Minutes:
Councillor Freeman informed the meeting that he was a Member of the City of Durham Parish Council who had commented on the application to be considered but he was not a Member of the Planning Committee and had no input to their response to the application. The City of Durham Trust had also commented on the application, and while a Member of the City of Durham Trust, he was not a Trustee and again had no input to their response.
Councillor C Marshall informed the Committee that he had previous involvement with the application in his former role as a Cabinet Member in the development of the County Durham Plan but had no pre-determined views on the application. Councillor K Shaw declared the same interest as Councillor Marshall as a former Cabinet Member.
The Chair informed the Committee that Councillor C Fletcher had declared an interest and once she had spoken on the application as a local Member she would leave the meeting and take no part in the debate.