Agenda item

i)             To confirm and sign the minutes of the Licensing Committee meeting held on 21 June 2021 as a correct record. Report to follow.

ii)            To note the Licensing Sub-Committee and Special Licensing Sub-Committee decisions from June 2021.

RESOLVED:

That indication be given that the minutes of the Licensing Committee meeting held on 21 June 2021 be confirmed and signed as a correct record of the proceedings.

In relation to the minutes of the Licensing Sub-Committees and Special Licensing Sub-Committees, Members noted the correction required on page 35 for Councillor Cawley-Harrison’s name.

Members also noted that no councillors had been listed in attendance on page 105 of the minutes.

The meeting enquired about the requirement for the bulk of the minutes of the Licensing Sub-Committee being submitted to the Licensing Committee for noting. The meeting heard that the minutes of the Licensing Sub-Committee and Special Licensing Sub-Committee were submitted to the Licensing Committee for the Committee to note the decisions made and to note consistencies and points of interest.

Some Members suggested that it would be more useful to have a table of decisions or a year end summary be submitted to the Committee rather than a collection of minutes, although some other Members felt that a collection of minutes that could be referred to easily was useful.

A suggestion was made that a tabled document be submitted to the Committee outlining licenses granted, granted with conditions and amendments, licences reviewed and the outcomes of the hearings be submitted to the Committee to allow the Committee to make comparisons regarding decisions made at Licensing Sub-Committees.

The meeting agreed that a further report be brought forward to the Licensing Committee outlining a breakdown of the outcomes at Licensing Sub-Committees and Special Licensing Sub-Committees.

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the Licensing Sub-Committee and the Special Licensing Sub-Committee be noted.