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.

49A       Declaration of Substitutes

49.1       Councillors Simson and Older were in attendance for Councillors Caulfield and Cobb respectively.

49B       Declarations of Interest

49.2       Councillor Hyde, the Chairman declared a personal and prejudicial interest in Application BH2009/00847, Land to r/o 67–81 Princes Road. The applicant had carried out building work for a Member of her family. She would leave the meeting during consideration of the application and would take no part in the discussion or voting thereon. The Deputy Chairman, Councillor Wells would take the Chair during her absence.

49.3       Councillor Davey referred to Application BH2009/00761, Sackville Trading Estate. Although he had neither a personal nor prejudicial interest in the application, he had however, expressed a view regarding the scheme and would therefore leave the meeting during consideration of the application and take no part in the discussion or voting thereon.

49.4       Councillor Wells stated that he had visited the owner of one of the neighbouring properties to Application BH2009/00797, Land adjacent to Woodside, Falmer Road. He had not expressed any opinion in respect of the application and remained of a neutral mind. It was therefore his intention to remain present during consideration of the item and to take part in the discussion and voting thereon.

49.5       Councillor C Theobald declared a personal interest in Application BH2009/00737, Longhill Secondary School, Falmer Road stating that she had recently attended a prize giving event at the school, but had not discussed the application and remained of a neutral mind. She would therefore remain present during consideration of the item and would take part in the discussion and voting thereon.

49.6       Councillors Simson and Wells declared personal but not prejudicial interests in Application BH2009/00737, Longhill Secondary School, Falmer Road, stating that they had both attended a presentation at the school regarding the proposed scheme. Neither had expressed an opinion in respect of the application and both remained of a neutral mind. It was their intention therefore to remain present during discussion of the item and to take no part in the discussion and voting thereon.

49C       Exclusion of Press and Public

49.7       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).

49.8       RESOLVED - That the press and public be not excluded from the meeting during consideration of any item on the agenda.