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APOLOGIES Minutes: Councillor Hegenbarth, Councillor Whyborn and Councillor Clucas had given their apologies. Councillor Wheeler acted as a substitute.
Councillor Harman excused himself at 19:20.
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Minutes: Following a discussion, it was agreed that Councillor Parsons would not take part in the vote on agenda item 7 as he had objected to the application.
Councillor Willingham and Councillor McCloskey both declared that they had visited the site in question at agenda item 8.
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Appointment of sub-committees and substitutes PDF 64 KB Minutes: The Licensing Officer introduced the report, he explained that in September 2017 the licensing committee had adopted a revised committee structure. Since this had become effective, the full committee met quarterly and was responsible for establishing sub-committees, acting as a consultee to Cabinet/Lead Members and dealing with briefings and training.
He advised that under the committee’s revised structure they were proposing to establish three sub-committees, a miscellaneous committee, one for dealing with sexual entertainment venues (SEV) and an alcohol and gambling sub-committee. Alternatively, the committee could opt to include the determination of SEV’s within the remit of the miscellaneous sub-committee. The number of Members required for each committee was outlined at section 1.5 of the report. He informed the committee that since the re-structure the miscellaneous sub-committee had met on 8 occasions and the alcohol and gambling on 7, 2 of which were to deal with SEV’s.
During the debate the Members made the following observations:
· That by establishing a third sub-committee purely to deal with SEV’s would be more bureaucratic and cause more unnecessary administrative work for Democratic Services. · As they were so infrequent it would be long periods of time before minutes got approved. · That by establishing a separate sub-committee purely to deal with SEV’s would appear prejudicial. · They intended to rotate the Members on each sub-committee to ensure Members got a broad range of experience.
One Member queried why it wasn’t a necessity for the Alcohol and Gambling sub-committee to be politically balanced. The Legal Officer advised that as it was quasi-judicial it was not required to be under legislation. Some Members agreed that it wasn’t necessary and felt that when the sub-committee was short on Members it was not always easy to ensure they were both quorate and politically balanced. Others agreed that it was impractical and it was very rare that there was cross party disagreement in any case.
The committee proceeded to vote on whether the Alcohol and Gambling sub-committee should be politically balanced.
Upon a vote it was 3 for 5 against.
A short discussion was had regarding the possibility of returning back to the previous committee structure which saw the full licensing committee deal with the majority of matters and then draw upon 3 Members from the full committee to deal purely with Alcohol and Gambling. The Chair, however, reasoned that it was unnecessary for the full committee to meet to deal with minor applications such as an A-board and that by establishing sub-committees would put their time to better use. It was agreed that further discussions could be had and the committee structure be reviewed if this was deemed necessary.
The sub-committee proceeded to vote on whether to establish two sub-committees as follows
1. A miscellaneous licensing sub-committee who would have responsibility for hackney carriage, private hire, miscellaneous licensing functions and SEV’s. 2. An Alcohol and Gambling sub-committee.
Upon a vote it was unanimously
Resolved that two sub-committees be established one to deal with miscellaneous licensing functions and SEV’s and an ... view the full minutes text for item 3. |
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PUBLIC QUESTIONS These must be received no later than 12 noon on the fourth working day before the date of the meeting
Minutes: There were no public questions. |
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MINUTES OF LAST MEETING PDF 86 KB To approve the minutes of the last meeting held on 6th December 2017. Minutes: The minutes of the last meeting held on the 6th December 2017 were agreed and signed as a correct record. |
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Application to repeat a Street Trading Consent - ITEM WITHDRAWN Mr Mustafa Ayguher
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Application for Street Trading Consent PDF 77 KB Mr Tee Smith Additional documents: Minutes: The licensing Officer introduced the report, he explained that an application had been made by Mr Tee Smith for street trading consent in respect of two mobile ice cream vans.
He advised that the times he proposed to trade were every day between 17:00 – 22:30, although this would be on an infrequent basis and that the vehicle Mr Smith would use was pictured at Appendix A of the report.
He explained that trading is prohibited in certain locations in the council’s adopted policy and such restrictions were outlined at paragraph 2.2 of the report. An objection to the application had also been received from a Cheltenham Borough Councillor and this was highlighted at paragraph 3 of the report.
The Licensing Officer explained that he had had further correspondence with Mr Smith who was happy for a condition to be imposed on the licence which prohibited the use of chimes. He also stated that he only intended to trade in town centre car parks and was happy to cease trading earlier than 22:30 if deemed necessary by the committee.
The Licensing Officer informed the committee that they could:
· Approve the application because Members were satisfied that the location, size of unit and type of goods are suitable;
· Refuse the application because Members consider the location, size of unit or goods being sold to be unsuitable.
He further advised that they had the option to grant on a trial basis or grant with conditions.
Following questioning, the Licensing Officer confirmed that:
Following a discussion the Members raised the following points:
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Application for permission to place an object on the Highway PDF 82 KB S.Rouse & Co, 99 Gloucester Road, Cheltenham GL51 8NG Additional documents: Minutes: The Licensing officer introduced the report, he explained that an application had been made to place an advertising board on the highway outside S.Rouse & Co, which was located at 99 Gloucester Road, Cheltenham, GL51 8NG.
He confirmed that S.Rouse & Co were proposing to place the board on the highway from 09:00-17:00 Monday – Saturday.
The Licensing Officer advised the committee that the location plan was attached at Appendix A of the report, a photo of the location was included at Appendix B and a photo of the A-board at Appendix C.
An objection had been received from a CBC Planning Enforcement Officer due to the fact that the height of the board exceeded the size dimensions approved in the council’s Street Scene Policy and due to the fact that the premises had space on its large forecourt to display the board.
In light of this, the Licensing Officer advised the sub-committee that they could either:
Following questioning, the Licensing Officer confirmed that:
During the debate the Members made the following observations:
The Members proceeded to vote on section 1.5.1 to ‘approve the application because Members are satisfied that the location is suitable’
Upon a vote it was 0 for and 7 against.
The committee then voted on section 1.5.2 to ‘refuse the application because it does not comply with the provisions of the adopted Street Scene policy’
Upon a vote it was 6 for and 1 Member abstained. against.
Resolved that
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ANY OTHER ITEMS THE CHAIRMAN DETERMINES TO BE URGENT AND WHICH REQUIRES A DECISION Minutes: The Chair wished to discuss the following matters at minute items 10 and 12. |
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Events Impact Minutes: The Chair explained that an issue with regards to events in the Borough had been brought to his attention by Councillor Parsons.
Councillor Parsons proceeded to explain that in the last few months there had been several issues with regards to outdoor music events which had been causing excessive noise to residents. Notable examples included that of the Steps concert at Whaddon Road and Wychwood festival at Cheltenham Racecourse which had attracted complaints from residents many miles from the venue.
Whilst Councillor Parsons reasoned that such events were necessary, particularly to support the ambitions for the place strategy there needed to be a balance. He felt that a meeting with planning, environmental health and various other relevant departments would be beneficial.
The Chair felt that the issue went wider than just the licensing team and as such suggested it be referred to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee for consideration.
The Licensing Officer advised the committee that for temporary events notices only the police and environmental health were able to object. In the case of premises licences, the consultation is wider and anybody can object if their objection is relevant and relates to one or more of the licensing objectives. He explained that in most instances if environmental health were to have any concerns then they work with the applicant or agree conditions. He further advised that the licensing team will send a weekly list of ongoing premises licence applications to all councillors, so that they will be aware of such applications. However the list won’t include all events, because not all events require a premises licence application to be made.
Resolved that
The matter be referred to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee for consideration.
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Local Government Act 1972 - Exempt Business |
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Local Government Act 1972 - Exempt Business Minutes: Upon a vote it was unanimously
Resolved that in accordance with Section 100A(4) Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the meeting for the remaining agenda items as it is likely that, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, if members of the public are present there will be disclosed to them exempt information as defined in paragraph 7, Part (1) Schedule (12A) Local Government Act 1972, namely:
Information relating to any action taken or to be taken in connection with the prevention, investigation or prosecution of crime.
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Information Sharing with licensing in allegations management and safeguarding Minutes: The Chair updated the committee on a matter regarding information sharing with licensing in allegations management and safeguarding. |
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DATE OF NEXT MEETING 5th September 2018. Minutes: Wednesday 5th September 2018 at 6pm. |