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 or Lobbying

(a)         Disclosable pecuniary interests not registered on the register of interests;

(b)         Any other interests required to be registered under the local code;

(c)         Any other general interest as a result of which a decision on the matter might reasonably be regarded as affecting you or a partner more than a majority of other people or businesses in the ward/s affected by the decision.

In each case, you need to declare

(i)           the item on the agenda the interest relates to;

(ii)         the nature of the interest; and

(iii)       whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest or some other interest.

If unsure, Members should seek advice from the committee lawyer or administrator preferably before the meeting.

      (d)       All Members present to declare any instances of lobbying they have encountered regarding items on the agenda.

(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.

38a        Declarations of substitutes

38.1       Councillor Bowden was present in substitution for Councillor Davey, Councillor Phillips was present in substitution for Councillor  Littman, Councillor Shanks was present in substitution for Councillor Wakefield and Councillor Robins was present in substitution for Councillor Carden.

38b       Declarations of interests

38.2       Councillor Robins referred to Application BH2013/00370, 17 Hill Drive, Hove. He stated that as the applicant was known to him personally, although he remained of a neutral mind he was declaring a personal interest. He would leave the meeting during consideration of the application and would take no part in the discussion, debate voting or thereon.

38.3       Councillor Bowden referred to Application BH2013/01447, Essex Place, Montague Street, Brighton. He stated that although he had Chaired several tenants’ meetings at which the proposals had been discussed he had not taken any part in those discussions nor had he expressed an opinion in respect of this application. He confirmed that he had not predetermined the application and that he remained of a neutral mind. He would therefore remain present at the meeting during discussion debate and voting thereon.

38c        Exclusion of the press and public

38.4       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.

38.5       RESOLVED - That the public are not excluded from any item of business on the agenda.