Report of the Transactional and Licensing Team Manager is attached.

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In accordance with  his declaration, Councillor Isherwood left the room and took no part in the debate and voting on this item.

20.1    Members received the report of the Transactional and Licensing Team Manager which sought the Committee’s approval for the variation of some Licenced Streets previously designated as Licence Streets on 1 April 2018 in accordance with Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982.

20.2    The Transactional and Licensing Team Manager reminded Members that a consultation on the street trading policy had been carried out earlier in the year and a part of the responses to this, requests had been made to amend some of existing adopted licenced streets.  She then outlined the process that must be carried out to effect the change.

20.3    RESOLVED:

3.1    That the Strategic Licensing Committee resolve to vary the list of designated streets that are currently contained in the policy by removing those streets identified as set out in Appendix A, documents 1 to 5 of the report. 

3.2    That the Committee instructs the Transactional and Licensing Team Manager to publish and serve the relevant notices, setting out the designation of streets, as required by Section 2 of Schedule 4 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982.

3.3    That where there are representations that object to the designation of streets as set out in Appendix A, documents 1 to 5 the Committee instructs the Transactional and Licensing Team Manager to bring a further report before the Committee to enable those representations to be considered in accordance with Section 2 of Schedule 4 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982.

3.4    That where no representations or only supporting or neutral representations are received, the Council resolves through delegated authority granted to the Strategic Licensing Committee, to pass a resolution designating the streets as set out in Appendix A, documents 1 to 5 with effect from 1 April 2023 and further instructs the Transactional and Licensing Team Manager to make the necessary arrangements as set out within Section 2 of Schedule 4 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 to give effect to the designations.