Chairman's Notices
Minutes:
The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting and went through some general housekeeping arrangements for the meeting.
The Chairman advised that the Committee was following the Council’s protocol regarding public participation and personally regretted that he could not allow more public participation on applications except as detailed in the protocols agreed by the Council. He commented that in his view these protocols needed to be revisited to allow more views and expansive open dialogue.
The Chairman advised that as per the precedent of this Committee he would be suspending Procedure Rule 8(3) the requirement to stand when speaking.