Agenda and minutes

Any substitute members should declare their substitution.

There were no substitute Members.

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 as 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 Noel Atkins declared an interest as an elected member of West Sussex County Council in relation to any issues that may affect West Sussex. He also declared he was a Ward Councillor for Salvington with regards to an appeal update on page 26 of the agenda.

Councillor Richard Nowak declared that he was a member of the Worthing Society. He also declared he was a Ward Councillor for Salvington with regards to an appeal update.

Councillor Ödül Boskurt declared that she was a Ward Councillor for Central and was not predetermined with regards to the application.

Councillor Rosey Whorlow declared that she was a Ward Councillor for Central and was not predetermined with regards to the 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 Friday 26 January 2024.

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 questions received from the public.

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

Questions should be submitted by midday on Friday 26 January 2024 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 questions from Members.

To approve the minutes of the Planning Committee meetings of the Committee held on Wednesday 20 December 2023, which have been emailed to Members.

RESOLVED, that the minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 20 December 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 Place, attached as Item 7.

The application was determined as set out in the attached appendix.

An update on appeal decisions, attached as item 8.

Members were very pleased to see a 100% success rate for appeals appended to the agenda and noted that despite being a presumption authority Inspectors recognised that there were clear reasons for refusal where both the Committee and Officers had demonstrated that the harm would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of the appeal schemes.