21/02431/FUL and 21/02432/LBC

Councillor Cook stated that as a member and trustee of the Oxford Preservation Trust and of the Oxford Civic Society, he had taken no part in those organisations’ discussions regarding the applications before the Committee.  He had also been a signatory to the call-in.  Councillor Cook said that he 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 Upton stated that as a member and trustee of the Oxford Preservation Trust, she had taken no part in that organisation’s discussions regarding the applications before the Committee.  Councillor Upton said 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 as a signatory to the call-in, and a member of Oxford YIMBY which campaigned on housing matters and which had not commented on the applications, he 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 Fouweather stated that he had been a signatory to the call-in but 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.