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There is no summary of this meeting yet. One is written once the council publishes the minutes. The agenda and papers are below.
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members and Officers to the meeting of the Statutory Licensing Committee. 1.2 Apologies were received from Councillor Cowles.
2.1 There were no interests declared.
3.1 The minutes of the Licensing Committee dated 11/03/2025 were approved.
4.1 The minutes of previous licensing hearings were noted.
5.1 The Team Manager Licensing and Trading Standards presented the report whilst referring to the appendices throughout. 5.2 The Licensing Committee: I. Noted and commented on the contents of this report, and II. Noted the activity report for October 2024 to March 2025.
6.1 The Team Manager Licensing and Trading Standards presented the report whilst referring to the appendices throughout. 6.2 It was noted that a number of tracked changes had not translated to the published agenda. 6.3 Following questions from the Committee, the Team Manager Licensing and Trading Standards confirmed the following: • The November deadline would be achieved. • There was 8 weeks available for consultation between today’s licensing committee and the one to be held in September. • If the recommendations were agreed today, it was anticipated that the consultation would start within the next week. 6.4 Statutory Licensing Committee: I. Noted the amended timetable for the review of the Council’s licensing Policy, as set out in 4.2 of the report. II. Agreed for consultation to be carried out with relevant stakeholders as required under the Licensing Act 2003 to seek views on revised draft version of the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy.
7.1 The next meeting was confirmed to take place on 25th September 2025.
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