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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Virtual Meeting

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1.

DECLARATION OF INTERESTS BY COUNCILLORS

Minutes:

1.1       Councillor Andrew Stringer declared a local non-pecuniary interest as a personal licence holder.

2.

MLR/20/1 TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 7 AUGUST 2020 pdf icon PDF 206 KB

Minutes:

2.1   It was RESOLVED:

 

        That the Minutes of the meeting held on 7 August 2020 be confirmed as a true record and signed at the next practicable opportunity.

3.

TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF PETITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNCIL'S PETITION SCHEME

Minutes:

3.1       None received.

4.

MLR/20/2 LICENSING ACT 2003 - STATEMENT OF LICENSING POLICY STATUTORY FIVE-YEARLY REVISION pdf icon PDF 302 KB

Report from the Licensing Team attached.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

4.1       Emma Richbell, Assistant Manager – Food, Safety and Licensing presented Paper MLR/20/2 to the Committee. The report detailed the outcome of the full and targeted public consultation, in respect of the statutory policy revision relating to Licensing Act 2003 functions.

 

4.2       Section 5 of The Licensing Act 2003 requires that each Licensing Authority shall determine and publish a local ‘Statement of Licensing Policy’ relating to the discharge of its licensing functions under the Act.

 

4.3       It was noted that no responses were received following the public consultation exercise, and therefore no further changes were required to be made to the draft Statement of Licensing Policy.

 

4.4       The Assistant Manager and the Legal Advisor responded to Members’ questions in respect of the information contained in Appendix A regarding the size of the District in hectares, and procedures in place to deal with licence holders failing to comply with government lockdown requirements.

 

4.5       Councillor Muller proposed that the recommendation contained in Paper MLR/20/2 be approved. Councillor Stringer seconded the proposal.

 

4.6       The vote was taken by roll call and was unanimous.

 

            It was RESOLVED:

 

            That the post-consultation draft ‘Statement of Licensing Policy’ in respect of Licensing Act 2003 functions, as attached at Appendix A, be approved.

 

            RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL:

 

            That the ‘Statement of Licensing Policy’ document be adopted.