To receive any declarations of interest

The Monitoring Officer confirmed that for all Members present at the meeting, any home property already disclosed on their register of interests was taken as having been declared as a personal interest on item 4, Adoption of the Borough Local Plan.

The following interests were also declared in relation to item 4, Adoption of the Borough Local Plan.

Councillor Price declared a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest as she was a member of the Maidenhead Golf Club.

Councillor Hill stated he owned property around the Nicholson’s site in Maidenhead and in Market Street and West Street, outside the development zone. He came to the meeting with an open mind.

Councillor Hilton stated he was on the Board of the council’s Joint Venture with CALA homes and Countryside.

Councillor Johnson stated he was on the Board of the council’s Joint Venture with CALA homes, Countryside and the golf course site in his role as Cabinet Member for Property. He also stated that his wife was a Director of Little Red Hen Nursery on Grove Business Park, as tenant of Sorbonne estates. The allocation had been superseded by planning consent granted in late 2020.

Councillor Hunt stated she owned property in Maidenhead.

Councillor Stimson stated she was on the Board of the council’s Joint Venture with CALA homes, in her role as Cabinet Member for Sustainability.

Councillor Tisi stated that before she had become a councillor she had campaigned against development on both AL22 and Al21. She approached the meeting with an open mind.

Councillor Clark stated he was a member of the Countryside Development Board and also had property interests around Maidenhead, although not adjacent to ant site in the borough Local Plan.

Councillor Rayner stated she was on the Board of the council’s Joint Venture with CALA homes and Countryside.

Councillor McWilliams stated, in respect of an interest on his register relating to his personal employment, that since his employers’ role was limited to communications consultancy and neither he nor his employer owned any of the sites in the plan nor would receive any financial benefit from the adoption, the Disclosable Pecuniary Interest on his register did not relate to the item under discussion. Since his employment had been a matter of recent public interest he had declared the interest. His employer did not permit him to work within the Royal Borough and the Monitoring Officer had had sight of his employment contract which limited his involvement.

Councillor Baldwin stated that he had a part interest in a property adjacent to the golf club but not within the development site.

Councillor Bond stated that he was a member of the committee at the Quaker Meeting House in West Street, Maidenhead which was in site AL5. It was a charity owned property.

Councillor Brar stated that before she had become a councillor she had campaigned against three sites.

Councillor Carroll stated that as the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Children’s Services, Health, Mental Health he was a Director of Optalis Ltd; Optalis had sites across the borough.