Agenda item

Declarations of Interest

To receive and note any declarations of disclosable pecuniary or prejudicial or personal interests in respect of any matters included on the agenda for consideration at this meeting.

(The personal interests of Councillors and Clerks of Somerset County Council, Town or Parish Councils and other Local Authorities will automatically be recorded in the minutes.)

Minutes:

Members present at the meeting declared the following personal interests in their capacity as a Councillor or Clerk of a County, Town or Parish Council or any other Local Authority:-

Name	Minute No.	Description of Interest	Reason	Action Taken
Cllr L Baker	All Items	Cheddon Fitzpaine & Taunton Charter Trustee	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr M Barr	All Items	Wellington	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr M Blaker	All Items	Wiveliscombe	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr P Bolton	All Items	Minehead	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr C Booth	All Items	Wellington and Taunton Charter Trustee	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr S Coles	All Items	SCC & Taunton Charter Trustee	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr C Ellis	All Items	Taunton Charter Trustee	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr C Herbert	All Items	Taunton Charter Trustee	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr Mrs Hill	All Items	Taunton Charter Trustee	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr R Lees	All Items	Taunton Charter Trustee	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr S Lees	All Items	Taunton Charter Trustee	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr M Lithgow	All Items	Wellington	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr D Mansell	All Items	Wiveliscombe	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr A Milne	All Items	Porlock	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr S Nicholls	All Items	Comeytrowe	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr C Palmer	All Items	Minehead	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr M Peters	All Items	Taunton Charter Trustee	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr P Pilkington	All Items	Timberscombe	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr H Prior-Sankey	All Items	SCC & Taunton Charter Trustee	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr M Rigby	All Items	SCC & Bishops Lydeard	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr F Smith	All Items	Taunton Charter Trustee	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr F Smith-Roberts	All Items	Taunton Charter Trustee	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr V Stock-Williams	All Items	Wellington	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr R Tully	All Items	West Monkton	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr A Wedderkopp	All Items	SCC & Taunton Charter Trustee	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr D Wedderkopp	All Items	Taunton Charter Trustee	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr B Weston	All Items	Taunton Charter Trustee	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr L Whetlor	All Items	Watchet	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr G Wren	All Items	Clerk to Milverton PC	Personal	Spoke and Voted

Councillor Pugsley declared a prejudicial interest in relation to Item 8 – Motion to Declare Somerset West and Taunton a Frack-Free Zone as a Member of the Planning Committee for Exmoor National Park Authority and declared that he would leave the Council Chamber for the duration of that item.

The Chair (Councillor Prior-Sankey) declared a personal interest in respect of Item 14 – Coal Orchard Development, as she was a worshipper at St. James Church.

Councillor Habgood declared a personal interest in relation to Item 8 – Motion to Declare Somerset West and Taunton a Frack-Free Zone as he was a volunteer with the Quantock Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and a Member of Quantock Eco.

Councillors Darch declared a personal interest in relation to Item 8 – Motion to Declare Somerset West and Taunton a Frack-Free Zone as she was a member of the Quantock AONB Joint Advisory Committee.

Councillor Kravis declared a personal interest in relation to Item 8 – Motion to Declare Somerset West and Taunton a Frack-Free Zone as he was a member of the Exmoor National Park Authority.

Councillor Pilkington declared a personal interest in relation to Item 8 – Motion to Declare Somerset West and Taunton a Frack-Free Zone as he was a member of the Exmoor National Park Authority.

Councillor Wren declared a personal interest in relation to Item 8 – Motion to Declare Somerset West and Taunton a Frack-Free Zone as he was a member of the Quantock AONB Joint Advisory Committee.

Councillor Thwaites declared a personal interest in relation to Item 8 – Motion to Declare Somerset West and Taunton a Frack-Free Zone as he was a member of the Exmoor National Park Authority.

The Chair reminded all Members who still had outstanding Register of Interests forms to provide these as soon as possible and to speak to the Monitoring Officer after the meetings conclusion.