Planning: Councillors
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what conversations he has had with the Home Office about the adequacy of current laws around councillors declaring pecuniary interests when voting on planning matters.
Answered by Alison McGovern
Under the Localism Act 2011, councillors must register and declare any disclosable pecuniary interests, and must not participate in discussion or vote on matters where interest exists, unless a dispensation is granted. Failure to comply may be a criminal offence.
The Secretary of State has had no conversations with the Home Office about the adequacy of current laws relating to pecuniary interests.
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