Agenda item

Report of the Director of Markets and 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 licenses, and variations to premises licenses granted under the Licensing Act 2003 by the Licensing Service from 20 June 2016 to 30 September 2016. Officers alerted Members to an error in table detailing the number of complaints received against various premises, with 26 Bride Lane being incorrectly labelled as being in the Tower Ward.

A Member queried the use of the heading “Conditions applied to licenses by way of delegated authority” and it was agreed to be amended to clarify these were no additional conditions.

In response to a query from a Member over the informal resolution of a recurring noise issue, Officers confirmed that these had been incidents served as temporary warnings before a formal notice could be served. Officers further confirmed that the denomination of “ceased not likely to reoccur” was a wide ranging label that relied on the professional opinion of licensing officers. It was felt that instead of including more description in the table, Members could ask Officers for specific details of any applications of concern.

RECEIVED.