Declarations of interest
A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:
(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and
(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.
A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.
Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct
Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Chair identified that an objection to the application had been submitted on behalf of the Tottenham Labour Party. Cllrs Akwasi-Ayisi, Basu, Bevan, Carroll, Gunes, Mallett and Rice individually confirmed their membership of the Tottenham Labour Party but declared that none of them had been party to discussions on the application and/or contributed to the submission of the subsequent objection.
One of the objectors to the application alleged that a number of Planning Committee Members had previously expressed views in support of the provision of housing on the St Ann’s site. The Legal Officer advised that the Localism Act allowed for Planning Committee Members to hold a view on an application provided they retained an open mind in determining the application based on its merits. It was identified that no Member of the Committee had made a declaration on holding a predetermined view of the application.