Agenda item

The Mayor referred to the fact that councillors may have received lobbying emails and leaflets from the Campaign to Protect Rural England and the South and East Leicestershire Action Group in relation to item 6.3 on the agenda, the Leicester and Leicestershire Strategic Growth Plan, and in particular the proposed A46 expressway.  The Mayor advised that if any councillor felt that they did not have an open mind on the matter then they should declare that and not take part in consideration of that agenda item.

The following disclosures of pecuniary and personal interests were made:

(i)            by Councillor Bentley – personal interests in items 6.3, Leicester and Leicestershire Strategic Growth Plan, and 8B, To Update the Council on the Current Situation regarding Local Government in Leicestershire, as a member of Leicestershire County Council;

(ii)          by Councillor Fryer – personal interests in items 6.3, Leicester and Leicestershire Strategic Growth Plan, and 8B, To Update the Council on the Current Situation regarding Local Government in Leicestershire, as a member of Leicestershire County Council;

(iii)         by Councillor Grimley – a personal interest in item 6.3, Leicester and Leicestershire Strategic Growth Plan, as he represented an area that would be affected by the Plan and had received representations from parish councils and parish meetings in his ward and interested local groups; he had expressed concerns about the proposals but would listen to the debate and had an open mind;

(iv)         by Councillor Miah – personal interests in items 6.1, Capital Plan Amendment Report, 6.3, Leicester and Leicestershire Strategic Growth Plan, and 8B, To Update the Council on the Current Situation regarding Local Government in Leicestershire, as a member of Leicestershire County Council;

(v)          by Councillor Parton – personal interests in items 6.1, Capital Plan Amendment Report, 6.3, Leicester and Leicestershire Strategic Growth Plan, and 8B, To Update the Council on the Current Situation regarding Local Government in Leicestershire, as a member of Leicestershire County Council, and a personal interest in item 10.5, Loughborough Town Centre Initiatives to Encourage Retail Health, as a member of the Loughborough Town Team appointed by Leicestershire County Council;

(vi)         by Councillor Poland – personal interests in items 6.3, Leicester and Leicestershire Strategic Growth Plan, and 8B, To Update the Council on the Current Situation regarding Local Government in Leicestershire, as a member of Leicestershire County Council;

(vii)        by Councillor Rollings – a personal interest leading to bias in item 6.3, Leicester and Leicestershire Strategic Growth Plan, as two clients of the firm that he worked for had made representations on the Plan; although he had not been directly involved he would withdraw during the consideration of the item;

(viii)       by Councillor Seaton – personal interests in items 6.3, Leicester and Leicestershire Strategic Growth Plan, and 8B, To Update the Council on the Current Situation regarding Local Government in Leicestershire, as a member of Leicestershire County Council;

(ix)         by Councillor Shepherd – personal interests in items 6.3, Leicester and Leicestershire Strategic Growth Plan, and 8B, To Update the Council on the Current Situation regarding Local Government in Leicestershire, as a member of Leicestershire County Council;

(x)          by Councillor Taylor – personal interests in items 6.3, Leicester and Leicestershire Strategic Growth Plan, and 8B, To Update the Council on the Current Situation regarding Local Government in Leicestershire, as a member of Leicestershire County Council.