Agenda item

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DEFERRED pending receipt of drainage and hydraulic information  from the Phase 2 Flood Risk Assessment and further transportation, ecology and landscaping information, but minded to approve subject to the information contained therein being satisfactory to the Local Planning Authority.

DEFERRED pending receipt of drainage and hydraulic information  from the Phase 2 Flood Risk Assessment and further transportation, ecology and landscaping information, but minded to approve subject to the information contained therein being satisfactory to the Local Planning Authority.

Councillor JA Hockney (not a Committee member but in attendance as a non-voting Member of Council) declared a personal interest by virtue of his membership of Landbeach Parish Council.  He had not voted on the application   when it had been considered by that Council.

Councillor R Martlew declared a personal interest by virtue of his involvement in early negotiations with the Cambridge Sport Lakes Trust as a former Cambridgeshire County Councillor.

Councillor MJ Mason (not a Committee member but in attendance as a non-voting Member of Council) declared a personal interest as South Cambridgeshire District Council’s representative on the Old West and Waterbeach Internal Drainage Boards.

Councillor A Riley declared a personal interest by virtue of having a stepson who rows.

Councillor Mrs HM Smith informed the Committee that she had taken a close personal interest in the Cambridge Rowing Trust’s (now known as the Cambridge Sport Lakes Trust) 1992 application in respect of a larger site, submitting two letters outlining her concerns.  At no point had she expressed an opinion, either for or against, regarding that scheme.  Subsequent to that application receiving outline planning permission, Milton Parish Council appointed her as an observer at Cambridge Rowing Trust Board meetings in order to protect the public interest recognised in the Section 106 Legal Agreement which was never actually completed.  Mrs. Smith assured the Committee that she had not been involved in the Board’s decision-making process, and that she had no personal friends on the Board.  Her involvement with the Board had come to an end in 1999, when observers were no longer invited to attend Board meetings.  Councillor Mrs Smith declared a personal interest as a member of King’s College, and explained that, as an Undergraduate there, she had coxed a boat on the River Cam for three years, but had not been involved with rowing since then.  Councillor Mrs Smith declared a further personal interest by virtue of her membership of Milton Parish Council, and of contributing to that Council’s discussion about, but not the voting on, the current planning application, which she was now, in any event, considering afresh as a District Councillor.

Councillor RT Summerfield (not a Committee member but in attendance as a non-voting Member of Council) declared a personal interest by virtue of his membership of Milton Parish Council, and having been involved in the past in negotiations on behalf of South Cambridgeshire District Council.

Jane Coston, Chairman of Milton Parish Council, addressed the meeting, having declared a personal interest by virtue of her involvement with the application on behalf of both the Parish Council and, previously, as a Cambridgeshire County Councillor.

Councillor R Hall had not attended the Committee site visit on 4^th September 2006, and did not vote.

Councillor Mrs DP Roberts had not attended the Committee site visit on 4^th September 2006 and, accordingly, did not contribute to the debate and did not vote.