Minutes:
Councillor L Brown declared an interest in Item 5a, as a Local Member who would be speaking on the item and therefore would take no part in the debate or decision making. The Solicitor - Planning and Development, N Carter explained that he had spoken to Councillor L Brown in respect of Item 5b as she had noted she was a Trustee of the City of Durham Trust, with the Trust having put forward representations in respect of that application. However, she had not taken part in any discussion of the application with Trustees. The Solicitor - Planning and Development added he did not consider that the Trust’s consultation response was such as to preclude the Member taking part in the decision to be made and therefore Councillor L Brown could debate and take part in the decision on Item 5b.