Agenda item

For details of members’ personal interests arising from their membership of parish councils or West Sussex County Council or from their being Chichester District Council or West Sussex County Council appointees to outside organisations or members of outside bodies or from being employees of such organisations or bodies, please refer to pages 7 to 8 of this agenda.

Such interests are hereby disclosed by each member in respect of agenda items in the schedule of planning applications where the Council or outside body concerned has been consulted in respect of that particular item or application.

Declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are to be made by members of the Planning Committee in respect of matters on the agenda or this meeting.

There are sometimes also declarations by members that they will not participate in the discussion of and decision on a particular item for various reasons eg predetermination or bias.

[DETAILS IN MINUTES]

The obligation to make declarations of interests related to agenda items 5 to 12 inclusive.

A – Disclosable Pecuniary Interests

Disclosable pecuniary interests have been introduced by section 30 of the Localism Act 2011 and are set out in paras 3 to 7 of Part 3 of CDC’s Code of Conduct adopted on Tuesday 9 October 2012. They are interests that either the member has or is aware that his or her partner has. Where such an interest exists the member concerned must declare it. Unless the member has previously received a dispensation to do so from the Monitoring Officer, he or she may not participate in any discussion of or in any vote taken on that item of business. The member concerned must move to the public seating area for the duration of the item of business in question and from that area he or she may make representations, answer questions or give evidence relating to that item of business, provided that he or she has received a dispensation from the Monitoring Officer to do so.

There were no declarations of a disclosable pecuniary interest made at this meeting. 

B - Personal Interests

Personal interests are defined in paras 8 and 9 of Part 4 of CDC’s Code of Conduct adopted on Tuesday 9 October 2012. They include (as set out on pages 1 and 2 of the agenda for this meeting) membership of parish councils, West Sussex County Council, outside organisations or public bodies where those local authorities, organisations or bodies have been consulted in respect of a planning application or another relevant agenda item.

Miss Golding explained that the personal interests set out on pages 7 and 8 of the agenda were to be taken as having been declared by the member concerned in respect of the relevant planning applications in agenda items 5 to 12 inclusive where such consultations had taken place.

There were eight members of the Planning Committee who made the following declarations of personal interests:

Mr Barrett declared a personal interest in respect of planning application SB/18/ 00048/FUL (agenda item 10) as a Chichester District Council appointed member of the Chichester Harbour Conservancy.

Mrs Duncton declared a personal interest in respect of planning applications BX/18/00696/FUL (agenda item 5), CC/18/00798/FUL (agenda item 7), CC/18/ 01064/FUL (agenda item 8), SB/18/00048/FUL (agenda item 10), SY/18/00595/FUL (agenda item 11) and WW/17/03295/FUL (agenda item 12) as a member of West Sussex County Council.

Mr Hayes declared a personal interest in respect of planning application SB/18/00048/FUL (agenda item 10) as a member of Southbourne Parish Council.

Mr Hixson declared a personal interest in respect of planning applications CC/18/00192/ADV and CC/18/00196/LBC (agenda item 6), CC/18/00798/FUL (agenda item 7) and CC/18/01064/FUL (agenda item 8) as a member of Chichester City Council.

Mrs Kilby declared a personal interest in respect of planning application applications CC/18/00192/ADV and CC/18/00196/LBC (agenda item 6), CC/18/00798/FUL (agenda item 7) and CC/18/01064/FUL (agenda item 8) as a member of Chichester City Council.

Mr Oakley declared a personal interest in respect of planning applications BX/18/00696/FUL (agenda item 5), CC/18/00798/FUL (agenda item 7), CC/18/ 01064/FUL (agenda item 8), SB/18/00048/FUL (agenda item 10), SY/18/00595/FUL (agenda item 11) and WW/17/03295/FUL (agenda item 12) as a member of West Sussex County Council.

Mr Plowman declared a personal interest in respect of planning application applications CC/18/00192/ADV and CC/18/00196/LBC (agenda item 6), CC/18/00798/FUL (agenda item 7) and CC/18/01064/FUL (agenda item 8) as a member of Chichester City Council.

Mrs Purnell declared a personal interest in respect of planning applications BX/18/00696/FUL (agenda item 5), CC/18/00798/FUL (agenda item 7), CC/18/ 01064/FUL (agenda item 8), SB/18/00048/FUL (agenda item 10), SY/18/00595/FUL (agenda item 11) and WW/17/03295/FUL (agenda item 12) as a member of West Sussex County Council.

C - Prejudicial Interests

A personal interest which is also a prejudicial interest is defined in para 12 of Part 4 of CDC’s Code of Conduct adopted on Tuesday 9 October 2012.

Where a member has a prejudicial interest he or she must declare it and move to the public seating area for the duration of the relevant item. That member may not participate in any discussion of or vote taken on that item. The member is entitled, however, to make representations, answer questions or give evidence relating to that item of business on the basis that the public is allowed to attend the meeting for that same purpose.

There was one declaration of a prejudicial interest made at this meeting as follows:

Mr Wakeham declared a prejudicial interest in respect of agenda item 11 (SY/18/00595/FUL – Land South of Ellis Square Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AF) as he had undertaken work for the applicant in the acquisition and disposal of sites although not with respect to the site the subject of that application.

D – Pre-Determination or Bias

The concept of pre-determination or bias is explained in para 14 of Part 4 of CDC’s Code of Conduct adopted on Tuesday 9 October 2012.

A member should not be prohibited from participating in a decision in his or her political role as a member on account of having been involved in campaigning in his or her political role on an issue which does not impact on his or her personal and/or professional life. However a member should not place himself or herself under any financial or other obligation to outside individuals or organisations who or that might seek to influence that member in the performance of his or her official duties. A member must retain the ability to consider the matter with an open mind and to give proper consideration to all the facts and information relevant to the decision.

Furthermore, when making a decision a member should consider the matter with an open mind and on the facts at the meeting at which the decision is to be taken.

There was one declarations of predetermination made at this meeting as follows:

Mrs Purnell declared a prejudicial interest in respect of agenda item 11 (SY/18/00595/FUL – Land South of Ellis Square Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AF) as she was a member of the Selsey Neighbourhood Plan Working Group and had previously expressed her view on the use of the land the subject of that application.

E – Non-Participation for Other Reasons

Sometimes members decide not to participate in the discussion of and decision on a particular agenda item for a reason other than in A to D above. Where this is the case the details are set out below.

There were no declarations made at this meeting not to participate for other reasons.

Planning Applications

As previously stated by the chairman, item 9 (FU/17/02187 – Land South of Osiers Clay Lane Funtington West Sussex) had been withdrawn from the agenda. 

The Planning Committee considered in turn each of the reports for the planning applications listed in the agenda and the agenda update sheet which had been published during the afternoon of the previous day and circulated immediately prior to the start of this meeting. The agenda update sheet summarised the observations and amendments which had arisen since the despatch of the agenda.

Officers provided oral updates to the agenda update sheet where appropriate.

During the presentations by officers of the applications, and as indicated with greater particularity below, members viewed photographs, plans, drawings, computerised images and artist impressions which were displayed on the screens or, where permitted by the chairman, shown or circulated by speakers. 

RESOLVED

That the Planning Committee makes the following decisions in respect of agenda items 5 to 12 inclusive (minute paras 187 to 194 respectively) subject to the stated observations and amendments.

[Note Minute paras 187 to 194 below summarise how each planning application was considered but for full details please refer to the audio recording facility via this link:

http://chichester.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=134&MId=731&Ver=4]