Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

11.

Appointment of Chair and Vice-Chair

To confirm the appointment of Councillor Brooker as Chair and Councillor Kubaszczyk as Vice-Chair.

Minutes:

Councillor Brooker and Kubaszczyk were confirmed as Chair and Vice-Chair of the Committee respectively.

 

12.

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.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

13.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 174 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED – that the minutes of the meeting held on the 13th of June, 2023 were confirmed and signed as a correct record by the Chair.

14.

Minutes of Licensing Sub-Committees pdf icon PDF 162 KB

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

 

- Wednesday, 2nd August 2023

 

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED – that the minutes of the Licensing Sub-Committee held on Wednesday 2nd August 2023 were noted.

15.

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 7 September 2023 or telephone 01452 396203 for support.

Minutes:

15.1 A question was submitted by the CEO of Stamp Out Spiking, to the Licensing Team Leader. The question was read aloud by the Democratic and Electoral Services Officer. The question read:

 

“What measures are currently in place to safeguard against spiking within your current licensed venues?”

 

15.2 In response, the Licensing Team Leader noted that he would liaise with Gloucestershire Constabulary to provide a formal written answer. The Licensing and Enforcement Committee would receive a copy of the answer.

 

 

 

16.

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 7 September 2023.

Minutes:

There were no petitions nor deputations.

 

17.

Proposed Revised Draft Conditions for Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing pdf icon PDF 139 KB

 

To receive the report of the Director of Communities. The purpose of which is to present the result of the consultation feedback on the revised draft Policy Conditions for Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing and to consider the consultation feedback and agree a final version of the Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Policy for adoption by the Licensing and Enforcement Committee.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

17.1 The Licensing Team Leader presented the report of the Director of Communities. The purpose of the report was to present the results of the consultation feedback on the revised draft Policy Conditions for Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing. Additionally, it aimed to consider the consultation feedback and reach an agreement on the final version of the Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Policy for adoption by the Licensing and Enforcement Committee.

 

17.2 The Chair noted her support for the recommendations outlined in the report and moved to accept them. With no dissent, the recommendations were accepted.

 

RESOLVED – that the revised Policy and conditions for Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing and consultation feedback be noted by Members and adopted by the Licensing and Enforcement Committee to take immediate effect.

18.

QUARTERLY UPDATE pdf icon PDF 106 KB

To receive the report of the Director of Communities which outlines to members details of key Licensing Activities carried out from 1 June 2023 to 31 August 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:

Minutes:

18.1 The Licensing Team Leader asked members if they had read and understood the content of the quarterly report. Members indicated that they had read the report and understood its content.

 

RESOLVED – that Licensing and Enforcement Committee noted the content of the report.

19.

Exclusion of Press and Public

To consider the following resolution should members wish to discuss agenda item 11. “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.”

Minutes:

There was no requirement to exclude the press and public as no member indicated that they wished to discuss agenda item 11.

20.

Licensing and Enforcement Sub-Committee Minutes

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

 

-       Wednesday, 28th June 2023.

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED – that the minutes of the meeting of the Licensing and Enforcement Sub-Committee held on Wednesday, 28th June 2023 were noted.

21.

Date of next meeting

Tuesday, 12 December 2023 at 6.30 p.m.

Minutes:

Tuesday, 12 December 2023 at 6.30 p.m.