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Councillor Cook stated that as a Council appointed trustee for the Oxford Preservation Trust and as a member of the Oxford Civic Society, he had taken no part in those organisations’ discussions or decision making regarding the applications before the Committee. He said that he was approaching all of the applications with an open mind, would listen to all the arguments and weigh up all the relevant facts before coming to a decision.

Councillor Upton stated that as a Council appointed trustee for the Oxford Preservation Trust and a member of the Oxford Civic Society, she had taken no part in those organisations’ discussions or decision making regarding the applications before the Committee and that she was 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.

Councillor Smowton stated that he was a member of the campaigning group Oxford YIMBY, but was not aware that the group had taken any stances on these applications and he was approaching the applications with an open mind.

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Councillor Upton stated that she had called the application in to committee but she had expressed no view on the application and had not made her mind up on the matter and approached it with an open mind.

Councillor Smowton stated that he intended to submit a personal planning application for the installation of photovoltaic plates at his own property and for that reason he would not take part in the consideration of the application before the committee and would leave the meeting.