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.

173A   Declarations of Substitutes

173.1  Councillors Falllon-Khan and Randall attended as substitute Members for Councillors Mrs Theobald and Kennedy respectively.

173B Declarations of Interest

173.2  Councillor K Norman declared a personal but not prejudicial interest in Application BH2008/02732, Falmer Community Stadium by virtue of the fact that he was a season ticket holder with Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club,Councillor Fallon-Khan stated that he had been approached with regard to Application BH2008/02479, Former Flexer Sacks Building, Wellington Road, Portslade. He had received an e.mail and forwarded it on. He had not expressed an opinion in respect of the application. The Solicitor to the Committee enquired whether Councillor Fallon-Khan remained of a neutral mind and he confirmed that he did.On that basis he would remain at the meeting during consideration and determination of the item.

173.3  Councillor Hamilton declared a personal and prejudicial interest in Application BH2008/03117, 323-325 Mile Oak Road. The applicant was a sponsor Mile Oak Football Club of which he was Chairman. It was his intention to leave the meeting during consideration of the application and to take no part in the discussion or voting thereon.

173C  Exclusion of the Press and Public

173.4  The Committee considered whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any items contained in the agenda, having regard to the nature of the business to be transacted and the nature of the      proceedings and the likelihood as to whether, if members of the press and public        were present there would be disclosure to them of confidential or exempt             information as defined in Section 100A (3) OR 100(1) of the Local Government         Act 1972.

173.5  RESOLVED- That the press and public be not excluded from the meeting during consideration of any item on the agenda.