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.

58a           Declarations of substitutes

58.1          Councillor A Norman declared she was substituting for Councillor Hyde.

58b           Declarations of interests

58.2          Councillor Davey declared a personal interest in applications BH2010/03759, The Astoria, 10-14 Gloucester Place, Brighton and BH2010/03760, The Astoria, 10-14 Gloucester Place, Brighton as he had met with representatives from Synergy and the local community as Ward Councillor to hear their ideas for the site. He had not expressed a view on the applications however, and remained of a neutral mind. As such he took part in the discussion and voting thereon.

58.3          Councillor Kennedy declared a personal interest in applications BH2010/03759, The Astoria, 10-14 Gloucester Place, Brighton and BH2010/03760, The Astoria, 10-14 Gloucester Place, Brighton as she was a Trustee of the Phoenix Arts Association. She had not expressed a view on the applications however, and remained of a neutral mind. As such she took part in the discussion and voting thereon.

58c           Exclusion of the press and public

58.4          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.

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