refer in part to the question of a supermarket being built there. I wish to state that:
(a) in my own response as a local resident to the public consultation, I stated that I was opposed to the provision of a supermarket;
(b) my view has always been that the approved development brief should achieve the twin goals of revitalising the High Street economy and preserving its essential character;
(c) it has never been my view that maximising the financial return on the Council’s landholding in that area should be the only objective of the Authority, community benefits are equally important in my mind; and
(d) the decision as to whether a supermarket or indeed any other form of development will form part of the brief is not mine as Leader of the Council but one for the whole Council.”
(d) Pursuant to the Council’s Code of Member Conduct, Councillor J M Whitehouse declared an interest in agenda item 11, Consultation Update and Timetable – St John’s Road (Epping) Area Development and Design Brief, by virtue of being a resident of St John’s Road. The Councillor had determined that his interest was non-pecuniary and would remain in the meeting for the consideration of the issue.
(e) Pursuant to the Council’s Code of Member Conduct, Councillor J M Whitehouse declared an interest in agenda item 12, Council Housebuilding Programme – List of Potential Development Sites, by virtue of being a tenant for a Council-owned garage. The Councillor had determined that their interest was non-pecuniary and would remain in the meeting for the consideration of the issue.
(f) Pursuant to the Council’s Officer Code of Conduct, I Willett declared an interest in agenda item 12, Council Housebuilding Programme – List of Potential Development Sites, by virtue of being a tenant for a Council-owned garage. The Officer had determined that his interest was non-pecuniary and would remain in the meeting for the consideration of the issue.