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1.

MEMBERSHIP AND TERMS OF REFERENCE

15 Members (7:5:1:1:1)

 

(same membership and chair/ vice chair as Licensing and Regulatory Committee) 

 

Quorum - 4

Chair: I. Hutchinson

Vice Chair: C. Humphrey

 

Conservative 

Labour 

Independent Group 

Liberal Democrats 

Green Party 

Ind Non-Grouped 

J. Beynon 

B. Gallacher 

C. Taylor 

A. Sharp 

 

S. Lee 

T. Cessford 

J. Foster 

 

 

 

 

D. Ferguson 

K. Nisbet 

 

 

 

 

C. Hardy 

K. Parry 

 

 

 

 

C. Humphrey 

A.Wallace 

 

 

 

 

I. Hutchinson 

 

 

 

 

 

C. Seymour 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terms of Reference

 

(1)    The Licensing Committee will exercise all the powers and duties of the Council under the Licensing Act 2003 and the Gambling Act 2005, except for those functions that are reserved to the Council. 

 

(2)    The Licensing Committee may arrange for any functions which it exercises to be discharged by:-

 

(a)      a Sub Committee established by it; or

 

(b)      an officer of the Council as Licensing Authority.

 

The Committee will report to the Council on any such arrangements it may make.

 

(3)    Where the Licensing Committee exercises the function of determining any application or similar matter, it will do so through a Sub Committee.

Minutes:

The Membership and Terms of Reference, as agreed by Council at the meeting on 26 May 2021 had been circulated for information. 

 

RESOLVED that the Licensing membership and terms of reference, as agreed by Council on 26 May 2021, be noted. 

 

2.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Cessford and  

Gallacher. 

 

3.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 87 KB

Minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Committee, held on Wednesday 11 February 2021, as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Committee held on Wednesday 11 February 2021, as circulated be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair. 

4.

REPORTS OF THE HEAD OF HOUSING AND PUBLIC PROTECTION pdf icon PDF 107 KB

(1)      Statement of Licensing Policy

 

 To advise Members of a proposed consultation regarding the Statement of Licensing    Policy

Minutes:

Statement of Licensing Policy 

 

Members were advised that the Statement of Policy was due to be reviewed in 2020, but due to the impact of the pandemic  and the closure of many licensed premises and furlough, this had not happened. 

 

Officers were not proposing any significant changes to the policy and were proposing to seek the view of consultees as to whether changes were required. 

 

The consultation would identify any key changes or issues and a report would be brought back to the committee for consideration and endorsement and presented to Council for agreement. 

 

RESOLVED that the contents of the report be noted and the outcome of the consultation be reported back to the Committee, at which any time any proposed revisions to the report will be discussed and agreed prior to recommending adoption by Council 

 

5.

FUTURE MEETINGS

Future meetings of the Licensing Committee will commence at 2.00 pm and take place on:

 

Wednesday 27 October 2021

Wednesday 15 December 2021

Wednesday 16 February 2022

Wednesday 27 April 2022

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the meetings of the future meetings be noted.