The Licensing
Committee will determine Licensing policy/procedure (excluding the
Council’s Statement of Policy) as well as Licensing fees and
charges.
The Committee
will also establish a Licensing Sub-Committee to consider Licensing
matters under the Licensing 2003 Act where representations have
been made.
The Licensing
Committee is made up of 15 Members of the Council.
The meetings are
open to the public to attend. A timetable
for meeting dates and deadlines can be found
here.
Useful links
- Council
Constitution
•
Terms of Reference for the Licensing Committee (Part 3.3.7 of
the Council’s Constitution, Responsibility for
Functions) pg 100.
•
Licensing Code of Conduct (Part 5.3 of the Council’s
Constitution, Codes and Protocols) pgs 258-264
•
Licensing
Services Webpages
The full terms of
reference for the Committee is as follows:
1. To consider and
determine applications for the grant or variation of the
following:
•
Premises Licenses, Personal Licences, Temporary Events
Notices and Club Premises Certificates pursuant to the Licensing
Act 2003 where relevant representations have been
received;
•
Special treatment licenses in respect of premises within the
borough where objections have been received;
•
Gaming permits, as defined by Schedule 9 (6) of the Gaming
Act 1968, where objections have been received;
•
Small lotteries registration, where objections have been
received;
•
Competitive bidding licenses, where objections have been
received;
•
Pools promotion registration, where objections have been
received.
•
Granting “hypnotism waivers” in accordance with
Council policy.
•
Any other application which the Corporate Director,
Environment and Culture considers should be referred to the
Committee for determination
2. To consider and
determine applications for revocation and/or review of any licences
which fall to be determined by the Committee in accordance with
paragraph 1 a) to h) above.
3. To resolve not
to issue a casino premises licence pursuant to section 166 Gambling
Act 2005.
4. To determine
fees and charges for the issue, approval, consent, license, permit
or other registration for functions for which the Committee has
responsibility.
5. To determine
all aspects of licensing policy/procedure (excluding the
determination of the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy)
and miscellaneous licensing matters, including the creation of Sub
Committees for the purposes of the Licensing Act 2003.
6. To consider the
Council’s statement of licensing policy.
The quorum is
three Members of the Committee.