Agenda

To take as read and approve as a true record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 30 October 2023.

Members are reminded that any declarations of interest in respect to any business set out in the agenda, should be declared as either a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest or a Declarable Interest and are required to notify the Chair of the nature of any interest declared at the commencement of the relevant item on the agenda. Members declaring a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest must withdraw from the meeting for the duration of the item.

Members declaring a Declarable Interest, wishing to exercise a ‘Councillor Speaking Right’, must declare this at the same time as the interest, move to the public area before speaking to the item and then must leave the room before the debate and vote.

Members should notify the Chair of other business which they wish to be discussed at the end of either Part I or Part II business set out in the agenda. They must state the circumstances which they consider justify the business being considered as a matter of urgency. The Chair will decide whether any item(s) raised will be considered.

To receive petitions, comments, and questions from the public.

REPORT OF THE LICENSING AND COMMUNITY SAFETY MANAGER

To provide the committee with a summary of performance statistics, updates on project work, service improvements, and future challenges.

To consider passing the following resolution:

That under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, the Press and Public be excluded from the meeting on the grounds that the following report will involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the said Act (as amended).

REPORT OF THE LICENSING AND COMMUNITY SAFETY MANAGER

To provide the Committee with a summary of licensing activity during the reporting year.

REPORT OF THE LICENSING AND COMMUNITY SAFETY MANAGER

The purpose of this report is for the Licensing and Regulation Committee to consider the draft Statement of Gambling Licensing Principles prepared by officers, and the public consultation responses, and then recommend the adoption of a final Statement of Licensing Principles to Full Council.

REPORT OF THE LICENSING AND COMMUNITY SAFETY MANAGER

The purpose of this report is to adopt a licensing policy for pavement licences, following the previous temporary licensing arrangements being permanently enacted into legislation.

REPORT OF THE LICENSING AND COMMUNITY SAFETY MANAGER

The purpose of this report is to adopt a street trading policy incorporating minor amendments to the existing policy.