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.

238A          Declaration of Substitutes

238.1         Councillor Allen declared that he was substituting for Councillor McCaffrey.

238.2         Councillor Fallon-Khan declared that he was substituting for Councillor K Norman.

238B         Declarations of Interest

238.3         Councillor Kennedy declared a personal and prejudicial interest in application BH2009/00023, 36 North Gardens (Caxton Arms), Brighton, arising from the Landlord being well known to her. She stated she would leave the meeting during consideration of the application, and would take no part in the discussion or voting thereof.

238.4         Councillor Davey declared a personal and prejudicial interest in application BH2009/00023, 36 North Gardens (Caxton Arms), Brighton, arising from involvement with a letter of objection to the application from Councillor West. He stated he would leave the meeting during consideration of the application, and would take no part in the discussion or voting thereof.

238.5         Councillor Hamilton declared a personal and prejudicial interest in application BH2008/03731, Compass House, East Street, Portslade, arising from his involvement with objectors to the scheme. He stated that he would speak to the application as Ward Councillor and then leave the meeting. He would take no part in the discussion or voting thereof.

238.6         Councillor Hamilton declared a personal but not prejudicial interest in application BH2009/00414, The Old Market, 11A Upper Market Street, Hove, arising from knowing Delia Forrester, who had previously been Vice-Chairman of the Planning Committee, and had written a letter in support of the application. It was his intention to remain in the meeting and take part in the discussion and voting thereof.

238.7         Councillor Fallon-Khan declared a personal but not prejudicial interest in BH2008/03893, Land Adjoining Brighton Health and Racquet Club (University of Brighton), Falmer Campus, arising from being a member of the Brighton Health and Racquet Club.

                   The Solicitor to the Committee stated that the application appeared to have no implications for the Brighton Health and Racquet Club, and as such Councillor Fallon-Khan did not have an interest in this application.

238.8         Councillor Smart declared a personal but not prejudicial interest in application BH2009/00394, Former Police Box, Margery Road, Hove, arising from having regularly used the police box in his former profession. He had not used the police box for around 25 years however and it was his intention to remain in the meeting and take part in the discussion and voting thereof. 

238C         Exclusion of the Press and Public

238.9        In accordance with section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (‘the Act’), the Planning Committee considered whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during an item of business on the grounds that it was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press or public were present during that item, there would be disclosure to them of confidential information (as defined in section 100A(3) of the Act) or exempt information (as defined in section 100I of the Act).

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