Agenda and minutes
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Apologies for absence Additional documents: Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Gordon Jackson and Ted Mayne. |
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Local Code of Conduct - Disclosable Pecuniary Interests In accordance with the local Code of Conduct, a councillor is required to disclose at the meeting any disclosable pecuniary interest (DPI) that they may have in respect of any matter for consideration on this agenda. Any councillor with a DPI must notparticipate in any discussion or vote regarding that matter and they must also withdraw from the meeting immediately before consideration of the matter.
If that DPI has not been registered, the councillor must notify the Monitoring Officer of the details of the DPI within 28 days of the date of the meeting.
Councillors are further invited to disclose any non-pecuniary interest which may be relevant to any matter on this agenda, in the interests of transparency, and to confirm that it will not affect their objectivity in relation to that matter.
Additional documents: Minutes: No disclosures of interest were declared. |
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To confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Committee held on 23 September 2020.
Additional documents: Minutes:
The minutes of the Licensing Committee held on 23 September 2020 were approved and signed by the Chairman. |
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Announcements To receive any announcements from the Chairman of the Committee. Additional documents: Minutes: The Chairman had no announcements. |
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Licensing Act 2003 : Review of Statement of Licensing Policy PDF 235 KB That the Committee recommends that Full Council on 8 December adopts the Statement of Licensing Policy 2021-26 at Appendix 1 following Public consultation.
Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee received a report from the Licensing Team Leader and noted that the Licensing Authority, for the purposes of the Licensing Act 2003, had to review its Statement of Licensing Policy every five years. The existing policy was due for review by 7 January 2021. In May 2020, the Licensing Committee approved a draft policy for public consultation. The consultation ran from 6 July – 4 September and no comments were received. The Committee was therefore asked to recommend that Council adopted the policy at its meeting on 8 December 2020.
The Committee noted that at page 22 of the report, Section 6, in relation to Premises Licences and Club Premises Certificates, the policy stated that a premises licence was required for the sale of hot food and drink to the public between 11pm and 5am. A query was raised whether the premises needed to be licensed outside of these hours? The Licensing Team Leader confirmed that the Licensing Act 2003 dealt with licensable activities, the main one of which was the sale of alcohol. In addition, there was the regulation of entertainment and provision of late-night refreshment. If selling hot food prior to 11pm, premises would need to be registered with Environmental Health for the purposes of maintaining food safety. Premises however did not need authorisation under the Licensing Act.
The Committee, having considered the report;
RESOLVED to recommend that Council on 8 December 2020, adopted the Statement of Licensing Policy 2021-26 which had been publicly consulted on.
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Licensing Committee Work Programme PDF 207 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee noted its work programme. |