Agenda item

Report of the Director of Markets and Consumer Protection.

The Committee considered the report of the Director of Markets and Consumer Protection concerning the annual review of fees for those premises requiring a licence under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 as a sex establishment for 2020/21.

A Member felt that there was a lack of reasoning for the proposed adjustments in fees since and questioned why they did not stay the same considering here were no applications for sex establishments. Members were advised ha the costs for the survey needed to be recouped in the event of an application.

In response to a query concerning the significant drop in the fee charged regarding the transfer of a SEV licence, Officers agreed to follow up on what the reasoning was for this difference.

RESOLVED – That Members agree the proposed fees for 2020/21 as set out in Appendix 1.