Agenda and minutes

Members and Officers are reminded to make any declarations of pecuniary, personal and/or prejudicial interests that they may have in relation to items on this agenda and are reminded that they should re-declare their interest before consideration of the item or as soon as the interest becomes apparent.

Members and officers should make their declaration by stating :

a) the item they have the interest in

b) whether it is a pecuniary, personal and/or prejudicial

c) the nature of the interest

There were no declarations of interest made.

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 9 September 2022 and to note the Minutes from the meeting of the Licensing Sub-Committee held on 28 November 2022.

The Minutes of the previous meeting held on 9 September 2022 were approved by the Committee and signed by the Chair. The Minutes of the Licensing Sub-Committee held on 28 November 2022 were noted by the Committee.

The Chair confirmed that there were no urgent items.

To receive questions from the public (for a period of up to 15 minutes).

The Chair confirmed that there had been no questions from the public submitted for this meeting.

This report seeks approval from Members for the specified proposed fees and charges to come into effect from 1 April 2023.

Upon the invitation of the Chair, the Environmental Health Team Manager presented the report which sought Committee approval for specified proposed fees and charges to come into effect from 1 April 2023. It was noted that several processes undertaken by the licensing function were chargeable and that fees and charges were annually reviewed to ensure that they were set at the correct level and calculated considering relevant statute and guidance. A typographical error in the proposed fees schedule [on page 13 of the agenda pack] was brought to the attention of Members, the recommended charge for a new licence for hiring out horses should have read ‘484’ rather than ‘284’ as printed. The Chair sought clarity on how often the fees were reviewed if calculated on a cost recovery basis given the current economic climate. The Environmental Health Team Manager responded that it was considered most appropriate for fees to be reviewed on an annual basis in order to level them out and avoid them fluctuating throughout the year. The recommendation was then proposed by Councillor Blanchard-Cooperand seconded by Councillor Clayden.

The Committee

RESOLVED

That the licensing fees set out in appendix 1 be approved to be effective from 1 April 2023.

This report updates the Committee on the Q2 Performance Outturn for the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) which make up the Corporate Plan, for the period 1 April 2022 to 30 September 2022.

The Chair confirmed that the report was an information paper with no recommendations for the Committee to consider and was taken as read by Members. The Committee noted the report.

The Committee is requested to note its Work Programme for the remainder of 2022/23.

The Committee noted the Work Programme.