Agenda and draft minutes

The Democratic Services Officer drew attention to the Emergency Evacuation Procedure.

Councillor George Tomlin was present as a substitute for Councillor Ann Morgan for the duration of the meeting.

At this point in the meeting declarations of interest are received from Members in any of the agenda items under consideration at the meeting.

(a) The agenda item number in which they have an interest to declare.

(b) The nature of their interest.

(c) Whether their interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest or an other interest (as defined in Part 4.4 Appendix B of the Code of Conduct and Rules for Registration of Interests).

Any Member who needs to clarify any matters relating to the declaration of interests is recommended to seek advice from the Council’s Monitoring Officer or a member of his staff before the meeting to expedite dealing with the item during the meeting.

There were none.

There was none.

The Chair referenced the procedure that would be followed during the course of the meeting.

The Sub-Committee is asked to consider passing the following resolution:

“the Sub-Committee having been satisfied that the public interest would be better served by not disclosing relevant information, in accordance with the provisions of Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, RESOLVES that the public shall be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business and the reporting of the meeting be prevented under Section 100A(5A), because of the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended.   

The members of the Sub-Committee agreed that they were satisfied that the public interest would be better served by not disclosing relevant information, in accordance with the provisions of Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972.

It was RESOLVED that the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business and the reporting of the meeting be prevented under Section 100A(5A), because of the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended.

This item had been deferred in advance of the hearing on notice to the licensee. The matter will be heard on 2^nd January 2025, or at such other date as is required, which will be notified to the licensee. If the licensee fails to attend the hearing, the matter may proceed in his absence.

This matter was due to be determined today by the Licensing Sub Committee.

The licensee failed to attend and had not been in contact with the Licensing Section in relation to his attendance. The Lead Officer Licensing had called the licensee on his contact telephone number shortly after the hearing was due to start but there was no answer and a voice message was left. At 10:15 the licensee was not in attendance and Members considered whether or not to proceed in his absence.

In all the circumstances, Members determined in the interests of fairness to defer the matter to 2^nd January 2025, or at such other date as is required, which will be notified to the licensee. If the licensee fails to attend the next hearing, the matter may proceed in his absence.