Agenda item

To consider a report proposing the adoption of a revised Statement of Licensing Policy.

LICENSING COMMITTEE

(Peter Gerard Dunphy)

26 October 2016

Review of Statement of Licensing Policy - Licensing Act 2003

The City of London Corporation, in its capacity as Licensing Authority, published its first statutory Statement of Licensing Policy under the Licensing Act 2003 in January 2005. Subsequent reviews were published in January 2008 and again in January 2011 and January 2013. Although not statutorily due for a further review until 2018, due to changes in the City Corporation’s policies and procedures, improvements to the Code of Practice and major legislative changes to the Licensing Act 2003, there was a need to revise and update the Statement of Licensing Policy sooner.

The consultation period for the revised text of the Policy finished on Thursday 29 September 2016. Four responses to the consultation were received and the concerns and comments expressed had been taken into account in the Policy attached as an appendix to the report.

The Court was recommended to approve the revised Statement of Licensing Policy, as set out at Appendix 1, for adoption.

In introducing the report, the Chairman advised that a section had also been included detailing how to make an application, so as to be helpful to City businesses. He also clarified that neither the Sexual Entertainment Venue Policy nor the Tables and Chairs Policy, both referred to in the report, were being reviewed at this stage.

Resolved – That the revised Statement of Licensing Policy, as set out at Appendix 1, be approved for adoption.