The records of public question time for each committee will now be found on each committee meeting page (the same place you find the agenda) and will be uploaded after the meeting.
The table of questions on this page will now just hold an archive of questions asked (as far back as the last 6 years).
At Arun, we believe our committee meetings should be as open and accessible as possible. There is a 15-minute Public Question Time (PQT) at the start of each meeting which you can attend and put your question/s to elected councillors. Meetings start at 6pm with the exception of the Licensing Committee that starts at 10am.
Most of our meetings are held at the Arun Civic Centre at Littlehampton, but this is not always the case and you should check the meeting location on the agenda in advance of the meeting you are interested in attending.
Please note that although members of the public are welcome to attend the Planning Committee and any Sub-Committee meetings within the constitutional procedure rules there is not an opportunity for public questions to be asked.
There is a separate public speaking process for applications before the Planning Committee. If you wish to speak at a Planning Committee meeting you are required to register your request, and this must be done before 9am on the Monday before the meeting is scheduled to take place. To register to speak please call 01903 737512. A list of people will be prepared on a first-come, first served basis, up to the maximum allowed by the constitutional procedure rules.
You can submit your question using our online public question time form below. This must be done 5 working days before the date the meeting is scheduled to take place.
Questions will be dealt with on a 'first come, first served' basis. For Full Council meetings no more than two valid questions will be accepted from one member of the public (or their household) at one single meeting. This restriction does not apply to Committee Meetings . If you have multiple questions you may ask one question at a time and you will be allowed a maximum of 1 minute to ask your question. For supplementary questions, these will only be allowed at the chair’s absolute discretion. The supplementary question must arise directly out of the original question or the reply that was given and shall be limited to 1-minutes duration. The time limit for public questions will be 15-minutes, however the chair has discretion to extend this period. If the 15-minutes of PQT runs out and is not extended, written answers will be provided to any further questions remaining unanswered.
Questions may be rejected by the chief executive/chair if they:
You can view the questions submitted and answers given in Public Question Time at Full Council and Cabinet meetings held within the last 6 years.
For questions submitted and answers provided from 19 May 2021 onwards, these can be viewed on the relevant Committee web page as a supplement.
This information will be published within 10 working days of the date of the meeting.
For more information please contact the Committee Services Team at Arun Civic Centre (address below), call 01903 737614/737611 or email: committees@arun.gov.uk