Agenda and minutes

Licensing Committee - Tuesday 2nd February 2016 5.30 pm

Venue: Rennes Room, Civic Centre, Paris Street, Exeter

Contact: Howard Bassett, Democratic Services Manager (Committees)  Telephone 01392 265107 or email  howard.bassett@exeter.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Minutes

To sign the minutes of the meeting held on 3 November 2015.

 

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 3 November 2015 were taken as read and signed by the Chair as a correct record.

 

2.

Declarations of Interest

Councillors are reminded of the need to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests that relate to business on the agenda and which have not already been included in the register of interests, before any discussion takes place on the item. Unless the interest is sensitive, you must also disclose the nature of the interest. In accordance with the Council's Code of Conduct, you must then leave the room and must not participate in any further discussion of the item.  Councillors requiring clarification should seek the advice of the Monitoring Officer prior to the day of the meeting.

Minutes:

The following Member declared a disclosable personal interest and left the meeting during consideration of the item.

 

COUNCILLOR

MINUTE

Councillor George

33 (knew the applicant)

 

3.

Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 - Exclusion of Press and Public

To pass the following resolution:

RESOLVED that, under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for item 6 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Act.

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED that, under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the consideration of the following item on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part I, Schedule 12A of the Act.

 

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1982

4.

Application for Consent to Street Trade (Mr RD)

To consider the report of the Assistant Director Environment.

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Acting Principal Licensing Officer presented an application for consent to street trade for a period of twelve months in Castle Street (adjacent to High Street), Exeter, which was a designated Consent Street under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1982.

 

Mr D was seeking to trade from Monday to Sunday between 09.00hrs until 17.00hrs as a continuation by 12 months of the consent granted by this Committee on 22 September but which had been limited to a period up to and including 2 February for the suitability of the operator to be determined. He proposed to continue to sell Tibetan Food, cooked to order on site using a gas powered ring system from a catering tent 2.2m long by 1.8m deep located to the side of Castle Street, leaving sufficient space for vehicular access.

 

Mr D attended and spoke in support of his application. He confirmed that he wished to continue trading and that since he had commenced operating he was building a regular trade and that customers liked the food he sold.

 

An objection had been received from the franchise holder of the Hot Sausage Company. As the barrow was located to the rear of the catering tent it was now only partially visible from the High Street and it was maintained that as a result potential customers and even regulars were sometimes unaware of its presence.  The actual operator of the stall however did not object.

 

The Committee retired to make its decision in the presence of the Democratic Services Officer only.

 

RESOLVED that street trading consent be granted for a period of twelve months, subject to the conditions set out in the report.

 

 

5.

Licensing Fees and Charges pdf icon PDF 503 KB

To consider the report of the Assistant Director Environment.

 

Minutes:

The Acting Principal Licensing Officer presented the report on the proposed licensing fees and charges for 2016/17, for those activities where the Council has discretion.

 

RESOLVED that the proposed Fees and Charges for 2016/17 be approved as set out in the report and, where appropriate, advertised.