George Moss fails to declare an interest in meeting?

Oh dear it looks like George Moss failed to declare an interest during the planning and development meeting 12th March 2012 when planning application WD/2012/0206/F was discussed.

The application concerned ..

"DEMOLITION OF EXISTING PROPERTY 'CRANSTAL' AND THE ERECTION OF 8 NO. RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS AND GARAGE/PARKING COMPRISING: 2 NO. 2-BED HOUSES, 1 NO. 3-BED HOUSE AND 5 NO. 5-BED HOUSES, AND FORMATION OF NEW ACCESS ROAD AND CLOSING UP OF EXISTING VEHICULAR ACCESS POINTS."

The minutes clearly show that no interests were declared even though Moss knows the applicant and would be familiar with the address.The property "Cranstal" is none other than the house of  Mr Dudley Hutchings who happens to be the chairman of Mr Moss's Crowborough Partnership organisation that has its address as the town hall address.

Luckily a member of the public objected as did a ESCC councillor and the application was subsequently withdrawn but the fact remains that Moss failed to declare he knew the applicant and Hutchings was as bad in trying to sneak the application through a committee that had his mate and fellow partnership colleague as chairman.

I should make it clear that ex co opted councillor and Crowborough Partnership Member Clive Wilson and his wife who is a local councillor objected to this development which smacks of nimbyism of the highest order given that Clive seems to want to build over all  of Crowborough.