Declarations of interest

Declarations of interest

 Declarations

Meeting:  Tuesday 15 August 2023 6.00 pm - Planning - Oxford City Planning Committee

3. 23/00405/OUTFUL: Land at Blackbird Leys Road and Knight's Road, Oxford

  • Councillor Alex Hollingsworth - Personal - Councillor Hollingsworth declared that until May 2023 he had been the Cabinet Member for Planning and Housing Delivery. In this capacity he had had partial responsibility for the scheme and held a substantial number of day to day discussions about the details of the scheme, including elements which were within the planning application. As this gave rise to a potential public perception of pre-determination, Councillor Hollingsworth declared that he would leave the meeting room whilst the application was considered and would not participate in determining it.

Meeting:  Tuesday 21 November 2023 6.00 pm - Planning - Oxford City Planning Committee

3. 23/00693/FUL: Site of 6-25 Pusey Lane and 19-21 St John Street, Oxford

  • Councillor Alex Hollingsworth - Confirm: no interest, no bias - Councillor Hollingsworth declared that as a ward councillor for the area he had, before the applications were submitted, spoken to a number of residents at their request and advised them on the process for commenting on the planning applications. Councillor Hollingsworth declared that he had formed no judgement or expressed any opinion on the proposals and would listen to all the arguments and weigh up all the relevant facts before coming to a decision on them.

Meeting:  Tuesday 21 November 2023 6.00 pm - Planning - Oxford City Planning Committee

4. 23/00694/LBC: site of 6-25 Pusey Lane and 19-21 St John Street, Oxford

  • Councillor Alex Hollingsworth - Confirm: no interest, no bias - Councillor Hollingsworth declared that as a ward councillor for the area he had, before the applications were submitted, spoken to a number of residents at their request and advised them on the process for commenting on the planning applications. Councillor Hollingsworth declared that he had formed no judgement or expressed any opinion on the proposals and would listen to all the arguments and weigh up all the relevant facts before coming to a decision on them.
  • Councillor Alex Hollingsworth - Confirm: no interest, no bias - Councillor Chapman declared that he had visited an acquaintance who lived in St John’s Street and had viewed the application site but had not discussed the application with them. Councillor Chapman declared that he had formed no judgement on the proposals and would listen to all the arguments and weigh up all the relevant facts before coming to a decision on them.

Meeting:  Tuesday 12 December 2023 6.00 pm - Planning - Oxford City Planning Committee

3. 23/02166/FUL: BMW UK Manufacturing Ltd, Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 6NL

  • Councillor Alex Hollingsworth - Confirm: no interest, no bias - Councillor Hollingsworth declared that he rented an office within a building on Transport Way. Councillor Hollingsworth stated that he was declaring this for transparency reasons as Transport Way was referred to within the officer’s report for the first item.

Meeting:  Tuesday 23 January 2024 6.00 pm - Planning - Oxford City Planning Committee

7. 23/02342/FUL: 34 Canal Street, Oxford OX2 6BQ

  • Councillor Alex Hollingsworth - Personal and Prejudicial - Councillor Hollingsworth declared that he was the owner of the property which was the subject of the application and stated that he would leave the meeting room whilst the application was considered and would not participate in determining it.