Agenda and draft minutes

In the absence of the chair and vice chair of the Licensing Acts Committee the democratic services officer called for nominations for a chair for the meeting.

A motion, moved and seconded, to elect Councillor Peter Dragonetti as the chair for the meeting was carried on being put to the vote.

RESOLVED: to elect Councillor Peter Dragonetti as the chair for the meeting

To receive any announcements from the chair and general housekeeping matters.

The chair welcomed everyone to the meeting, outlined the procedure to be followed and advised on emergency evacuation arrangements.

To record apologies for absence. 

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Mike Giles, Axel Macdonald, Zia Mohammed and Jo Robb.

To adopt and sign as a correct record the Licensing Acts Committee minutes of the meeting held on 23 May 2024.

RESOLVED: to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 23 May 2024 as a correct record and agree that the Chair sign these as such.

To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests and any conflicts of interest in respect of items on the agenda for this meeting. 

There were no declarations of interest.

To receive notification of any matters which the chair determines should be considered as urgent business and the special circumstances which have made the matters urgent.

There was no urgent business.

To receive any questions or statements from members of the public that have registered to speak. 

There were no registered speakers.

To consider the report of the Head of Communities.

The licensing team leader introduced the report and highlighted the recommendations to Council which were being sought. She informed the committee that following a four week consultation in August, to which there was only one, blank response, the policy had been updated with minor amendments.

Members enquired if it was unusual to only have one response to a consultation. The licensing team leader advised that this was an uncontroversial area of licensing in the district and therefore this was not surprising.

A motion, moved and seconded, to accept the officer recommendations and too recommend Council adopt a ‘no casino’ resolution was carried on being put to the vote.

Members noted that the policy had not changed drastically and as the district was not designated to have a casino it made to sense to make this recommendation to Council.

RESOLVED:

a)    to recommend to Council

i)               adopt the proposed Joint Gambling Policy

ii)              authorise the Head of Communities to make minor editorial changes to the Joint Gambling Policy.

iii)            authorise the Head of Communities to publish the Joint Gambling Policy in accordance with the Gambling Act 2005 (Licensing Authority Policy Statement) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006.

b)    To recommend Council adopt a ‘no casino’ resolution under section 166 (1) of the Gambling Act 2005, meaning that any application for a casino would not be considered.