Agenda item

Members and Officers are invited to make any declarations of pecuniary, personal and/or prejudicial interests that they may have in relation to items on this agenda, and are reminded that they should re-declare their interest before consideration of the item or as soon as the interest becomes apparent.

Members and Officers should make their declaration by stating:

a)  the item they have the interest in

b)  whether it is a pecuniary, personal and/or prejudicial interest

c)  the nature of the interest

d) if it is a pecuniary or prejudicial interest, whether they will be exercising their right to speak under Question Time

            Councillor Smith declared a Pecuniary Interest in Agenda Item 9 [Financial Support to the Leisure Operating Contract] as although he was not part of the operating team, he was an employee of Freedom Leisure.  Councillor Smith confirmed that he would make a request to be placed in the Waiting Room for this item [in line with Virtual Meeting Procedure Rules] and so would not take part in any of the debate or vote on this item.

            Councillor Coster declared interests in the following agenda items:

·           Item 11 [Standards Committee – 20 February 2020 – Minute 465 – Register of Assessments of Complaints Against Councillors as he had been involved in some of the complaints listed in this report.  This was a Personal Interest.

·           Item 12 [Development Control Committee – 8 January 2020 – Minute 355 [AW/237/19/PL The Former Ship Inn, Aldwick Street, Aldwick] – this was a Personal Interest

·           Item 34 [Bognor Regis Regeneration Sub-Committee – 17 June 2020 in relation to Minute 6 – Update on Options for the Redevelopment of the Regis Centre Area – this was a Personal Interest as a Member of the Bognor Regis Civic Society

·           Item 18 [Development Control Committee – 5 February 2020 – Minute 419 – M/80/10/PL Former Poultry Farm, Land West of Yapton Road, Middleton on Sea – this was a Pecuniary Interest and Councillor Coster confirmed that he would make a request to leave the meeting by being placed in the Waiting Room if any discussion arose on this item.

            Councillor Dixon declared his Personal Interests in the following items:

·                  Item 17 [Bognor Regis Regeneration Sub-Committee – 4 February 2020]

·                  Item 26 – Cabinet – 9 March 2020 – Minute 499 (Public Realm Projects in Bognor Regis – The Sunken Gardens and Place St Maur]

·                  Item 34 – Bognor Regis Regeneration Sub-Committee – 17 June 2020 as he was a Member of the Bognor Regis Civic Society. 

            A Declaration of Interest Sheet had been circulated to the meeting setting out those Members who had made a declaration of their personal interest as a Member of a Town or Parish Councillor or a West Sussex County Councillor, as confirmed in their Register of Interest as these declarations could apply to any of the issues to be discussed at the meeting.  This table is set out below: