The Licensing Committee is a
statutory committee of the Council appointed to perform the
discharge of the local authority's licensing functions, except the
approval of Licensing policy. This is
the responsibility of the Cabinet Member for Planning &
Licensing, except where there is a statutory requirement for full
Council to determine policy.
In addition, the Committee will
have regard to (a) the Council's Licensing Statement, published
under section 5 of the Licensing Act, 2003, and the Gambling Act
“Statement of Principles” and any other policy
determined by Council or the Cabinet Member for Planning &
Licensing (b) any Codes of Practice and guidance issued from time
to time from the Secretary of State and (c) the Council's Corporate
Plan and improvement priorities insofar as these do not conflict
with statutory requirements and which take precedence.
The Committee has appointed a
Sub-Committee to act as a Hearing Panel.
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