Agenda item - Procedural Business

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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.

Minutes:

1a          Declarations of substitutes

 

1.1            Councillor Simson stated that she was attending that days meeting in place of Councillor Mears but that she had now been appointed as a Member of the Committee and would be attending future meetings as a standing Member of the Committee.

 

1b          Declarations of interests

 

1.2         Councillor Hill the Chair referred to Application B, BH2018/02749, George Cooper House, 20-22 Oxford Street, Brighton, stating that in her capacity as a Member of the Housing and New Homes Committee she had been briefed in relation to the site. That had not related to planning considerations, however a nd did not impact on the current application. Councillor Hill stated that she remained of a neutral mind and would remain present at the meeting during consideration and determination of that application. Councillor Hill also referred to Application H, BH2019/00478, 10 Selham Close, Brighton, on which she declared a prejudicial interest, she had sent in a written representation (included with the agenda papers) in her capacity as a Local Ward Councillor prior to her appointment to this Committee. Councillor Hill explained that she would vacate the Chair during consideration of the application and that having spoken in her capacity as a Local Ward Councillor she would leave the meeting and take no part in consideration or determination of the application. Councillor Hill also stated that she had been lobbied as had all other Members of the Committee in respect of Application D, BH2018/03912, Gingerbread Day Nursery, Arundel Drive West, Saltdean, including correspondence from Councillor Fishleigh. As she was declaring on behalf of all Members of the Committee that they had been lobbied they were not required to state this separately unless they needed to declare an interest. Councillor Hill had not responded or expressed any opinion in respect of that application, remained of a neutral mind and would remain present at the meeting during its consideration and determination.

 

1.3         Councillor Yates declared a prejudicial interest in Application G,BH2019/00700, 96 Auckland Drive, Brighton. He had submitted a written representation in his capacity as a Local Ward Councillor (included within the agenda papers) prior to his appointment to the Committee. He did not intend to address the Committee but if the application was “called” he would leave the meeting room and take no part in the decision making process.

 

1.4         Councillor Simson referred to Application J, BH2018/03890, Hill Park Lower School, Foredown Road, Portslade stating that her daughter worked at the school. She stated however that did not impact on her consideration of the planning application, that she remained of a neutral mind and that she would remain present during consideration and determination of the application if the application was called for discussion.

 

1.5         Councillor Mac Cafferty stated that he had been lobbied in respect of Application D, BH2018/03912, Gingerbread Day Nursery, Arundel Drive West, Saltdean, including correspondence from Councillor Fishleigh, he had not responded or expressed any opinion in respect of that application. remained of a neutral mind and would remain present at the meeting during its consideration and determination.

 

1.6         Councillor Miller stated that he had been lobbied in respect of Application D, BH2018/03912, Gingerbread Day Nursery, Arundel Drive West, Saltdean, including correspondence from Councillor Fishleigh, he had not responded or expressed any opinion in respect of that application, remained of a neutral mind and would remain present at the meeting during its consideration and determination.

 

1.7         Councillor Fishleigh declared a prejudicial interest in Application D, BH2018/03912, Gingerbread Day Nursery, Arundel Drive West, Saltdean, stating that she had submitted letters of objection in respect of the application prior to her appointment as a councillor. She would not address the Committee and would leave the meeting room and would take no part in the decision making process.

 

1.9         Councillor Shanks referred to Application C, BH2018/01441, Overdown Rise, Mile Oak Road, Portslade stating that she occupied an allotment plot near to the site but that she had not pre-determined the application remained of a neutral mind and would remain present at the meeting during consideration and determination of the application.

 

1c          Exclusion of the press and public

 

1.10       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.

 

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

 

 


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