Decision details

6B – Referral from Cabinet – Medium Term Financial Strategy 2025-2030

The Chair advised that referral 6B from Cabinet would be taken with the respective item on the Agenda.

6A – Referral from Licensing & Regulation Committee – Adoption of a Statement of Licensing Policy

RESOLVED: That the Statement of Licensing Policy, as amended, was adopted.

REASONS FOR DECISION:

(1)   Licensing authorities are required to publish a policy every five years by virtue of section 5 of the Licensing Act 2003 (“the Act”).

(2)   A new policy must be published by 7 January 2026 to comply with this statutory requirement.

(3)   The proposed policy builds on the success of the previous and existing versions of the policy, whilst reflecting legislative changes and the Council’s priorities.

(4)   Responses to the public consultation were limited and raised no significant opposition to any of the proposals.