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;

(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’.

158a     Declarations of substitutes

158.1    Councillor Robins was present in substitution for Councillor Hamilton and Councillor Randall was present in substitution for Councillor Phillips.

158b     Declarations of interests

158.2    Councillor Cox referred to Item 163 on the agenda, relating to the request to vary the S106 dated 11 March 2008 signed in association with Application BH2007/02930, 50-52 New Church Road, Hove. He explained that as he had been involved in supporting the proposal before committee that day that he would leave the meeting during consideration of the report and would take no part in the discussion or voting thereon. Councillor Cox stated that he had received e mail correspondence in respect of Application A, BH2014/03012, Rose Hill Tavern, 70-71 Rose Hill Terrace, but confirmed that he remained of a neutral mind and would therefore take part in the discussion and decision making thereon. Councillor Cox also referred to Application C, BH2015/00169, 5-8 West Street, Rottingdean. He explained that his son worked for Tesco Stores (not the application address), he remained of a neutral mind and would therefore take part in the discussion and decision making thereon.

158.3    Councillor Davey stated that as a Local Ward Councillor he had attended LAT and other community meetings at which Application A, BH2014/03012, Rose Hill Tavern, 70-71 Rose Hill Terrace, Brighton had been discussed, he had not however discussed the application or expressed a view about it and remained of a neutral mind. He would therefore take part in the discussion and decision making thereon.

158.4    Councillor Randall stated that in his capacity as Chair of Housing Committee he had been directly involved in supporting Application D, BH2015/00067, Car Park, Ardingly Street, Brighton. He would therefore leave the meeting during consideration of the application and would take no part in the discussion or voting thereon.

158c     Exclusion of the press and public

158.5    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.

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

158d     Use of mobile phones and tablets

158.7    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’.