Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member Development and Safety

RESOLVED THAT

the extension of the current scheme and the new fees as outlined in the Appendix 2, to come into effect immediately, be approved.

The Cabinet Member Development and Safety introduced the report and explained that in March 2013 the Cabinet adopted a discretionary pre-application advice service for licensing. The scheme was adopted under ‘general power of competence’ introduced by the Localism Act 2011 that gives local authorities the legal capacity to do anything that an individual can do that is not limited by the existence of any other power of the authority which (to any extent) overlaps the general power. The report sought permission to extend the scope of the scheme and to introduce new charges.

He highlighted that in terms of new charges the Check and Send and Pre-application consultation proposed levels of discretionary service would make the licensing process slicker and save both money and time.

RESOLVED THAT

the extension of the current scheme and the new fees as outlined in the Appendix 2, to come into effect immediately, be approved.