Agenda and minutes

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Apologies for absence were received from:-

Councillors B. Summers, B. Thomas and L. Winnett.

To receive

There were no declarations of interest or dispensations reported.

To consider the report of the Team Manager – Licensing & Commercial.

Consideration was given to the report of the Team Manager – Licensing and Commercial.

The Team Manager – Licensing and Commercial presented the report which provided an update on the work of the Licensing Team for Quarter 2 in respect of statutory licensing matters.

The Team Manager referred to the Operational Report and advised that 80 applications had been received this quarter which included 5 new premises licence, 1 new club premises certificate and 40 temporary event notices. 

Appendix 2 contained Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 data for comparison purposes with previous trends.

In terms of the Management Report, the Team Manager informed Members that the Licensing Act 2003 Statement of Licensing Policy was due to be reviewed and would be the subject of a separate report to be presented to Committee in due course.  Appendix 1 outlined the proposed policy review timetable.  It was noted that the consultation period would take place  during February/March 2020.

The Team Manager advised that Gambling Fees were also due to be reviewed during Quarter 3 and 4 2019/20 with a view to any proposed changes being implemented from the 1^st April, 2020.

RESOLVED that the report be accepted and that the Committee note the activity report for this quarter (Option 2).