Agenda item

Busking

A Member raised an issue regarding busking within the City and questioned what control Officers had over this. The Licensing Manager reported that, to an extent, this sat with Port Health and Environmental Services. He clarified that, if buskers were causing noise disturbance, this could be tackled by Environmental Health Officers. They could also be causing an offence if they were obstructing the highway or conducting illegal street collections which would be an issue that Licensing Officers could address.

The Licensing Manager went on to report that any individual collection money in the City was required to seek a licence/permit for this that was issued by the City’s Licensing Team.

Finally, the Licensing Manager reported that he had received three complaints about a Piper in the City in recent months. On each occasion, Officers had been deployed but had been unable to locate the offender.