Minutes of the Meeting of the Licensing and Regulatory Committee

Waverley Borough Council Committee System - Committee Document

Meeting of the Council held on 26/04/2006
Minutes of the Meeting of the Licensing and Regulatory Committee - 11th April 2006

Licensing and Regulatory Committee 17
11.04.06

WAVERLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE LICENSING AND REGULATORY COMMITTEE –
11TH APRIL 2006

SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL MEETING – 26TH APRIL 2006

(To be read in conjunction with the Agenda for the Meeting)

*	Mr L C Bate (Chairman)	*	Mrs S R Jacobs
*	Mr J M Savage (Vice-Chairman)		Mrs J R Keen
	Mr M J Blower		Dr M-G Lane
*	Mr M W Byham	*	Mrs A E Mansell
	Mrs E Cable	*	Mr W M Marshall
	Mr V Duckett		Mr A Rayner
*	Mr R D Frost		Mr J R Sandy
	Mr P B Isherwood

*Present

48. MINUTES (Agenda Item 1)

The Minutes of the Meeting held on 14th February 2006 were confirmed and signed.

49. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE (Agenda Item 2)

Apologies for absence were received from Mr M J Blower, Mrs E Cable, Mr V Duckett, Mr P B Isherwood, Mrs J R Keen, Mr A Rayner and Mr J R Sandy. Dr P M Marriott attended as a substitute.

50. DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS (Agenda Item 3)

Mr M W Byham declared a personal and prejudicial interest in agenda item 6. This item was for noting only and no discussion took place.

PART I – RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL

51. APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE TO DEAL IN GAME, MARKS & SPENCER SIMPLY FOOD, 94 HIGH STREET, CRANLEIGH (Agenda Item 7)

51.1 Under the Council’s Scheme of Delegation any application for a new game licence must come before the Licensing (General Purposes) Sub-Committee. The Sub-Committee resolved at its meeting on 11th April to grant a game licence to Marks & Spencer Simply Food for its premises at 94 High Street Cranleigh.

51.2 The total income for an application is the statutory fee of Ł4, which clearly does not go any way to meet the costs of the committee process. The Sub-Committee therefore proposed a recommendation that the Scheme of Delegation be amended to permit the Chief Executive, after consultation with the Environmental Health Manager, to authorise the issue of these licences, subject to there being no reason for refusal in any case.

51.3 The Committee

RECOMMENDS that

6. the Scheme of Delegation be amended to permit the Chief Executive, after consultation with the Environmental Health Manager, to authorise the issue of Game licences, subject to there being no reason for refusal in any case.

Background Papers(CEx)

Application from Marks and Spencer Simply Food received 24.3.2006.

MATTERS OF REPORT

Background Papers

The background papers relating to the following items in Parts II and III are as specified in the Agenda for the meeting of the Licensing and Regulatory Committee

PART II – Matters reported in detail for the information of the Council

52. REVIEW OF STREET TRADING (Agenda Item 5)

52.1 On 1st December 2005 this Committee considered a report from the Sub-Committee, which followed a request from Surrey County Council Local Transportation Service to redesignate a stretch of the A287 Odiham Road in connection with the control of street trading.

52.2 This Committee approved the recommendation from the Sub-Committee that the stretch of the A287 from the junction with Folly Hill to the County boundary should be designated as a Prohibited street for street trading purposes and that the designation be advertised in the local press.

52.3 The advertisement process is now complete and representations have been received from street traders and objectors to the food vans trading.

52.4 Following consideration of these representations, the Sub-Committee recommended that this stretch of the A287 be designated as a ‘Consent Street’ for street trading purposes and that an advertisement be placed in the local press to enable representations to be considered at a later date.

52.5 The Committee endorsed the recommendation of the Sub-Committee and

RESOLVED that

1. the stretch of the A287 from the junction with Folly Hill to the County boundary should be designated as a ‘Consent Street’ for street trading purposes; and

2. the proposal to make this designation be advertised in the local press in accordance with the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 to enable representations to be considered at a later meeting.

PART III – Brief summaries of other matters dealt with

53. MINUTES OF THE LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE MEETINGS (Agenda Item 2)

Due to the infrequency of meetings of the Licensing Act 2003 Sub-Committees ‘A’ – ‘E’ some minutes remained outstanding for signing some months after the meeting had taken place.

RESOLVED that the Chairmen of the relevant Licensing Act 2003 Sub-Committees be authorised to sign outstanding minutes in order they may be released into the public domain.

54. LICENSING ACT 2003 – APPEALS UPDATE (Agenda Item 6)

RESOLVED that the situation regarding appeals be noted.

55. REPORT OF THE MEETING OF THE LICENSING (GENERAL PURPOSES) SUB-COMMITTEE (Agenda Item 7)

RESOLVED that the report of the meeting of the Licensing (General Purposes) Sub-Committee held on 14th February 2006 be noted.

56. REPORT OF THE MEETINGS OF THE LICENSING ACT 2003 SUB-COMMITTEES
(Agenda Items 8.1 and 8.2)

RESOLVED that the reports of the Licensing Act 2003 Sub-Committee A held on 16th February 2006 and Licensing Act 2003 Sub-Committee C held on 2nd March 2006 be noted.

The meeting commenced at 9.10pm and concluded at 9.29 pm

Chairman

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