Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED to appoint Councillor Brian Grocock as the Chair of Licensing Committee for the 2016/17 municipal year.

RESOLVED to appoint Councillor David Smith as the Vice-Chair of Licensing Committee for the 2016/17 municipal year.

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Last meeting held on 1 March 2016 (for confirmation)

The minutes of the meeting held 1 March 2016 were agreed and signed by the Chair.

Report of Corporate Director for Resilience

RESOLVED to:

(1)  agree membership of the three sub-committees (Licensing Panels A, B and C) at a later date;

(2)  appoint a sub-committee known as the Special Licensing Panel, comprising the Chairs of the three Licensing Panels (Councillor Linda Woodings, Councillor Brian Grocock and Councillor Mohammed Ibrahim), with the ability to use non-Chair substitutes if necessary, to be drawn from all Councillors on the Licensing Committee;

(3)  note the table of delegated functions as set out in appendix 1 to the report, which form the remit of the Licensing Committee, as prescribed by the Council’s Constitution and relevant legislation;

(4)  note that:

(a)  Licensing Committee meetings will, where possible, be held on a Monday as and when required;

(b)  Licensing Panel meetings will be arranged as required, and will normally be held on a Monday (Panel A), Tuesday (Panel B) or Friday (Panel C);

(5)  note that, in relation to the Special Licensing Panel:

(a)  meetings will be arranged as required (and held normally on a Monday, Tuesday or Friday) to determine complex or contentious licensing applications and to determine reviews of licences;

(b)  the Licensing Manager is responsible for the referral of applications and reviews to the Special Licensing Panel;

(c)  the allocation procedure used for arranging Special Licensing Panel meetings is as detailed in Appendix 2 to the report.