Agenda

Licensing and Enforcement Committee - Tuesday, 13th June 2023 6.30 pm

Venue: North Warehouse, The Docks, Gloucester, GL1 2EP

Contact: Democratic and Electoral Services 

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

To receive any apologies for absence.

2.

Declarations of Interest

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.

3.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 141 KB

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on Thursday, 19th January, 2023.

4.

Minutes of Licensing Sub-Committees

5.

Public Question Time (15 minutes)

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 8 June 2023 or telephone 01452 396203 for support.

6.

Petitions and Deputations (15 minutes, maximum 3 minutes per person)

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 8 June 2023.

7.

Proposed Revised Draft Conditions for Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing pdf icon PDF 136 KB

To receive the report of the Director of Communities. The purpose of the report is to seek the Licensing and Enforcement Committee’s approval to consult on the draft revised conditions for Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing.

Additional documents:

8.

Quarterly Update pdf icon PDF 121 KB

To receive the report of the Director of Communities which outlines to members details of key Licensing Activities carried out from 1 March 2023 to  31 May 2023, including applications and service requests received, details of any enforcement work, progress updates of the work plan and any changes in Licensing Law.

Additional documents:

9.

Exclusion of Press and Public

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.”

10.

Exempt Minutes of Licensing and Enforcement Sub-Committees

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

 

-       9th February 2023

-       10th May, 2023

11.

Date of next meeting

Tuesday, 12 September at 6.30 p.m.