Issue - meetings

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

Councillor Luke Cawley-Harrison noted that he would be speaking as a ward councillor in relation to item 8, HGY/2021/2718 - Stanhope Road Bridge, Stanhope Road, N6 5DE. He confirmed that he would not be taking part in the discussion or voting on this item and would leave the room after his submission, whilst the application was being discussed.