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.

117A.    Declaration of Substitutes

117.1    Councillor Rufus attended in substitution for Councillor Kennedy.

117.2    Mr R Amerena was in attendance in substitution for Mr J Small (CAG).

117B.    Declarations of Interest

117.3    Councillor Caulfield referred to Application BH2009/01729, Falmer High School, Lucraft Road, Brighton stating that the site was located in her ward and she had expressed support for the principle of an academy but she had not expressed an opinion in respect of this application. She confirmed in response to questions by the Solicitor to the Committee that she remained of a neutral mind and would remain present during the discussion and voting thereon.

117.4    Councillor Caulfield also referred to Application BH2009/01594, Stammer Link Road, Falmer explaining that she was Chairman of the Stanmer Park Stakeholders Group. She had not however expressed an opinion in respect of this application, remained of a neutral mind and would therefore remain present during the discussion and voting thereon.

117C.    Exclusion of the Press and Public

117.5    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 to 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).

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