Agenda and minutes

Any substitute members should declare their substitution.

Councillor Jude Harvey substituted for Councillor Carol O’Neal.

Councillor Paul Mansfield substituted for Councillor Vee Barton.

Members and Officers must declare any disclosable pecuniary interests in relation to any business on the agenda.  Declarations should also be made at any stage such an interest becomes apparent during the meeting.

If in doubt contact the Legal or Democratic Services representative for this meeting.

Members and Officers may seek advice upon any relevant interest from the Monitoring Officer prior to the meeting.

Councillor Carol Albury declared that, in relation to the first application on the agenda, she is the Ward Councillor for Lancing and is involved with Men in Sheds. Councillor Albury informed the Committee that she would hand over to Councillor Joe Pannell to act as Chair and absent herself for that application.

So as to provide the best opportunity for the Committee to provide the public with the fullest answer, questions from the public should be submitted by midday on Wednesday 30 August 2023.

Where relevant notice of a question has not been given, the person presiding may either choose to give a response at the meeting or respond by undertaking to provide a written response within three working days.

Questions should be submitted to Democratic Services –

democratic.services@adur-worthing.gov.uk

(Note:  Public Question Time will last for a maximum of 30 minutes)

There were no pre-submitted Public Questions.

Pre-submitted Members questions are pursuant to rule 12 of the Council & Committee Procedure Rules.

Questions should be submitted by midday on Wednesday 30 August 2023 to Democratic Services, democratic.services@adur-worthing.gov.uk    

(Note: Member Question Time will operate for a maximum of 30 minutes.)

There were no pre-submitted Members Questions.

To approve the minutes of the Planning Committee meetings of the Committee held on  7 August 2023, which have been emailed to Members.

RESOLVED, that the minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 7 August 2023 be confirmed as a correct record and that they be signed by the Chair.

To consider any items the Chair of the meeting considers urgent.

There were no items raised under urgency provisions.

To consider the reports by the Director for the Economy, attached as Item 7.

The planning applications were considered, see attached appendix.

To consider a report by the Director for Place, attached as item 8.

The Planning Services Manager presented the report for Members to note and comment on.

Members made comments suggesting that the Section 106 should be included in the glossary and it should be given more prominence in Chapter 7 rather than one sentence. Members also questioned why Worthing had CIL and Adur did not.

It was also voiced that input from the community was an essential part of the planning service and should have been given greater emphasis.

Section 2.10 referred to ‘Hard to reach groups’. Members felt the term ‘seldom heard’ would be more favourable terminology. 

It was raised that on page 78, Shoreham Herald was mentioned with regards to local advertising and it was noted that this publication no longer existed.