Agenda item

Report of the Cabinet Member Development and Safety

The Cabinet Member Development and Safety introduced the report and explained that the council’s current street trading policy was approved by Council on 22 February 2013 and came into effect on 1 April 2013. Consultation on proposed changes to the policy has been undertaken and in November 2015 Cabinet approved the draft policy and made a recommendation for Council to adopt the revised policy.

The Cabinet Member explained that the proposed changes to the policy would make it more prescriptive and enable it to deal with a number of issues in the town.

It was important to note that this policy did not fetter the council’s discretion and applications for street trading consent for locations not approved can still be made and must still be determined. In these cases officers would refer applications to the Licensing Committee in accordance with the scheme of delegation. He drew particular attention to the concerns raised by the Licensing Committee and the officer responses to these set out in the appendix.

RESOLVED THAT (unanimously)

The amendments to the current policy be noted

1.    The consultation feedback and officer comments be noted

2.    The revised policy be adopted.