Register of interests

Joe Orson CC

I Joe Orson CC a Member/Co-opted Member of Leicestershire County Council set out below under the appropriate headings the interests which I am required to declare by law and under the Leicestershire County Council Members' Code of Conduct. I have put "none" where I have not such interests under any heading.

A. DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS

1. Employment, Office, Trade, Profession or Vocation - Please specify any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain
Member: Spouse/Partner
Farming, producing high quality grass to turn into haylage for sale to the racehorse industry -
Director of Orson FIC LTD -
Melton Borough Council elected member allowance -
Leicestershire County Council elected member allowance -
2. Sponsorship - Please specify any payment or provision of any other financial benefit (other than from the Authority) made or provided within the last 12 months in respect of any expenses you have incurred in carrying out your duties as a member, or towards your election expenses.
Member: Spouse/Partner
Melton and Syston Conservative Association LCC election expenses held on 1 May 2025 (paid £650). -
3. Contracts - Please specify any contract made between a relevant person (or a body in with a relevant person has a beneficial interest) and the Authority under which goods or services are to be provided or works are executed, and which has not been fully discharged.
Member: Spouse/Partner/Body:
In receipt of Leicestershire County Council Pension. -
4. Land - Please specify the address or other description of any land in which a relevant person has a beneficial interest and which is in the Authority's area (including place(s) of residence)
Member: Spouse/Partner:
44 acres agricultural land based at North Lodge Farm, Old Dalby, Melton Mowbray. Maps of land holding lodged with the County Council. -
31B Paradise Lane, Old Dalby, Melton Mowbray LE14 3NH -
430 Acres of agricultural Land Held by Orson FIC LTD based in the Old Dalby Parish. Maps of the land holding lodged with the County Council -
Upper Grange Farmhouse, Gibson Lane, Old Dalby, Melton Mowbray, LE14 3LH Held by Orson FIC LTD Trust -
5. Licences - Please specify the address or other description of any land in the Authority's area which a relevant person (either alone or jointly with others) has a licence to occupy for a month or longer.
Member Spouse/Partner
None -
6. Corporate Tenancies - Please specify any tenancy where, to your knowledge the landlord is the Authority and the tenant is a body in which a relevant person has a beneficial interest.
Member/Spouse/Partner - Name of body which is the tenant: Address or other description of the land:
None -
Securities - Please specify any beneficial interest held by you or a relevant person in the securities of a body which (to your knowledge) has a place of business or land in the area of the Authority and either [see note for further details]
Member: Spouse/Partner:
5 shares at £50/per share (total £250) in the Bell Community Pub, Frisby -
5 shares at £50/per share (total £250) in the Black Horse Community Pub, Grimston -
Director of Orson FIC LTD -

B: OTHER REGISTRABLE INTERESTS

Interests in other bodies - Please specify any membership or position of general control or management you occupy in any of the following [see note for further information] See note 8
Name of body Nature of Interest (i.e. Member, Trustee, Governor)
National Farmers Union Member
Melton Borough Council Member
Conservative Party Member
Conservative Councillors Association Member
Katherine Gregory Trust Member
Melton & Syston Conservative Association Member
Midland Farmer Group Member
Orson FIC LTD Director
Brooksby Liaison Committee Local Member
Gifts and Hospitality - Please specify the details of any gifts or hospitality received from any person or body with an estimated value of £50 or over which you have received within the last 12 months. [see note for further information] See note 9
Date/Offering Person/Organisation Nature of Gift/Hospitality/Accepted/Declined
None -