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Agenda/Speakers:
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
2. MINUTES
To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the Licensing
Committee Meeting dated 5 December 2018.
3. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
Items of other business notified under Council Procedure
Rule 30 to be announced, together with the special circumstances that justify
their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chairman to rule on the
admission of such items.
4. DECLARATION OF INTERESTS
To receive any declarations of interest.
5. REVIEW OF LICENSING POLICY
The Statement of Licensing Policy 2016-2021 (“the Policy”)
was adopted in 2016 in line with the requirements of the Licensing Act 2003 (as
amended). The Policy was up for review in August 2020 and will come to an end
on 7 January 2021. The current Policy is attached at Appendix A.
Due to work commitments, limited department resources
coupled with the Coronavirus pandemic, Officers have not been able to undertake
a full review to ensure a new updated Policy is in place and agreed by Full
Council by 7 January 2021. A review is currently underway and Officers seek
Member support to agree an extension to the adoption of the existing Policy
(solely as an interim measure) up until 18 May 2021 to coincide with Annual
Council. Legal Counsel’s advice has been sought and is summarised within the
report.
Officers also seek Member agreement to a new timescale for
implementation of the amended Policy to ensure it can be implemented from May
2021. The timescale for implementation will include a minimum 6 week public
consultation process.
6. WORK PROGRAMME
To consider and made any necessary changes to the
Committee’s work programme.
7. EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
If confidential business is approved under item 3, it will
also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in
the additional item(s) and a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-“that under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act
1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following
item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of
exempt information as defined under paragraphs (1-7) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to
the Act”. It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances, the
public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in
disclosing the information.