Agenda item

Members are invited to disclose any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Other Significant Interests in accordance with the Member Code of Conduct.  Guidance on this is set out in agenda item 4.

Disclosable pecuniary interests

There were none.

Other significant interests (OSIs)

Councillor Etheridge referred to planning application MC/19/1708 – 18 Broom Hill Road and land to rear, Strood, Rochester ME2 3LE and informed the Committee that as he was a member of the same Association as a neighbour, he would withdraw from the meeting for the consideration and determination of the planning application.

Councillor Gulvin referred to the following planning applications and advised that he would withdraw from the meeting for the consideration and determination of the planning applications for the reasons stated:

Planning application MC/19/1922 – Deangate Golf Club, Dux Court Road, Hoo St Werburgh, Rochester – on the basis that this land fell within the remit of his Portfolio.

Planning application MC/19/3104 – Garages adjacent to Lynsted Road, Twydall Gillingham – on the basis that as a member of the Council’s Cabinet, he had been party to the decision to release this land for housing and the Council was the applicant.

Planning application – MC/19/3107 – Site adjacent to Woodchurch Crescent, Twydall, Gillingham -  on the basis that as a member of the Council’s Cabinet, he had been party to the decision to release this land for housing and the Council was the applicant.

Planning application – MC/19/3106 – Site adjacent to Eastcourt Green, Twydall, Gillingham - on the basis that as a member of the Council’s Cabinet, he had been party to the decision to release this land for housing and the Council was the applicant.

Councillor Potter referred to the following planning applications and advised that he would withdraw from the meeting for the consideration and determination of the planning applications for the reasons stated:

Planning application MC/19/3104 – Garages adjacent to Lynsted Road, Twydall Gillingham – on the basis that as a member of the Council’s Cabinet, he had been party to the decision to release this land for housing and the Council was the applicant.

Planning application – MC/19/3107 – Site adjacent to Woodchurch Crescent, Twydall, Gillingham -  on the basis that as a member of the Council’s Cabinet, he had been party to the decision to release this land for housing and the Council was the applicant.

Planning application – MC/19/3106 – Site adjacent to Eastcourt Green, Twydall, Gillingham - on the basis that as a member of the Council’s Cabinet, he had been party to the decision to release this land for housing and the Council was the applicant.

Councillor Tranter referred to planning application MC/19/2535 – 120 Maidstone Road, Chatham ME4 6DQ and informed the Committee that as a friend lives in close proximity to the application site he would withdraw from the meeting for the consideration and determination of this planning application.

Other interests

There were none.

A Member referred to planning application MC/19/1708 – 18 Broom Hill Road and land to rear, Strood, Rochester and questioned whether it would be appropriate for any other members of the same Association to declare an interest and leave the meeting for consideration of this particular planning application. In response, the Legal Advisor informed the Committee that it was for each Member to determine whether they considered they had an interest to declare.