To consider the report of the Service Lead- Environmental Health & Community Safety.
Minutes:
The Chair introduced the Licensing Sub-Committee Members and Officers.
The Apprentice Solicitor set out the law, policy and procedure for the hearing and the Applicant, who was in attendance, confirmed that the procedure was understood.
The Principal Licensing Officer presented the application which sought the approval of the Licensing Sub-Committee for a street trading consent for Castle Street, Exeter, to sell hot dogs and burgers from a static stall, for a 12 month period. The hours of operation applied for were as follows:
· Monday to Sunday between 09:00 hours and 17:30 hours; and
· To operate during the Christmas shopping season’s extended shop opening hours.
Members noted that the Applicant had been trading from his stall in Castle Street for a number of years. The Applicant had submitted a photograph of the food stall which was included in the report papers. Members were informed that the business was registered with Environmental Health at Exeter City Council and had achieved a four out of five rating at its last inspection. The application had received no representations from Exeter City Council’s Environmental Health Department, Devon County Highways, Exeter City Council’s Corporate Property Department or from Members.
The Applicant was in attendance and spoke in support of the application and responded to questions from Members and the Apprentice Solicitor. The Applicant stated that he was now able to use more local suppliers and that by diversifying and extending his range he would be able to develop the business.
In response to questions, the Applicant explained the following:-
· he used a local butcher for his food offer;
· he was mindful of litter by offering minimal food wrappings in the form of napkins which were biodegradable. There was a bin adjacent to his stall and other public bins in the vicinity;
· he did not use any ancillary product such as food wrappings or cutlery that was detrimental to the environment;
· he did not offer any vegetarian options due to the current constraints of his stall but that was a future consideration;
· he would only take up the later hours of operation in the extended Christmas shopping period.
RESOLVED that the application be approved with the following conditions:
a) all of the conditions contained within Appendix A of the Street Trading Policy dated 2015 should be included in the consent;
b) the consent holder will provide a bin for customer use and that the consent holder will ensure that any rubbish in the vicinity (within 100m. of the business), emanating from the business is cleared away at regular intervals;
c) the use of A boards and flags be prohibited;
d) the consent holder will not conduct fly posting;
e) in the event that issues do arise from this consent, then this consent may be revoked by the Service Lead Environmental Health and Community Safety in consultation with the Chair of the Licensing Committee; and
f) in line with the Council’s resolution of 24 April 2018, and any cutlery, food/ drink containers, and drinking straws used should not be made from single use plastics.