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.

156a        Declarations of Substitutes

156.1       Councillor Mrs A Norman attended as a substitute Member for Councillor Mrs C Theobald.

156b        Declarations of Interest

156.2       Councillor Kennedy declared a personal but not prejudicial interest in application BH2008/03297, 107 Southover Street as she lived on the same street. She confirmed that she had not predetermined the application and would therefore take part in the discussion and voting.

156.3       Councillor Steedman declared that he had received a copy of a letter from the applicant of application BH2008/03015, Maycroft and Parkside, London Road and 2-8 Carden Avenue which had been sent to an MEP. He confirmed that he had not responded to this letter and had not predetermined the application and would therefore take part in the discussion and voting.

156.4       Councillor Davey declared that he had received a copy of a letter from the applicant of application BH2008/03015, Maycroft and Parkside, London Road and 2-8 Carden Avenue which had been sent to an MEP. He confirmed that he had not responded to this letter and had not predetermined the application and would therefore take part in the discussion and voting.

156.5       Councillor Kennedy declared that she had received a copy of a letter from the applicant of application BH2008/03015, Maycroft and Parkside, London Road and 2-8 Carden Avenue which had been sent to an MEP. She confirmed that she had not responded to this letter and had not predetermined the application and would therefore take part in the discussion and voting.

156.6       Councillor K Norman declared that he was the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care & Health but confirmed that he had not predetermined the application for BH2008/03015, Maycroft and Parkside, London Road and 2-8 Carden Avenue and would therefore take part in the debate and voting.

156.7       Councillor Mrs A Norman declared that she sat on the South Downs Joint Committee, which had recently examined the application for BH2008/02499, 27 Roedean Crescent She confirmed that she had not predetermined the application and would therefore take part in the debate and voting.

156c        Exclusion of the Press and Public

156.8       The Committee considered whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any items contained in the agenda, having regard to the nature of the business to be transacted and the nature of the proceedings and the likelihood as to whether, if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of confidential or exempt information as defined in Section 100A (3) or 100 (1) of the Local Government Act 1972.

156.9       RESOLVED – that the press and public be not excluded from the meeting during consideration of any items on the agenda.