Agenda item - Procedural Business

(a)  Declaration of Substitutes - Where Councillors are unable to attend a meeting, a substitute Member from the same Political Group may attend, speak and vote in their place for that meeting.

(b)  Declarations of Interest by all Members present of any personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the Members regard the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

(c)  Exclusion of Press and Public - To consider whether, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, or the nature of the proceedings, the press and public should be excluded from the meeting when any of the following items are under consideration.

NOTE:  Any item appearing in Part 2 of the Agenda states in its heading the category under which the information disclosed in the report is exempt from disclosure and therefore not available to the public.

A list and description of the exempt categories is available for public inspection at Brighton and Hove Town Halls.

214A.    Declaration of Substitutes

214.1    Councillor Kemble was in attendance as substitute Member for Councillor Caulfield.

214B. Declarations of Interest

214.2    Councillors Hyde (Chairman) and C Theobald declared a non-prejudicial interest in Application BH2009/02354, The Old Music Library, 115-116 Church Street, Brighton. Both had considered an application for the same premises when an application had come before a Licensing Panel for determination. However, the two sets of legislation and considerations to be taken were separate and they remained of a neutral mind in respect of the planning application. Therefore, both intended to remain present during its consideration and to take part in the discussion and voting thereon.

214.3    Councillor Davey declared a personal and prejudicial interest in Application BH2009/02943, 123-125 Portland Road, Hove. As he lived close to the application site he stated that he would withdraw from the meeting during its consideration and would take no part in the discussion or voting thereon. Councillor Cobb referred to the same application stating that as the site was located within her Ward she had received correspondence from a number of local residents. She had not expressed an opinion in relation to the application remained of a neutral mind and would therefore remain present during its consideration and intended to take part in the discussion and voting thereon.

214C.    Exclusion of Press and Public

214.4    In Accordance with Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (“The Act”), the Planning Committee considered whether the public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any item of business on the grounds that it is likely in view of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during it, there would be disclosure to them of confidential information as defined in Section 100A (3) of (“The Act”).