Agenda

This will be followed by the declaration of acceptance of office.

This will be followed by the declaration of acceptance of office.

The Chair will announce any urgent items which due to special circumstances are to be dealt with under Late Items.

Apologies for absence will be notified at this point.

The Chair will make any specific announcements.

In accordance with Chichester District Council’s scheme for public question time the Council will receive any questions which have been submitted by members of the public in writing by noon two working days before the meeting. Each questioner will be given up to three minutes to ask their question. The total time allocated for public question time is 15 minutes subject to the Chair’s discretion to extend that period.

Members and officers are reminded to make any declarations of disclosable pecuniary, personal and/or prejudicial interests they may have in respect of matters on the agenda for this meeting.

The Council is requested to approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 19 March 2024.

The Council is requested to consider the report and its appendix and make the following resolution:

That the Council agrees the Committee memberships as set out in the appendix to the report.

The Council is requested to consider the report and its appendix and make the following resolutions:

1.    That the Council agrees the appointments to the external bodies for 2024 – 2025 as set out in the appendix to this report.

2.    That the Council authorise the Monitoring Officer in consultation with the Leader to transfer appointments to the same appointee Member where the name of the external body changes.

To consider the following recommendations of the Cabinet requiring the approval of the Council.

Members are requested to consider the report and appendix as set out on pages 11-116 of the agenda pack for the 16 April 2024 Cabinet and make the following resolution:

That Council agree that the Chichester Harbour Management Plan 2024-2025 is adopted.

Members are requested to consider the report and appendix as set out on pages 13-24 of the agenda pack for the 14 May 2024 Cabinet and make the following resolution based on the recommendation listed:

That Council agrees that funding for the Arun and Rother Rivers Trust’s (ARRT) Chalk Stream Resilience project of £180,000 (£60,000 per year for three years) is allocated from General Fund Reserves.

Please note the resolution is correct at the time of going to print but may be subject to change at the Cabinet meeting on 14 May 2024.

Members are requested to consider the report and appendix as set out on pages 25-36 of the agenda pack for the 14 May 2024 Cabinet and make the following resolutions based on the recommendations listed:

1. That Council approve the introduction of a policy for determining applications to Homes England seeking a waiver in designated protected areas (dpa), as attached at appendix 1.

2. That Council approve that delegated authority be granted to the Divisional Manager for Housing, Revenues and Benefits to make minor changes to the policy and as set out in section 5 of the policy.

Please note the resolutions are correct at the time of going to print but may be subject to change at the Cabinet meeting on 14 May 2024.

None.

None.

To consider any late items as follows:

a)    Items added to the agenda papers and made available for public inspection.

b)    Items which the Chair has agreed should be taken as matters of urgency by reason of special circumstances to be reported at the meeting.

The Council is asked to consider whether the public, including the press, should be excluded from the meeting on the grounds of exemption under Parts I to 7 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as indicated against the item and because, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption of that information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. The reports dealt with under this part of the agenda are attached for members of the Council and senior officers only (salmon paper).

Please note there are no restricted items scheduled to be considered at this meeting.