Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

FILMING AT MEETINGS

Please note this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method.  Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting.  Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on.  By entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

 

The Chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual, or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council.

Minutes:

The Chair informed the Committee that the meeting would be live streamed on the Council’s website.

 

2.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

An apology for absence was received from Councillor Hinchcliffe.

3.

Urgent business

It being a special meeting of the Regulatory Committee, under Part 4(B), paragraph 17 of the Council’s Constitution, no other business shall be considered at the meeting.

 

Minutes:

It being a special meeting of the Regulatory Committee, under Part 4(B), paragraph 17 of the Council’s Constitution, there was no other business to be considered.

 

4.

Declarations of interest

A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

5.

Licensing Act 2003 Review of Licensing Policy 2021-2026 pdf icon PDF 406 KB

The Council’s current Statement of Licensing Policy expires in January 2021 and the  Council has to comply with its statutory duty to prepare, consult and publish a SOLP every five years. 

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Daliah Barrett, Licensing Officer, introduced the report, as set out in the agenda.  Ms Barrett explained that the Regulatory Committee at its meeting on 6 July 2020 had agreed that amendments to the Statement of Licensing Policy (SOLP) should be consulted on. The consultation took place for an eight-week period, which ended on 21 August 2020. Responses had been received from a local resident, a Responsible Authority and the O&S Committee. The report considered the responses to the consultation and their effects on the draft SOLP.

 

Details of the responses for public consultation on this revision were set out at Appendix B to the report.

 

Reference was made to the addendum paper previously circulated to members which referred to Table 1 at paragraph 5.5 of the report and clarified the page reference numbers within the agenda pack.

 

The following was provided in response to questions and comments from the Committee:

 

·                In response to a request for the Police to provide a short report to Licensing Sub-Committee meetings, responding to representations made, the Licensing Officer confirmed that regular meetings took place with Police colleagues and this matter would be raised with them.

·                Page 3 – In response to a question regarding alcohol related data, it was explained that the way in which data was gathered had changed and the Council’s analyst now gathered this data.

·                Page 14 – the introduction from the Cabinet Member should be amended to reflect a more general Covid-19 update, given the changing circumstances surrounding the pandemic.

·                Page 18 – the wording for schools ratings should be consistent.

·                Page 19 – it was questioned whether the figures surrounding domestic abuse were correct. It was noted that these figures would be checked with Public Health.

·                Page 21 – New pavement licence, it was questioned whether there was a statutory appeal process. In response, it was stated that Government guidance suggested that an appeal could be carried out.

·                Page 22, paragraph 3.32, it was suggested that the first sentence be deleted.

·                Page 25, paragraph 5.11, in response to a question regarding the ‘Ask for Angela’ campaign, it was explained that this was a campaign added to all licences. The wording would be looked at in the policy.

·                Page 25, paragraph 3.13, Ms Barrett would check with Public Health what the second leading substance being referred to was.

·                Page 30, paragraph 10.4 – in response to a question regarding a ‘relevant’ offence, it was confirmed that this was included in the information provided to personal licence holders.

·                Page 38, paragraph 16.8 – in response to a question regarding what happens when an annual fee was not paid, it was confirmed that the licence would be suspended.

·                Page 39, paragraph 16.9, the sentence was incomplete.

·                Page 39, paragraph 16.10 – It was questioned whether reference could be added for adherence to the Challenge 25 scheme. In response, it was confirmed that a challenge 25 condition was added to every licence where alcohol was being supplied.

·                Page 40, paragraph 16.13, it  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

6.

Dates of future meetings

14 January 2021

11 March 2021

 

Minutes:

14 January 2021