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’.

80a        Declarations of substitutes

80.1       Councillor Hill was in attendance in substitution for Councillor Russell-Moyle.

80b       Declarations of interests

80.2       Councillor Hyde referred to Application G, BH2017/00306, Store Rear of 51 Sackville Road (Brooker Place), Hove stating that she was aware this application had been submitted by Councillor Nemeth a fellow Conservative Group Councillor. However, she remained of a neutral mind, had not predetermined the application and would remain present during the discussion and voting thereon. The other Members of the Committee confirmed that they were also of a neutral mind and would remain present at the meeting during consideration of and voting on the application.

80.3       Councillor Hill referred to Application B, BH2017/02863, University of Sussex, Refectory Road, Brighton stating that she had been approached in her capacity as a Ward Councillor in respect of the earlier scheme. She had expressed no view in respect of that scheme or this “Reserved Matters” application, remained of a neutral mind and would therefore remain present during its consideration and determination.

80c        Exclusion of the press and public

80.4       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.

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

80d       Use of mobile phones and tablets

80.6       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’.