North Yorkshire Council

Appeals Committee

Public Section of the Minutes of the meeting held in Meeting Room 3 at County Hall, on Monday, 1 July 2024.

Present:

Councillors: Chris Aldred,Nigel Knapton and Robert Windass (Chair)

Apologies: Councillors Barbara Brodigan, Stephanie Duckett and Caroline Goodrick.

Officers in Attendance: Rachel Conyers (Admissions and Appeals Officer), Mary Davies (Senior Appeals Officer and Sarah Holbird (Senior Appeals Officer).

Copies of all documents considered are in the Minute Book

83.       Declarations of Interest

There were no declarations of interest made.

84.       Exclusion of the Public

Resolved –

That the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of Item numbers 4 to 7 on the agenda, on the grounds that they each involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006.

85.      Public Minutes

           Resolved –

That the Public Section of the Minutes of the meeting held on 20 May 2024, having been previously circulated, be taken as read and confirmed as a correct record.

86.      Such other business as, in the opinion of the Chairman, shall by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

           Resolved –

The Committee agreed that the Committee’s Core Membership could use any of the Appeals Committee substitute members, who had received training for Appeals Committee, regardless of their political group.

Members of the public were excluded from the meeting during consideration of the remaining items of business and have no right to inspect the reports,

which were considered whilst the meeting was not open to the public.