Issue - meetings

Members are reminded of their obligation under the Council’s Code of Conduct to disclose any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and Other Significant Interests in any matter(s) to be considered or being considered at the meeting. These are explained in the Code of Conduct on the Council’s website at Code of conduct for members – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council (tmbc.gov.uk).

Members in any doubt about such declarations are advised to contact Legal or Democratic Services in advance of the meeting.

For reasons of transparency, Councillor Mrs M Tatton advised that she was the Parish Clerk for Teston Parish Council who were one of the consultees on application TM/22/01570/OA (Land North East and South of 161 Wateringbury Road).  However, as she had not been involved in any decision making regarding the Parish Council’s response, this did not represent either a Disclosable Pecuniary or Other Significant Interest and there was no requirement for her to withdraw from the meeting or to not participate in the debate. 

Councillors Mrs M Tatton and Councillor R Roud advised that they had no involvement in the statement submitted on behalf of East Malling and Larkfield Parish Council in respect of application TM/22/01570/OA (Land North East and South of 161 Wateringbury Road) and that they had no sight of the report prior to its publication.