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Local Code of Conduct - disclosure of 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, you 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.
Minutes: There were no disclosures of interest. |
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Street Trading Consent Applications - Family Favourites PDF 260 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Licensing Team Leader informed the Sub-Committee that they had convened to consider two Street Trading Consent applications for mobile food catering stalls on the High Street. The Applicant has had two stalls selling German Sausages and Dutch Pancakes since 2008. The Sub-Committee noted that the Council had recently adopted a Street Trading Licensing Policy in relation to issuing Street Trading Consents, which provided for applications to be assessed against varying criteria, which included the character of the area and avoidance of nuisance. Two objections had been received, one from Experience Guildford referring to the potential obstruction to two established High Street retailers and the other from Mr Shah of iFix Gadgets at no 64 High Street in relation to the obstruction to his retail frontage and the odour from sausages. Mr Shah had made a similar complaint about the obstruction of his shop frontage earlier this year. The Licensing Team Leader suggested that an alternative location for Family Favourites was in North Street where food stalls operated Friday – Saturday.
The Chairman invited the applicants to make their representation. Mrs Mayne made the following comments:
· When they set-up their stall, they left a clear gap to iFix Gadgets at no.64 High Street. Unfortunately, parked vehicles caused Family Favourites to have to set-up their stall near iFix Gadgets, which was the day on which the iFix Gadgets shop owner Mr Shah made the complaint. · Mrs Mayne saw Mr Shah taking photographs of their stall and then took photographs herself to counter those images. · The stalls used by Family Favourites were pre-approved by Guildford Borough Council when they first obtained their consent. · They had held street trading consents since 1996 and could produce paperwork from that time. · Family Favourites had been selling German sausages and Dutch Pancakes decades prior to these food items becoming popular and sold widespread. · Family Favourites would be trading under a Christmas licence. The consent applied for was a safety net to cover the leaner months. Currently they had permission under their consent to trade on the High Street every Saturday with their sausage cart but did not trade every weekend, as that sort of food was not suitable in the summer months.
Amanda Masters who had submitted an objection to the street-trading consent applications on behalf of Experience Guildford made the following comments:
· The High Street shops were Experience Guildford’s stakeholders and paid high rents, rates and other costs, including paying into BID, towards the upkeep and running of their shops. Mr Shah of I-Fix Gadgets had asked Amanda Masters to represent him at this hearing. The main concerns were that the stalls caused a potential obstruction to retail frontages as well as odour from sausages. · Permitting Family Favourites to trade would potentially open the floodgates to create a precedent by allowing other street traders along the High Street. The new Street Trading Policy had to be considered, which emphasised the impact such stalls would have upon the character of the area. · An alternative suggestion put ... view the full minutes text for item 2. |