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.

29a        Declarations of substitutes

29.1       There were none.

29b       Declarations of interests

29.2       Councillor Simson stated that she had been lobbied in respect of Application A, BH2018/03629, Belgrave Training Centre, Clarendon Place, Portslade but that not had expressed a view and remained of a neutral mind It was noted that a number of other Members had also been lobbied in respect of Application A, BH2018/03629, Belgrave Training Centre, Clarendon Place, Portslade but that none had expressed a view. Councillor Miller referred to Application C, BH2019/01183, 44 the Cliff, Rottingdean stating that he had been approached in relation to land ownership issues in respect of the site but remained of a neutral mind and would remain present during consideration and determination of the application. Councillor Yates referred to Applications A, BH2018/03629, Belgrave Training Centre, Clarendon Place, Portslade and C, BH2019/01183, 44 The Cliff, Rottingdean stating that he had knowledge of these sites in his former role as leader of the Council. He had not been involved with the applications before committee, nor expressed a view in respect of them, he remained of a neutral mind and would remain present during their consideration and determination. The Chair, Councillor Hill referred to Application A, BH2018/03629, Belgrave Training Centre, Clarendon Place, Portslade, stating that had knowledge of this site in her former role as Chair of the Housing Committee but had not expressed a view in respect of the application before committee, she remained of a neutral mind and would remain present during its consideration and determination.

29c        Exclusion of the press and public

29.3       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.

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

29d       Use of mobile phones and tablets

29.5       The Chair requested Members ensure that their mobile phones were switched to ‘silent mode’.