Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence.

To receive from Members, declarations of the existence of any disclosable pecuniary, or nonpecuniary, interests and the nature of those interests in relation to any agenda item. Please see Agenda Notes.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday, September 13, 2022.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the following Licensing Sub-Committee.

-       Monday 21 November  

To receive any questions from members of the public provided that a question does not relate to:

· Matters which are the subject of current or pending legal proceedings or

· Matters relating to employees or former employees of the Council or comments in respect of individual Council Officers.

To ask a question at this meeting, please submit it to democratic.services@gloucester.gov.uk  by 12pm on Thursday 8th December 2022 or telephone 01452 396203 for support.

To receive any petitions and deputations provided that no such petition or deputation is in relation to:

· Matters relating to individual Council Officers, or

· Matters relating to current or pending legal proceedings. To present a petition or deputation at this meeting, please submit it to democratic.services@gloucester.gov.uk by 12 noon on Thursday 8th December 2022.

To receive the report of the Director of Communities, the purpose of which is to outline to members a proposal submitted by Gloucester Hackney Carriage Association (GHCA) for an increase to the current Hackney Carriage tariff.

To receive the report of the Director of Communities which outlines to members details of key Licensing Activities carried out from 1 September 2022 to 30 November 2022, including applications and service requests received, details of any enforcement work, progress updates of our work plan and any changes in Licensing Law.

To consider the following resolution should members wish to discuss agenda item 10.

“That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the following item of business on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of proceeding, that if members of the press or public are present during consideration of this item there will be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1, 2, 3 & 7 of Part 1 of Schedule12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended.”

To receive the exempt minutes of the following meetings of the Licensing and Enforcement Sub-Committee, if members decide they wish to discuss them:

-       17 October 2022

-       16 November 2022

Tuesday, 14 March 2023 at 6.30 p.m.