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Resolved that: To authorise that a report be put to the Planning, Regulatory and Licensing Committee to include details of submissions and representations heard by the Committee in relation to: (1) proposed amendments to the Council’s Animal Boarding Establishment Licence Standard Conditions in respect of this application only and (2) proposed additional conditions being added in respect of this application only, and for the Planning, Regulatory and Licensing Committee to determine (1) whether to amend and/or add to our current Standard Conditions (2) to determine the application for an Animal Boarding Establishment Licence.
No apologies for absence were received as all Members were present.
No Declarations of Interest were made.
Decision as recorded
Resolved that: To authorise that a report be put to the Planning, Regulatory and Licensing Committee to include details of submissions and representations heard by the Committee in relation to: (1) proposed amendments to the Council’s Animal Boarding Establishment Licence Standard Conditions in respect of this application only and (2) proposed additional conditions being added in respect of this application only, and for the Planning, Regulatory and Licensing Committee to determine (1) whether to amend and/or add to our current Standard Conditions (2) to determine the application for an Animal Boarding Establishment Licence.
Animal Boarding Licence – Mr Julian Bones, Dogsden Day Care, Units D and E, 14 Pant Industrial Estate, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil. The Committee were advised that the applicant Mr J Bones was not present but had submitted documentation in relation to the application that had been circulated to the Committee. Jo Baber then led the Committee in detail through the report. Mr Mike Jessop Veterinary then referred the Committee to his report of the inspection visit to the premises carried out on 13 June 2023 at the request of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council under the Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963. Mr Jessop also confirmed that the Electrical Safety Certificate was for the period 2021 to 2024 and was therefore valid. Simon Jones then referred to the four concerns as contained in the report of Mr Jessop and could these and other concerns be remedied by way of extra conditions. Mr Jessop then referred to extra conditions and referred to matters such as: · Change of name for the business · Confirmation of Vaccination Certificates · Insulation of the premises and the need to be warm in Winter and cool in Summer and the taking of accurate temperature recordings · Ratio of Staff to dogs at the premises · Dog walking / House sitting pet services · The need to see rotas together with a record of staff in and out of the premises Question were then raised by the Committee on the application and were responded to in detail by Jo Baber and Mr Jessop: · How many dogs could be kept a day · Floor plans · Temperature in summer · Staffing · First aid training for staff · Opening hours · Feeding Simon Jones advised that the applicant was not present in the meeting but had made written submissions in response to the report of Mr Jessop. Simon Jones then read out for the Committee the responses from the applicant to the points made in the report of Mr Jessop and referred to accompanying document and photographs that had been submitted by the applicant. Simon Jones then asked Mr Jessop if he was satisfied that the four impediments could be resolved and if yes with the attaching of extra conditions. In response Mr Jessop stated that it was difficult to see walls of the lobby from photographs and that a lot of the issues with wood had been rectified and that there was one outstanding area that there was a need to provide evidence for but that all the others had been done. Mr Jessop also referred to the Training Policy and the change of business name that should be reflected and the evidence of the current employees together with amending the feeding details if there was no feeding on the premises. Also the need to keep Training and Guidance Documents up to date but that these were on going issues to catch up on at future inspections. Simon Jones then referred the Committee to the recommendations as set out in Paragraph 2.1 of the report and the options available to the Committee. The Chair then thanked Mr Jessop and Jo Baber for attending and responding in detail to the questions raised by the Committee. All parties then left the Meeting. Considerable debate then ensured by the Members and after consideration by the Committee it was Resolved that: To authorise that a report be put to the Planning, Regulatory and Licensing Committee to include details of submissions and representations heard by the Committee in relation to: (1) proposed amendments to the Council’s Animal Boarding Establishment Licence Standard Conditions in respect of this application only and (2) proposed additional conditions being added in respect of this application only, and for the Planning, Regulatory and Licensing Committee to determine (1) whether to amend and/or add to our current Standard Conditions (2) to determine the application for an Animal Boarding Establishment Licence.
The Chair advised that there was no other business deemed urgent.
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