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 John Bevan declared an interest in relation to Item 9, HGY/2022/0664 – 175 Willoughby Lane, London N17 0RX, as he had commented on the scheme during the consultation period. He noted that these were observations and had not been made in his role as a ward councillor. It was clarified that he would be considering the item with an open mind and would take part in the discussion and voting on the item.