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.

Note: Councillor Mrs Theobald took the chair for the meeting.

83a     Declarations of Substitutes

83.1    Councillor Caulfield declared that she was substituting for Councillor Simson.

83.2    Councillor Rufus declared that he was substituting for Councillor Kennedy.

83.3    Councillor Older declared that she was substituting for Councillor Hyde.

83b     Declarations of Interests

83.4    The Chairman declared a personal interest in applications BH2010/00908 and BH2010/00909, 4 Tongdean Road, Hove in that she knew the applicants but did not think this would prejudice her judgement of the applications and remained of a neutral mind. She remained in the meeting and took part in the voting thereon.

83.5    The Chairman declared a personal interest in application BH2010/01059, 51 Westbourne Villas, Hove in that she knew the applicants but did not think this would prejudice her judgement of the application and remained of a neutral mind. She remained in the meeting and took part in the voting thereon.

83.6    Councillor Carden declared a personal interest in application BH2010/00630, City Park, Orchard Road, Hove in that he knew a resident of March House. He did not think this would prejudice his judgement of the application and remained of a neutral mind. He remained in the meeting and took part in the voting thereon.

83c     Exclusion of the Press and Public

83.7    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.

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