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 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.

 

Minutes:

31.1

Declarations of Substitutes

Councillor                        For Councillor

Mrs A  Norman                K Norman 

 

 

31B.

Declarations of Interest

31.2

 The  Chairman , Councillor  Hyde  stated  that  during  the  site  visit  relative  to  Application BH2008/00925,  Maycroft  and Parkside,  London  Road and  2, 4, 6  &8  Carden Avenue,  it  had  become  apparent  that  the  resident  of  one  of  the  houses  forming  part  of  the  application  site  was a  former  Conservative  MP  and  as  such  was  know  to  her   However  she  had  not  pre determined   the  application  and  the  nature of  her  declaration was  personal  rather  than  prejudicial. Councillors  Barnett,  Carden,  Mrs  A Norman,  Smart,  Mrs Theobald  and Wells  declared that   they  had  they had the  same  personal  but  not  prejudicial  interest  and had not  predetermined  the  application.   

 

31.3

The  Chairman,  Councillor  Hyde also  declared  an  interest in  application  BH2007/04444, Land  R/o 67  -81  Princes  Road .She had  become  aware  that builders  carrying  out  work  for  a  member of  her  family also  had  an  interest  in  this  application.  It  was  her  intention  therefore  to  vacate  the  Chair and  to leave the  meeting  during  consideration of  this  item. The Deputy Chairman Councillor Wells would take the Chair during her absence.

  

31C.

Exclusion of Press and Public

31.4

The Committee considered whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during the 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.

31.5

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

 

 


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