To declare interests in any item on the agenda.
Minutes:
(a) Pursuant to the Council’s Code of Member Conduct Councillor S Kane declared a prejudicial interest in item 4 – EPF/2503/19, Land North of Dowding Way, Waltham Abbey and in the interests of transparency he noted that complaints had been made about comments he had made on this application and that he may have predetermined this application. In light of this he had decided that he was not able to speak on the application or vote and therefore he would leave the meeting for the consideration of the application and voting.
(b) Pursuant to the Council’s Code of Member Conduct Councillor S Heap declared a prejudicial interest in item 4 – EPF/2503/19, Land North of Dowding Way, Waltham Abbey and in the interests of transparency he noted that he too had complaints made about comments he had made on this application and that he may have predetermined this application. In light of this he had decided that he was not able to speak on the application or vote and therefore he would leave the meeting for the consideration of the application and voting.
(c) Pursuant to the Council’s Code of Member Conduct, Councillor S Murray declared a non-pecuniary and non-prejudicial interest on items 4, EPF/2503/19 - Land North of Dowding Way, Waltham Abbey, by virtue of being a member of the Epping Forest Heritage Trust. He noted that he had taken no part in any discussion regarding the application and would remain in the meeting for the consideration of the application and voting.
(d) Pursuant to the Council’s Code of Member Conduct, Councillor Jon Whitehouse declared a non-pecuniary and non-prejudicial interest on items 4, EPF/2503/19 - Land North of Dowding Way, Waltham Abbey, by virtue of being a member of the Epping Forest Heritage Trust. He noted that he would remain in the meeting for the consideration of the application and voting.
(e) Pursuant to the Council’s Code of Member Conduct Councillor T Matthews declared a non-prejudicial interest in item 4 – EPF/2503/19 Land North of Dowding Way, Waltham Abbey and in the interests of transparency he noted that complaints had been made about him which suggested that he had pre-determined this application. But contrary to the complaint he had not made any comments either privately or publicly about the application and had only followed a ‘facebook’ group opposing the application so he could gauge the public feeling around the application. He confirmed that he had an open mind on the merits of the application and would only decide once he had heard all comments made during the meeting and would remain in the meeting for the consideration of the application and voting.
(f) Pursuant to the Council’s Code of Member Conduct, Councillors D Wixley and Janet Whitehouse declared a non-pecuniary and non-prejudicial interests on items 4, EPF/2503/19 - Land North of Dowding Way, Waltham Abbey, by virtue of being ordinary members of the Epping Forest Heritage Trust. They noted that they had taken no part in any discussion regarding the application and would remain in the meeting for the consideration of the application and voting.
(g) Pursuant to the Council’s Code of Member Conduct, Councillor D Dorrell declared two non-pecuniary and non-prejudicial interest on items 4, EPF/2503/19 - Land North of Dowding Way, Waltham Abbey. Firstly, he noted that by living near this site he had been kept informed and consulted during this period and that he considered this not to be a prejudicial or pecuniary interest. Also, he noted that complaints had been made against him regarding comments he had made about the application; his view was that he had engaged but not endorsed certain views and confirmed that he had an open mind about the merits of the application. He had voted against it at DDMC but there were now significant changes to the application and he would decide how he would vote only once he had heard all the comments made in the discussion this evening and would remain in the meeting for the consideration of the application and voting.