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.

230A.    Declaration of Substitutes

230.1    Councillor Fallon-Khan was in attendance as substitute Member for Councillor Caulfield. Councillor Allen was in attendance as substitute Member for Councillor McCaffery.

230B.    Declarations of Interest

230.2    Councillor Kennedy declared a personal and prejudicial interest in respect of Application BH2010/00143, Former Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market, Circus Street stating that as a Trustee of the Phoenix Arts Association she would leave the meeting during consideration of the application and would take no part in the debate and decision making process.

230.3    Councillor Steedman referred to Applications BH2009/03077 and BH2009/03078, Former Thwaites Garage, 33 Mighell Street, Brighton. He explained that these applications had been discussed at meetings at his local ward surgery; he had however taken no part in any discussions, had expressed no opinion in respect of them and remained of a neutral mind. He would therefore remain present during the discussion and debate and intended to vote in respect of these applications.

230.4    Councillor Fallon-Khan referred to Application BH2009/01824, Warren Plantation, Warren Road, Woodingdean stating that he expressed an opinion in respect of the application and would therefore leave the meeting during consideration of the application and would take no part in the debate or decision making thereon.

230C.    Exclusion of Press and Public

230.5    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 “).

230.4    RESOLVED – That the public be not excluded from the meeting during consideration of any item appearing on the agenda.