Agenda item

Report of the Director of Markets & Consumer Protection.

N.B. This Item is to be read in conjunction with the appendix at Item No. 14.

The Committee received a report of the Director of Markets and Consumer Protection detailing the premises licences and variations to premises licences granted under the Licensing Act 2003 by the Licensing Service from 1 April 2015 to 30 June 2015.

The Licensing Manager was pleased to report that, for the first time since the scheme began in April 2013, no premises had obtained sufficient points on the risk scheme to reach Red status between December 2014 – May 2015.

In response to questions regarding the details of complaints received between 1 January 2015 and 31 March 2015, the Chairman stated that where an outcome was marked as ‘resolved’ this meant that the specific complaint raised had been resolved but did not, of course, prevent any further or ongoing issues.

In response to further questions on complaints, the Chairman clarified that where the outcome was marked as ‘no action possible’ this was normally because officers had not been called at the time of the disturbance or the issue had been resolved once officers arrived and the complaint could therefore not be evidenced.

The Chairman congratulated officers on the number of inspections carried out.

RESOLVED – That the details of premises licences and variations to premises licences granted under the Licensing Act 2003 by the Licensing Service from 1 April 2015 to 30 June 2015 be noted.