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 or Lobbying

(a)         Disclosable pecuniary interests not registered on the register of interests;

(b)         Any other interests required to be registered under the local code;

(c)         Any other general interest as a result of which a decision on the matter might reasonably be regarded as affecting you or a partner more than a majority of other people or businesses in the ward/s affected by the decision.

In each case, you need to declare

(i)           the item on the agenda the interest relates to;

(ii)         the nature of the interest; and

(iii)       whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest or some other interest.

If unsure, Members should seek advice from the committee lawyer or administrator preferably before the meeting.

      (d)       All Members present to declare any instances of lobbying they have encountered regarding items on the agenda.

(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.

162a     Declarations of substitutes

162.1    Councillor Bowden was present in substitution for Councillor Phillips; Councillor Robins was present in substitution for Councillor Carden.

162b     Declarations of interests

162.2    Councillor Davey declared a non-pecuniary interest in Item 167: Wellend Villas, Springfield Road, Brighton, Request for a variation of s106 dated 27 September 2002 signed in association with BH2002/00562 by virtue of his position as Chair of the Transport Committee that would make the final decision in relation to the proposed controlled parking zone. He withdrew from the meeting during the consideration and vote on the item. Councillor Davey also declared a non-pecuniary interest in Item 168E: BH2012/03988, 121-131Conway Street, Hove as he knew the applicant personally. He withdrew from the meeting during the consideration and vote on the item.

162.3    Councillor Robins declared a non-pecuniary interest in Item 167: Wellend Villas, Springfield Road, Brighton, Request for a variation of s106 dated 27 September 2002 signed in association with BH2002/00562 by virtue of his position as a member of the Transport Committee; that would make the final decision in relation to the proposed controlled parking zone. He withdrew from the meeting during the consideration and vote on the item.

162c     Exclusion of the press and public

162.4    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.

162.5    RESOLVED - That the public are not excluded from any item of business on the agenda.