Issue - meetings

A member with a personal interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered must disclose to that meeting the existence and nature of that interest at the commencement of that consideration, or when the interest becomes apparent.

A member with a personal interest in a matter also has a prejudicial interest in that matter if the interest is one which a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard as so significant that it is likely to prejudice the member's judgment of the public interest and if this interest affects their financial position or the financial position of a person or body as described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct and/orif it relates to the determining of any approval, consent, licence, permission or registration in relation to them or any person or body described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct.

The Monitoring Officer advised that in relation to Motion C it would be reasonable for members of both Licensing and Planning Committees to contribute to the debate if they so wished. However members of these Committees were advised that if they did speak they should refrain from either expressing any view on related outstanding licensing or planning applications or from making any comments that might suggest that they had already formed a settled view on any such outstanding applications.

Councillor Davies declared a personal interest in items 11 & 13 – questions and reports of Committees, as he worked for Shelter.