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Shirehall
Abbey Foregate
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Shropshire
SY2 6ND

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Shrewsbury Room, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6ND. View directions

Contact: Shelley Davies  Committee Officer

Items
No. Item

6.

Apologies

To receive apolgies for absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Mark Jones, Kevin Pardy, Dave Tremellen and David Vasmer.

7.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 68 KB

To confirm the Minutes of the meetings held on 22nd March 2017 and 18th May 2017.

 

Contact: Emily Marshall (01743 257717).

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Resolved:

 

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 22nd March and 18th May 2017 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

8.

Public Question Time

To receive any public questions or petitions from the public, notice of which has been given in accordance with Procedure Rule 14.  The deadline for this meeting is 5.00pm on Friday, 9th June 2017.

 

Minutes:

There were no public questions or petitions received.

9.

Disclosable Pecuniary Interests

Members are reminded that they must not participate in the discussion or voting on any matter in which they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest and should leave the room prior to the commencement of the debate.

Minutes:

Members were reminded that they must not participate in the discussion or voting on any matter in which they had a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest and should leave the room prior to the commencement of the debate.

10.

Appointment to Licensing and Safety Sub Committee

The Committee is asked to confirm the delegated powers of the Licensing and Safety Sub- Committee for the municipal year 2017 to 2018 (see minute 10 of the meeting held on 8th June 2011) and to appoint its membership. Members will be aware that this Sub-Committee’s powers are used mainly for dealing with matters concerning hackney carriage and private hire vehicles and drivers.

Minutes:

The Committee were asked to confirm the delegated powers to the Licensing and Safety Sub-Committee for the municipal year 2017 to 2018 (see minute 10 of the meeting held on 8th June 2011) and to appoint its membership.  Members were reminded that this Sub-Committee’s powers were mainly used for dealing with matters concerning hackney carriage and private hire vehicles and drivers.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.      That, a standing Licensing and Safety Sub-Committee be established comprising 5 members of the Strategic Licensing Committee and with full delegated powers to discharge the Council’s Licensing and Safety functions as set out in Annex A of the report to the Strategic Licensing Committee, see Minute 10 of the meeting held on 8th June 2011.

 

 

2.      That the rules of the Licensing and Safety Sub-Committee be those that were set out in Annex B of the report to the Strategic Licensing Committee, see Minute 10 of the meeting held on 8th June 2011.

 

 

3.      That Councillors Simon Jones, Dean Carroll, Paul Milner, Harry Taylor and Roy Aldcroft be appointed to serve on the Sub-Committee.

 

11.

Exercise of Delegated Powers pdf icon PDF 108 KB

Report of the Transactional and Licensing Manager is attached, marked 6.

 

Contact: Mandy Beever (01743 251702).

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the report of the Transactional and Licensing Manager in relation to delegated powers to issue and amend licences. (copy attached to the signed minutes).

 

RESOLVED:

That the report of the Transactional and Licensing Managerbe noted.

 

12.

Records of Proceedings - Licensing Act Sub Committee pdf icon PDF 63 KB

To note the records of proceedings of the Licensing Act Sub-Committee meetings for February – April 2017. Minutes of the following meetings are attached for the Committees information:

 

·         5th April 2017

·         12th April 2017

 

 

Contact: Emily Marshall (01743 257717) or Shelley Davies (01743 257718)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The records of proceedings of the Licensing Act Sub-Committee meetings from February 2017 to April 2017 were received by Members (Copy attached to the signed minutes).

 

 RESOLVED:

 

That the records of proceedings of the Licensing Act Sub-Committee meetings from February 2017 to April 2017 be noted.

 

13.

The Future Agenda Items

An opportunity for Members to identify additional matters that ought to be brought before the Committee for consideration at future meetings.

Minutes:

The Committee were given the opportunity to identify additional matters that ought to be brought before the Committee for consideration.

 

The following items were raised:

 

·         Changes to Law – Update – The Transactional and Licensing Manager advised Members that any changes in the law would be reported to the relevant Committee meeting.

·         Licensing Finance Update – The Trading Standards & Licensing Operations Manager advised that this information will be reported at the October meeting.

·         The Night-time Economy – The Trading Standards & Licensing Operations Manager explained that a Task and Finish Group had been set up by Enterprise and Growth Scrutiny Committee to review this matter and the findings would be shared with the Committee in due course.

·         Taxi ranks in Ludlow – The Transactional and Licensing Manager advised the Member that raised this issue to contact the relevant officer to set up a meeting to discuss the matter further. It was added by the Transactional and Licensing Manager that Shropshire Council Highways were responsible for providing taxis ranks and if additional ranks were required the drivers would need to discuss this matter with the Highways section.

·         The impact of increased opening hours for pubs and clubs – It was noted that every application was dealt with on its own merits and if relevant objections were received the application would be considered by the Licensing Act Sub-Committee. The Solicitor added that if residents had concerns with a particular premises they could request a review of the premises licence.

·         Taxi Marshalls – The Transactional and Licensing Manager explained that the Primary Care Trust provided the funding for Marshalls and advised Members to contact the Community Safety Partnership if they felt this was necessary.

 

RESOLVED:

No future agenda items were identified.

14.

Date of Next Meeting

To note that the next meeting of the Strategic Licensing Committee will be held on 4th October 2017 in the Shrewsbury Room, Shirehall, Shrewsbury.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

It was noted that the next meeting of the Strategic Licensing Committee would be held on Wednesday, 4th October 2017 in the Shrewsbury Room, Shirehall.

 

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