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Meeting: 02/11/2020 - Council (Item 38)

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Minutes:

 

Councillor Jessie Milne as Chairman of the Licensing Committee, presented the report to Council and advised that  Section 5 of the Licensing Act 2003 required each Licensing Authority to  prepare, consult on and determine a Statement of Licensing Policy, which  must be kept under review on an ongoing basis and consulted upon and reviewed every 5 years.

 

This five year review had recently been undertaken and Councillor Milne was pleased to present to Council the updated Licensing Policy, approved and recommended to Council for adoption by the Council’s Licensing Committee after consultation with licence holders.

 

The policy aimed at ensuring the effective and safe operation of licensed premises across the District and ensured that they were adhering to a regulatory framework, which had become ever more important over the last 12 months and would enable the Council to continue to deliver its statutory obligations in relation to licensing.

 

Full Council were asked to accept the recommendation from its Licensing Committee and approve the revised policy for implementation.

 

Thanks were expressed to the Licensing and Enforcement Officers for their work throughout the pandemic.

 

Having being moved and seconded it was:-

 

RESOLVED that the recommendationfrom the Licensing Committee be accepted and the Revised Licensing Policy be adopted and approved for implementation.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Meeting: 10/09/2020 - Licensing Committee (Item 11)

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Members, at their meeting on 4 June, had agreed the amended draft Licensing Policy for consultation.  The Consultation had been held during the period of 6 June and 21 August 2020.

 

The Council had consulted with the following:

 

·         The Chief Officer of Police for the licensing authority’s area;

·         The Fire Authority for that area;

·         Representatives of holders of premises licences, club premises

certificates and personal licences;

·         Other persons the licensing authority considers to be representative of businesses and residents in its area;

·         The Local Authority’s Director of Public Health England (DPH).

 

A total of seven responses to the consultation had been received. Six respondents advised that they had viewed it and had no further comments. The statutory authorities had raised no concerns.  One responder had proposed changed wording to the following section ;

 

The Licensing Authority expects premises that retail alcohol for consumption on or off the premises will have an effective CCTV system installed that operates in compliance with the requirements of Lincolnshire Police’.

 

Requesting that expects be replaced to must.

 

Officers were of the view that the policy position was clear that this was an expectation and not a “must”.  Officers confirmed that there were no policy amendments being proposed as a result of the consultation and Members were therefore being asked to recommend the Policy to Full Council for final adoption. 

 

The Chairman thanked the Housing and Environment Enforcement Manager and the Licensing Officer Enforcement for their time and enquired of Members whether they wished to comment on the report. Giving due time for questions, the Chairman confirmed no one wished to speak and as such, the recommendations within the report were duly moved and seconded.

 

On asking Members to indicate their vote, it was unanimously

           

RESOLVED that:

 

a)     the responses to-date from the consultation be noted; and.

 

b)    the draft Licensing Policy be RECOMMENDED to Full Council, at its meeting on 2 November 2020, for approval and adoption.