Agenda item

The minutes of the meeting held on 28 July were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

At this point the Chair welcomed Mr J McGargill, Highway Development Manager who had requested to make a short statement in relation to comments made by himself at the previous meeting.

The Highway Development Manager advised that he had made an error in a statement he made at the previous meeting, whereby he had stated that he had been accused of lying to the committee by the Local Member in relation to application DM/20/00669/FPA Land to the east of Mill Lane, Sherburn. He advised that upon reflection this was found to be inaccurate and it had in fact been a constituent who had made the accusation in an e mail sent to him by the local member. He had therefore apologised to the Local Member and felt it was also appropriate to apologise to both the Chair and the committee. He furthermore commented that his comments did not influence debate, nor the decision of the committee however, he did acknowledge that his comments were unnecessary and unprofessional.