Issue - meetings

The Housing and Environment Enforcement Manager introduced the report for consideration and explained that Section 5 of the Licensing Act 2003 required each Licensing Authority to prepare, consult on and determine a Statement of Licensing Policy. That policy must be kept under review on an ongoing basis and in any case every five years. He highlighted that the current policy was adopted by Council in November 2015. The legislation required that where revisions were made, the Licensing Authority must publish a statement of the revisions or the revised licensing statement. He concluded by stating that the revised policy must be in place by 7 January 2021 and at this stage, Members of the Committee were being requested to agree to the formal consultation period.

The Chairman thanked the Housing and Environment Enforcement Manager for his 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 amended draft Licensing Policy be approved for consultation between the period of 6 June and 21 August 2020; and

b)    following the period of consultation, the Licensing Policy return to the Licensing Committee on 10 September 2020.