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 outlined that the Legal Officer to the Committee had circulated an advisory note in advance of the meeting to members of the Committee and officers providing guidance on the making of declarations of interest including disclosable pecuniary and prejudicial interests in line with the Council’s Constitution. Members and officers were also advised for this application, in the interests of openness and transparency, to declare any personal interests.
The following declarations were made:
David Merson, Planning & Regeneration Specialist Lawyer: attended site visit with members on Saturday 5 December concluding at Lilywhite House. Lunch was provided and paid for by the Council. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (THFC) provided tea and coffee and, other than one member of the catering staff, no representative of THFC was present or addressed those members and officers present.
Emma Williamson, Head Development Management and Planning Enforcement: attended site visit as above and the NFL Wembley site visit facilitated by THFC. The cost of the tickets for that event were to be borne by the Council and THFC had invoiced the Council in that respect.
Neil McClellan, Majors Team Leader: West Ham season ticket holder, attended site visit and NFL game as detailed above.
Bob McIver, Head of Building Control: attended NFL game as detailed above.
Cllr Hare: attended site visit as detailed above
Cllr Ryan: supporter of Norwich City Football Club.
Cllr Carter: attended site visit as previously detailed.
Cllr Doron: supporter of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club but declared that it would not impact on his determination of the application.
Cllr Bevan: attended site visit and NFL Wembley site visit as previously detailed.
Cllr Basu: attended site visit as previously detailed
Cllr Patterson: attended site visit as previously detailed
Cllr Mallett: attended site visit as previously detailed
Cllr Weston: attended site visit as previously detailed
Cllr Carroll: attended site visit and NFL Wembley site visit as previously detailed.
Stephen Kelly, Assistant Director Planning: attended site visit and NFL Wembley site visit as previously detailed and a casual supporter of Arsenal Football Club.
Cllr Ahmet (Chair): attended site visit and NFL Wembley site visit as previously detailed and a casual supporter of Arsenal Football Club. Her live in partner is a Tottenham Hotspur member.