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;

(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.

(d)  Use of mobile phones and tablets: Would Members please ensure that their mobile phones are switched off. Where Members are using tablets to access agenda papers electronically please ensure that these are switched to ‘aeroplane mode’.

51a        Declarations of Substitutes

51.1       Councillor Robins stated that he was in attendance in substitution for Councillor Gilbey. Councillor Meadows stated that she was in attendance in substitution for Councillor Russell-Moyle. Councillor Janio stated that he was in attendance in substitution for Councillor C Theobald.

51b       Declarations of interests

51.2       Councillor Meadows explained that the Moulsecoomb and Bevendean LAT of which she was Chair had received a presentation in respect of the scheme in February 2017, she had not however expressed a view in respect of the scheme, remained of a neutral mind and would therefore remain present at the meeting during consideration and determination of the application.

51.3       Councillor Miller stated that he lived in close proximity to the application site. He had not expressed a view in respect of the scheme, remained of a neutral mind and would therefore remain present at the meeting during consideration and determination of the application.

51.4       Councillor Mac Cafferty stated that he had attended South Eastern Region Design Panel meetings at which presentations had been given in respect of this application and pre-application presentations. He had not expressed a view in respect of the scheme, remained of a neutral mind and would therefore remain present at the meeting during consideration and determination of the application. The Chair, Councillor Cattell, also, Councillor Morris confirmed that they had also attended the meetings referred to by Councillor Mac Cafferty, that they too remained of a neutral mind and would therefore remain present at the meeting during consideration and determination of the application.

51c        Exclusion of the press and public

51.5       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 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.

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

51d       Use of mobile phones and tablets

51.7       The Chair requested Members ensure that their mobile phones were switched off, and where Members were using tablets to access agenda papers electronically ensure that these were switched to ‘aeroplane mode’.