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.

17a     Declarations of Substitutes

17.1         Councillor Rufus declared that he was substituting for Councillor Steedman.

17.2    Councillor Fallon-Khan declared that he was substituting for Councillor Simson.

17b     Declarations of Interest

17.3Councillor Alford declared a personal and prejudicial interest in application BH2010/00931, 8 Hazel Close as he had formally objected to the application. He did not take part in the discussion or voting and left the room for the duration of the application.

17.4    Councillor Cobb declared an interest in application BH2010/00559, Dolphin House, Manchester Street as she had been closely involved in licensing issues relating to the objectors residences. She believed that she may have predetermined the application because of this and therefore did not take part in the discussion or voting and left the room for the duration of the application.

17.5    Councillor Mrs Theobald declared that she had also been involved in the same licensing issues connected to the objectors on application BH2010/00559, Dolphin House, Manchester Street but did not feel she had predetermined the application. She remained in the meeting and took part in the discussion and voting thereon.

17.6    Councillor Kennedy declared an interest in application BH2010/00083, Land to rear of 67-81 Princes Road, as she had expressed a definite opinion and had predetermined the application. She did not take part in the discussion or voting and left the room for the duration of the application.

17.7    Councillor Hyde, the Chairman declared a personal and prejudicial interest in application BH2010/00083, Land to the rear of 67-81 Princes Road, as the applicant had carried out work for a member of her family. She did not take part in the discussion or voting and left the room for the duration of the application. Councillor C Theobald, Deputy Chairman took the Chair during her absence.

17.8    Councillor McCaffery declared an interest in application BH2010/00944, Community Base, 113 Queens Road, as she had already expressed a view in a letter and so had predetermined the application. She did not take part in the discussion or voting and left the room for the duration of the application.

17c     Exclusion of the Press and Public

17.9    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.

17.10  RESOLVED - That the public be not excluded from the meeting during consideration of any item appearing on the agenda.