Agenda item

To approve the minutes of the meeting on 27 June 2018.

The minutes of the meeting on 27 June were approved as an accurate record.

MATTERS ARISNG

Pool of London Presentation - The Chairman referred to the challenge at the meeting that this item should have been taken during the public session.  Advice had since been taken from both the Comptroller and Town Clerk and the Chairman acknowledged that there had been an error of judgement on this occasion in considering this item during the non-public session as there had been nothing commercially sensitive to report.

The Chairman responded to concerns raised at the meeting that Members would prejudice themselves from voting on any future planning applications submitted by Northern and Shell relating to its site in the Pool of London.  The Chairman referred to advice of the Comptroller that Members had not precluded themselves from sitting on planning applications in future.

The Chairman also responded to the suggestion that Northern and Shell had been given a beneficial advantage in being allowed to present to this Sub-committee.  The Chairman drew Members attention to the note of the Pool of London Workshop on 20 April 2018 and highlighted the comment that an invitation had been extended to all attendees inviting them to present further ideas and policy proposals to this Sub-committee.  The Chairman stressed that Northern and Shell were the only organisation to come forward and this was the reason they presented.  The Chairman remarked that other organisations had also been offered the opportunity to come forward and confirmed that this opportunity remained open to them.

The Chairman remarked that he thought it important to clarify these points and also to allow it to be properly recorded that the item should have been heard in the public session.