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.