Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED that Councillor Mrs. R. L. Dent be elected Chairman of the Committee for the ensuing municipal year.

RESOLVED that Councillor P. J. Whittaker be elected Vice-Chairman of the Committee for the ensuing municipal year.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Ms. M. T. Buxton, Mrs. H. J. Jones, R. J. Shannon and L. J. Turner.

No declarations of interest were received.

The minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Committee held on 10th January 2011 were submitted.

RESOLVED that the minutes be approved as a correct record.

The Committee considered a report detailing the contents of the draft revised Street Trading Policy Statement, Customer Information Pack and the Standard Conditions.

The Senior Licensing Practitioner introduced the report and in doing so requested that the Committee note the new proposed fee structure as set out in Appendix 2 of the report.

Members were reminded that at the Licensing Committee meeting held on 10th January 2011, it had been requested that officers review the current Street Trading Consent Policy.  The review of the policy had now been completed.  Members were requested to note that the proposed draft policy documents had been based on the version currently used in two other local authorities within the County.  Feedback from those authorities was that the proposed policy statement had operated effectively and that no significant issues had been reported.

Officers were proposing a 12 week public consultation details of which would be circulated to interested parties and published on the Council’s web site.  The responses to the consultation would be presented to the Licensing Committee.

The Licensing Manager, Worcestershire Regulatory Shared Services (WRSS) and Senior Licensing Practitioner responded to Members’ questions regarding mobile scrap metal dealers, buskers and ice cream sellers.

RESOLVED:

(a)               that the draft Street Trading Policy Statement, Customer Information Pack and Standard Conditions be approved; and

(b)               that the approved draft versions of the documents be subject to public consultation such consultation to take place over a 12 week period with the responses being reported back to the Licensing Committee.