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County Councillor G Gooch replaced County Councillor David Smith at this meeting. |
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Apologies Minutes: None. |
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Constitution: Chair and Deputy Chair; Membership; Terms of Reference Minutes: This item was withdrawn as it should not have been included in the agenda. |
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Disclosure of Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests Members are asked to consider any Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests they may have to disclose to the meeting in relation to matters under consideration on the Agenda. Minutes: None. |
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Minutes of the Meeting held on 12 January 2015 Minutes: Resolved: That the Minutes of the meeting held on 12 January 2015 be confirmed and signed by the Chairman. |
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Procedure of Hearing Minutes: Resolved: That the procedure for the conduct of the hearing be noted. |
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Urgent Business An item of urgent business may only be considered under this heading where, by reason of special circumstances to be recorded in the Minutes, the Chair of the meeting is of the opinion that the item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency. Wherever possible, the Chief Executive should be given advance warning of any Member’s intention to raise a matter under this heading. Minutes: None. |
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Date of Next Meeting The next meeting of the Committee will be held on 16 March 2015 at 10.00am at County Hall, Preston. Minutes: It was noted that the next meeting would be held on Monday 16 March 2015 at 10.00 a.m. at County Hall, Preston. |
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Exclusion of Press and Public The Committee is asked to consider whether, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, it considers that the public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972, as indicated against the heading to the item. Minutes: Resolved: That the press and members of the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part 1 of schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972, indicated against the heading to the item. It was considered that in all the circumstances the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information. |
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Complaint against the County Council - Mr and Mrs A (Not for Publication – Exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972. It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interests in disclosing the information). Minutes: (Exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. It was considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information).
The meeting had been convened to consider a complaint about how a matter relating to an obstruction of the highway had been handled by the Environment Directorate.
The complainants chose not to attend the meeting. The Committee considered very carefully the points raised by the complainants including the correspondence submitted by them together with other documentation provided to it, which had also been copied to the complainants. The Committee also considered responses from the local Public Realm Manager who attended the meeting.
Resolved:
(i) That the complaint be not upheld.
(ii) That the reasons for this decision, as discussed and agreed at the meeting, be conveyed to the complainants in writing.
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