Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence had been received from Councillors Clayden and Goodheart.

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

No declarations of interest were made.

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 20 September 2019.

            The Minutes for the meeting held on 20 September 2019 were approved by the Committee and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

To receive and note the minutes of the meetings of the Licensing Sub-Committees held on 28 June and 26 July 2019.

            The Committee received and noted the Minutes of the meetings of the Licensing Subcommittee held on 26 July and 28 June 2019.

This report sets out proposed licence fees for specified licensing regimes to take effect on 1 April 2020.

Members are recommended to support the Officer proposals set out in appendix 1.

            The Committee received a report from the Licensing Manager which set out the proposed licence fees structure for specified licensing regimes to take effect on 1 April 2020.  She provided an explanation as to how the figures had been arrived at and emphasised that the Council sought only to recover its costs rather than achieving a surplus.  The fees would be reviewed on a regular basis as it was likely that further changes to processes would continue over the next few years as ways of working more efficiently were brought forward.

            In considering the matter, Members also took account of the Council’s Taxi Policy and, following a brief discussion whereby Members sought and received clarification on a number of points, the Committee

RESOLVED

That the fees be set as proposed by officers and which had been calculated in accordance with the requirements of each regime and principles of cost recovery laid out in guidance.