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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 as 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.  She said that she 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.

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Councillor Chapman stated that as the ward councillor for Headington Hill and Northway he had been contacted by local residents but that he had expressed no view on the application and had not made his mind up on the matter and approached it with an open mind.

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Councillor Pegg stated that she worked for The Wildlife Trusts and that, whilst she was aware that BBOWT (Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust) had commented on the application, she had not been involved in that and she had not made her mind up on the matter, and approached it with an open mind.