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Procedural Business
(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.
(d) Use of mobile phones and tablets: Would Members please ensure that their mobile phones are switched off. Where Members are using tablets to access agenda papers electronically please ensure that these are switched to ‘aeroplane mode’.
Minutes:
110a Declarations of substitutes
110.1 Mr Breckell was in substitution for Mr Gowans on behalf on the CAG.
110b Declarations of interests
110.2 Councillor Cox declared an interest in respect of Application F – Land Rear of 5-11 Cromwell Street, Brighton as the applicant’s brother was a relative of his; however, he had not discussed the application with his relative; was of a neutral mind and would take part in the debate and vote in relation to this application.
110.3 Councillor Hyde declared an interest in respect of Application E – 2 Baywood Gardens, Woodingdean, Brighton as her daughter lived opposite the property in question; however, she had not expressed a view in relation to the application; was of a neutral mind and would take part in the debate and vote in relation to this application.
110.4 Councillor Wells declared an interest in respect of Application E – 2 Baywood Gardens, Woodingdean, Brighton as the applicant was his ward colleague, Mrs Simson; however, he had not expressed a view in relation to the application; was of a neutral mind and would take part in the debate and vote in relation to this application.
110c Exclusion of the press and public
110.3 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.
110.4 RESOLVED - That the public are not excluded from any item of business on the agenda.
110d Use of mobile phones and tablets
110.5 The Chair requested Members ensure that their mobile phones were switched off, and where Members were using tablets to access agenda papers electronically ensure that these were switched to ‘aeroplane mode’.