Agenda

Licensing & Regulatory Committee - Wednesday, 12th February, 2025 1.30 pm

Venue: Council Chamber - County Hall. View directions

Contact: Heather Bowers 

Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 87 KB

Minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Committee, held on Wednesday 18 December 2024, as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

3.

DISCLOSURE OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS

Unless already entered in the Council’s Register of Members’ interests, members are required?where a matter arises at a meeting;

 

Which directly relates to Disclosable Pecuniary Interest (‘DPI’) as set out in Appendix B, Table 1 of the Code of Conduct, to disclose the interest, not participate in any discussion or vote and not to remain in room.  Where members have a DPI or if the matter concerns an executive function and is being considered by a Cabinet Member with a DPI they must notify the Monitoring Officer and arrange for somebody else to deal with the matter.

 

Which directly relates to the financial interest or well being of a Other Registrable Interest as set out in Appendix B, Table 2 of the Code of Conduct to disclose the interest and only speak on the matter if members of the public are also allowed to speak at the meeting but otherwise must not take part in any discussion? or vote on the matter and must not remain the room.

 

Which directly relates to their financial interest or well-being (and is not? DPI) or the financial well being of a relative or close associate, to declare the interest and members may only speak on the matter if members of the public are also allowed to speak. Otherwise, the member must not take part in discussion or vote on the matter and must leave the room.

 

Which affects the financial well-being of the member, a relative or close associate or a body included under the Other Registrable Interests column in Table 2, to disclose the interest and apply the test set out at paragraph 9 of Appendix B before deciding whether they may remain in the meeting.

 

Where Members have or a Cabinet Member has an Other Registerable Interest or Non Registerable Interest in a matter being considered in exercise of their executive function, they must notify the Monitoring Officer and arrange for somebody else to deal with it.

 

NB Any member needing clarification must contact monitoringofficer@northumberland.gov.uk.  Members are referred to the Code of Conduct which contains the matters above in full.?Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this agenda letter.

4.

REGULATION OF EVENTS pdf icon PDF 157 KB

To review licences determined over the last Quarter by the Licensing & Regulatory Subcommittee and delegated officers.

5.

QUARTERLY ACTIVITY UPDATE pdf icon PDF 209 KB

Northumberland County Council has a statutory responsibility to administer and enforce various licensing schemes in its local area.

 

This report provides Licensing and Regulatory Committee with an update on licences determined over the last Quarter by Subcommittee and delegated officers.

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6.

REVIEW OF FEES AND CHARGES FOR THE HACKNEY CARRIAGE AND PRIVATE HIRE LICENSING SCHEME pdf icon PDF 162 KB

???Northumberland County Council has a statutory responsibility to regulate hackney carriage (‘taxi’) and private hire activities by administering and enforcing a local licensing scheme.   

?Following review, this report outlines proposals to increase the fees it charges by 5% to keep pace with inflationary impacts and to maintain the principle of cost recovery.

Additional documents:

7.

REVIEW OF HACKNEY CARRIAGE FARES pdf icon PDF 163 KB

Northumberland County Council has a statutory responsibility to regulate hackney carriage (‘taxi’) activities by administering and enforcing a local licensing scheme.   

?This report sets out the law applying to the setting of fares for hackney carriages and provides the outcome of the annual review undertaken by officers.

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8.

FUTURE MEETINGS

To seek agreement from the Committee for future meetings to be held quarterly rather than bi-monthly.

 

9.

URGENT BUSINESS

To consider such other business as, in the opinion of the Chair, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.