Councillors Cook and Upton stated that as Council appointed trustees for the Oxford Preservation Trust and as members of the Oxford Civic Society, neither had taken part in those organisations’ discussions or decision making regarding any of the applications before the Committee and that they were approaching the applications with an open mind, would listen to all the arguments and weigh up all the relevant facts before coming to a decision.

18/003325/FUL and 18/03326/LBC

Councillor Donnelly stated that as ward member he had been involved in discussions regarding the previous planning application for the Old Toll House but he had had no discussions in relation to the current applications and so, for the avoidance of doubt, he declared he would be approaching the applications with an open mind.