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Contact: Mat Bloxham 01494 732143; email: mbloxham@chiltern.gov.uk
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To sign
the Minutes of the meeting held on 14 December 2016. Minutes: The
Minutes of the meeting held on 14 December 2016, copies of which had been
previously circulated, were discussed in detail. The Legal Officer advised that these Minutes
were draft Minutes and could be amended by Members if they did not agree the
content. The Licensing Manager referred to an email which had been sent to
Members by the Trade and explained the concerns raised
about whether the draft Minutes were an accurate record of the meeting in
particular in respect of door stickers. The
Chairman asked the Committee if they considered that the draft Minutes
reflected what was discussed and agreed by Members at the meeting and in
particular if it had been understood that it was the Hackney Carriage door
stickers which would be the subject of further consultation with the Trade.
Members confirmed that the Minutes did reflect what was discussed and agreed at
the meeting. It was
also noted that there would be a further report to the Committee following
consultation with the Trade, at which Members would consider representations
received and options as recorded in the Minutes. One Member also commented that the design
and size of door stickers generally (or alternative side livery) could be
considered at this meeting if necessary following consultation with the
trade. Members would then recommend the
draft Policy with or without further modification to Full Council for adoption. RESOLVED The Minutes of the meeting on 14 December 2016 were agreed by the Committee
and signed by the Chairman as a correct record. |
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Declarations of Interest Minutes: There were
no declarations of interest. |
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Licensing Act 2003 Policy Review 2017 Minutes: A review of the Licensing Policy was required every five years under the Licensing Act 2003. It was proposed to begin a consultation in April 2017 for a period of 8 weeks. The suggested amendments were shown on the draft Policy at Appendix 1 and the Committee was asked to consider and approve or amend the draft Policy for public consultation. Members were asked to give particular consideration to the existing areas subject to Cumulative Impact Policies (CIP) and consider whether they were still applicable. It was explained that CIP areas were those with a large number of licenced premises. That it was harder to obtain a licence or extension to a licence in these areas if there were objections because there was a requirement to prove there would be no impact. The removal of the CIP would be helpful to the businesses in these areas so evidence had been sought to see if they were still necessary. The Committee were advised that Chalfont St Peter had become much quieter around the pubs with the decline of Winkers nightclub and there had been a low level of complaints linked to licenced premises. Similarly Old Amersham seemed to have changed and had become more restaurant based. It was advised that the law had changed regarding live music and a licence was no longer needed for most of these types of events. Any noise nuisance would be dealt with by Environmental Health. Members considered the evidence gathered in Appendix 6, including the data supplied by the police and other consultees. It was generally agreed that there should be support for the small and medium businesses in these areas, provided that there were safeguards in place to tackle public nuisance. The draft Licensing
Policy in Appendix 1 was then discussed in more detail. The wording in paragraph 4.7 on page 26,
requiring that applicants should make “themselves aware” of the Statement of
Licensing Policy was not considered adequate, as applicants must be fully aware
of the policy. It was agreed to change
the wording to read “make themselves aware and comply with” the Statement of
Licensing Policy. The Licensing Manager also referred to the requirements of the Immigration Act 2016 which came into force in April 2017 regarding Premises and Personal Licences which needed to be referred to in the draft Policy. It was noted
that the results of the consultation exercise would be reported back to the
Licensing & Regulation Committee at its meeting on 6 July 2017 and the
final draft Policy would be recommended to Council for adoption on 17 October
2017 (with effect from 13 November 2017). RESOLVED 1. That based on the
evidence before Members both of the CIPs be withdrawn. 2. That reference to
the Immigration Act 2016 be added to the draft Policy. 3. That reference to
Minor Variations at paragraph 4.5 of the draft Policy be
separated to create a new standalone paragraph. 4. To amend paragraph 4.7 of the draft Policy to include the ... view the full minutes text for item 16. |