Issue - meetings

Councillor Brindle said that she was a Member of Boxley Parish Council, but she had not taken part in the Parish Council’s discussions regarding application 21/506322/FULL (Rose Cottage, Bearsted Road, Weavering, Maidstone, Kent) and intended to speak vote when it was considered.

Councillor Brindle said that she was a Trustee of the Vinters Valley Park Trust, appointed by the Borough Council.  However, she had not taken part in the submissions being made by the Trust in support of application 21/503615/FULL (Vinters Park Crematorium, Bearsted Road, Weavering, Maidstone, Kent), she did not have any knowledge of the contents of these submissions, and she did not have an Other Significant Interest in the proposed development.  She was coming to the meeting with an open mind and intended to speak and vote when the application was discussed.

Councillor Brindle said that she was a Member of Boxley Parish Council, but she had not taken part in the Parish Council’s discussions regarding application 21/506322/FULL (Rose Cottage, Bearsted Road, Weavering, Maidstone, Kent) and intended to speak vote when it was considered.

Councillor Springett said that since she had pre-determined application 21/503585/FULL (Land West of Church Road, Otham, Kent), she would not take part in the discussion or the voting when it was considered.  However, she did not believe that she had pre-determined application 21/503538/SUB (Land West of Church Road, Otham, Kent) and intended to speak and vote when it was considered.

Councillor Cuming said that he was a member of the Bearsted and Thurnham Society which had raised objections to application 21/503585/FULL (Land West of Church Road, Otham, Kent).  However, he had not taken part in the Society’s decision to raise objections and intended to speak and vote when the application was considered.

Councillor Cox said that he was the Chairman of the Vinters Valley Park Trust.  However, he did not consider that he had an Other Significant Interest in application 21/503615/FULL (Vinters Park Crematorium, Bearsted Road, Weavering, Maidstone, Kent), and he had not contributed to the representations to be made by Mr Lott on behalf of the Trust at this meeting.  He was not pre-determined and intended to speak and vote when the application was considered.

Councillor M Rose said that her colleague, Councillor Harper, would be speaking as a Visiting Member on the Church Road applications.  She had not discussed with him the content of his representations.

Councillor Spooner said that he was a Member of Bearsted Parish Council and a member of the Bearsted and Thurnham Society, both of which had raised objections to application 21/503585/FULL (Land West of Church Road, Otham, Kent).  However, he had taken no part in the formulation of those objections and intended to speak and vote when the application was considered.