This website uses cookies to give you a better experience. For more information on why we use cookies, please read our cookie policy
Accept cookies
Skip to main content
Hastings Online logo
A-Z
Home | Help | Privacy | Log in to My Hastings | Jobs Email alerts Hastings council Instagram Hastings council twitter feed Hastings council facebook page
  • My council
  • Freedom of Information
  • Requests and responses by date
  • FOI request (FOI-75317973)

    Please make clear any conflicts of Interest that your councillors or planning officers may have with regard to membership of masonic lodges

    Requested Fri 11 May 2018
    Responded  Wed 06 June 2018

    The council Code of Conduct (see https://www.hastings.gov.uk/my_council/transparency/code/), states:'Membership of professional /voluntary bodies & conflicts of interest - You should declare membership of any professional body or organisation where your membership may appear to represent a conflict of interest or attract accusations of bias. This includes any private organisations whose membership is not totally open to the public. Any such membership must be recorded in the directorate's declaration reporting book.'

    Therefore I request that you reveal your councillors' and your planning officers' membership (if any) of free

    masons' lodges that should by law be recorded in the directorate's declaration reporting books (which all councils are obliged by law to keep). Membership of such lodges fits exactly into the category outlined above, and given the council's our commitment to openness and transparency, there is no reason to withhold this information.


    Response

    Please refer to my email dated 1 March 2018 ref: FOI-67834496 - Hastings Borough Council holds no information in respect of Planning Officers being active members of freemasonry lodges.

    Please also refer to my email dated 19 April 2018 - The Code of Conduct relates to Elected Members and not officers of the Council.

    Register of Members Interests can be found on our website: https://hastings.moderngov.co.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?bcr=1

  • Freedom of Information

    Contact

    Got a question about freedom of information? 

    Contact us


    Content

    The content on this page is the responsibility of our Council's Information Officer.

    Can't find what you're looking for? Try our A - Z

    Spotted an issue with this page? Tell us

A-Z of services

  • Services beginning with A
  • Services beginning with B
  • Services beginning with C
  • Services beginning with D
  • Services beginning with E
  • Services beginning with F
  • Services beginning with G
  • Services beginning with H
  • Services beginning with J
  • Services beginning with L
  • Services beginning with M
  • Services beginning with N
  • Services beginning with P
  • Services beginning with R
  • Services beginning with S
  • Services beginning with T
  • Services beginning with U
  • Services beginning with V
  • Services beginning with W
  • Hastings Museum and Art Gallery website
  • Visit 1066 Country website
  • Email alerts Hastings council Instagram Hastings council twitter feed Hastings council facebook page
  • Accessibility statement
  • Contact us
© 2003 - 2023 Hastings Borough Council.
Unless otherwise stated these pages are copyright protected.
All rights reserved.