Agenda and minutes

          In this case the Council has a discretion to exclude the press and public and, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, it is RECOMMENDED that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, having been satisfied that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.

            The Council considered:

(1)       whether Members of the press and public should be excluded from the meeting of the Council during consideration of the following item of business in accordance with Sub-Section 4 of Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 because it was likely that, in view of the nature of the business to be considered, exempt information would be disclosed, being information defined in Section 100 (1) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972; and

(2)       whether the disclosure of information was in the public interest, whether any relevant exemptions were applicable and whether, when applying the public interest test and exemptions, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed that in disclosing the information.

            RESOLVED: That as, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, members of the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business in accordance with Sub-Section 4 of Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 because it is likely that, in view of the nature of the business, exempt information will be disclosed, being information defined in Section 100 (1) and paragraph 5 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

            The Council considered a report of the Operational Director, Legal and Democratic Services on the Village Green Application – Halebank (2).

            RESOLVED: That

1)         the decision of the Council of 20^th October 2010 on the Second Application made under the Commons Act 2006 by

Mrs Florence Hurley and dated 3^rd June 2007 in respect of land at Halebank, edged blue on the attached plan, be not designated as Village Green for the purposes of Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 on the grounds of lack of evidence of qualifying usage specific to that area, be set aside; and

2)         the Operational Director Legal & Democratic Services in consultation with the Leader of the Council, be authorised to take such further steps as may be required to enable the Council to reconsider the Second Application made by

Mrs Hurley.