Agenda item

(i)         To receive declarations of interest from Members and Officers in respect of any item to be considered at the meeting.

(ii)        In accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct, Councillor A Azad declares a non-pecuniary interest in any items concerning the companies of which she is a Council-appointed director.  The companies are listed in the attached schedule.  The interests are such that speaking and voting are permissible.

(iii)      In accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct, Councillor K M Davis declares a non-pecuniary interest in any items concerning the companies of which he is a Council-appointed director.  The companies are listed in the attached schedule.  The interests are such that speaking and voting are permissible.

(iv)      In accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct, Councillor D Harlow declares a non-pecuniary interest in any items concerning the companies of which she is a Council-appointed director.  The companies are listed in the attached schedule.  The interests are such that speaking and voting are permissible.

(v)       In accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct, Councillor C S Kemp declares a non-pecuniary interest in any items concerning the companies of which he is a Council-appointed director.  The companies are listed in the attached schedule.  The interests are such that speaking and voting are permissible.

(vi)      In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, the Chief Executive, Julie Fisher, declares a disclosable personal interest (non-pecuniary) in any items concerning the companies of which she is a Council-appointed director.  The companies are listed in the attached schedule.  The interests are such that Mrs Fisher may advise the Council on those items.

(vii)     In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, the Director of Planning, Giorgio Framalicco, declares a disclosable personal interest (non-pecuniary) in any items concerning the companies of which he is a Council-appointed director.  The companies are listed in the attached schedule.  The interests are such that Mr Framalicco may advise the Council on those items.

(viii)    In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, the Director of Neighbourhood Services, Geoff McManus, declares a disclosable personal interest (non-pecuniary) in any items concerning the companies of which he is a Council-appointed director.  The companies are listed in the attached schedule.  The interests are such that Mr McManus may advise the Council on those items.

(ix)      In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, the Director of Housing, Louise Strongitharm, declares a disclosable personal interest (non-pecuniary) in any items concerning the companies of which she is a Council-appointed director.  The companies are listed in the attached schedule.  The interests are such that Mrs Strongitharm may advise the Council on those items.

(x)       In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, the Director of Finance, Leigh Clarke, declares a disclosable personal interest (non-pecuniary) in any items concerning Woking Football Club and/or the GolDev Woking Limited development.  The interest arises from her husband having a small shareholding in Woking Football Club.  The interest is such that Mrs Clarke may advise the Council on those items.

Subject to the outcome of the determination of Agenda Item 11 – Council Group Companies – Appointment of Directors – the following additional declarations of interest are to be received from Officers.

(xi)      In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, the Chief Executive, Julie Fisher, declares a disclosable personal interest (non-pecuniary) in any items concerning the following companies: Thameswey Limited, Victoria Square Residential Limited and VSW Hotel Limited.  The interests are such that Mrs Fisher may advise the Council on those items.

(xii)     In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, Joanne McIntosh, Director of Legal and Democratic Services, declares a disclosable personal interest (non-pecuniary) in any items concerning the following companies: Thameswey Limited, Thameswey Developments Limited, Thameswey Housing Limited and Thameswey Guest Houses Limited.  The interests are such that Mrs McIntosh may advise the Council on those items.

(xiii)    In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, Giorgio Framalicco, Director of Planning, declares a disclosable personal interest (non-pecuniary) in any items concerning the following companies: Thameswey Limited, Thameswey Energy Limited, Thameswey Central Milton Keynes Limited, Thameswey Solar Limited, Thameswey Maintenance Services Limited, Thameswey Sustainable Communities Limited, Energy Centre for Sustainable Communities Limited, Woking Necropolis and Mausoleum Limited, Brookwood Cemetery Limited, Brookwood Park Limited, Kingfield Community Sports Centre Limited and Brunswick Road (Pirbright) Residents Company Limited.  The interests are such that Mr Framalicco may advise the Council on those items.

(xiv)    In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, Geoff McManus, Director of Neighbourhood Services, declares a disclosable personal interest (non-pecuniary) in any items concerning the following companies: Thameswey Limited, Thameswey Energy Limited, Thameswey Central Milton Keynes Limited, Thameswey Solar Limited, Thameswey Maintenance Services Limited, Thameswey Sustainable Communities Limited, Energy Centre for Sustainable Communities Limited, Woking Necropolis and Mausoleum Limited, Brookwood Cemetery Limited, Brookwood Park Limited, and Kingfield Community Sports Centre Limited.  The interests are such that Mr McManus may advise the Council on those items.

A full list of directorships, current and proposed, can be found at Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 of Agenda Item 11.

In accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct, Councillor A Azad declared a non-pecuniary interest in any items concerning the companies of which she was a Council-appointed director.  The companies were listed in an attached schedule.  The interests were such that speaking and voting were permissible.

In accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct, Councillor K M Davis declared a non-pecuniary interest in any items concerning the companies of which he was a Council-appointed director.  The companies were listed in an attached schedule.  The interests were such that speaking and voting were permissible.

In accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct, Councillor D Harlow declared a non-pecuniary interest in any items concerning the companies of which she was a Council-appointed director.  The companies were listed in an attached schedule.  The interests were such that speaking and voting were permissible.

In accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct, Councillor C S Kemp declared a non-pecuniary interest in any items concerning the companies of which he was a Council-appointed director.  The companies were listed in an attached schedule.  The interests were such that speaking and voting were permissible.

In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, the Chief Executive, Julie Fisher, declared a disclosable personal interest (non-pecuniary) in any items concerning the companies of which she was a Council-appointed director.  The companies were listed in an attached schedule.  The interests were such that Mrs Fisher could advise the Council on those items.

In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, the Director of Planning, Giorgio Framalicco, declared a disclosable personal interest (non-pecuniary) in any items concerning the companies of which he was a Council-appointed director.  The companies were listed in an attached schedule.  The interests were such that Mr Framalicco could advise the Council on those items.

In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, the Director of Neighbourhood Services, Geoff McManus, declared a disclosable personal interest (non-pecuniary) in any items concerning the companies of which he was a Council-appointed director.  The companies were listed in an attached schedule.  The interests were such that Mr McManus could advise the Council on those items.

In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, the Director of Housing, Louise Strongitharm, declared a disclosable personal interest (non-pecuniary) in any items concerning the companies of which she was a Council-appointed director.  The companies were listed in an attached schedule.  The interests were such that Mrs Strongitharm could advise the Council on those items.

In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, the Director of Finance, Leigh Clarke, declared a disclosable personal interest (non-pecuniary) in any items concerning Woking Football Club and/or the GolDev Woking Limited development.  The interest arose from her husband having a small shareholding in Woking Football Club.  The interest was such that Mrs Clarke could advise the Council on those items.

In accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct, Councillor I Johnson declared an interest in respect of Item 6 – Petition – Instigate Inquiries and Investigations in Light of Dr Edila’s Report, Item 8f – Recommendations of the Executive and Committees (Notice of Motion – Cllr T Aziz – Review of the Operation of Woking Borough Council’s Planning Department), and Item 9 – Update on Council Decisions Following the Independent Investigation into the Woking Football Club and Associated Developments – in light of reference within the reports to Woking Football Club. The interest arose from his wife’s position as Chairman of Woking Football Club and was such that Councillor Johnson left the meeting during the determination of the items.

In accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct, Councillor S Dorsett declared a non-pecuniary interest in respect of Item 6 – Petition – Instigate Inquiries and Investigations in Light of Dr Edila’s Report, Item 8f – Recommendations of the Executive and Committees (Notice of Motion – Cllr T Aziz – Review of the Operation of Woking Borough Council’s Planning Department), and Item 9 – Update on Council Decisions Following the Independent Investigation into the Woking Football Club and Associated Developments – in light of reference within the reports to Woking Football Club. The interest arose from his membership of the Cards Trust (the supporters’ club for Woking Football Club). The interest was such that speaking and voting were permissible.

Subject to the outcome of the determination of Agenda Item 11 – Council Group Companies – Appointment of Directors – the following additional declarations of interest were received from Officers.

In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, the Chief Executive, Julie Fisher, declared a disclosable personal interest (non-pecuniary) in any items concerning the following companies: Thameswey Limited, Victoria Square Residential Limited and VSW Hotel Limited.  The interests were such that Mrs Fisher could advise the Council on those items.

In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, Joanne McIntosh, Director of Legal and Democratic Services, declared a disclosable personal interest (non-pecuniary) in any items concerning the following companies: Thameswey Limited, Thameswey Developments Limited, Thameswey Housing Limited and Thameswey Guest Houses Limited.  The interests were such that Mrs McIntosh could advise the Council on those items.

In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, Giorgio Framalicco, Director of Planning, declared a disclosable personal interest (non-pecuniary) in any items concerning the following companies: Thameswey Limited, Thameswey Energy Limited, Thameswey Central Milton Keynes Limited, Thameswey Solar Limited, Thameswey Maintenance Services Limited, Thameswey Sustainable Communities Limited, Energy Centre for Sustainable Communities Limited, Woking Necropolis and Mausoleum Limited, Brookwood Cemetery Limited, Brookwood Park Limited, Kingfield Community Sports Centre Limited and Brunswick Road (Pirbright) Residents Company Limited.  The interests were such that Mr Framalicco could advise the Council on those items.

In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, Geoff McManus, Director of Neighbourhood Services, declared a disclosable personal interest (non-pecuniary) in any items concerning the following companies: Thameswey Limited, Thameswey Energy Limited, Thameswey Central Milton Keynes Limited, Thameswey Solar Limited, Thameswey Maintenance Services Limited, Thameswey Sustainable Communities Limited, Energy Centre for Sustainable Communities Limited, Woking Necropolis and Mausoleum Limited, Brookwood Cemetery Limited, Brookwood Park Limited, and Kingfield Community Sports Centre Limited.  The interests were such that Mr McManus could advise the Council on those items.