Issue - meetings

Greg Bickerdike, Section Leader Licensing, presented a report on the Pavement Licence Regime, introduced by The Business and Planning Act 2020.

He stated that since the report was written, advice had been received from legal colleagues that Pavement Licences were an executive function and as such, Recommendation 4 should be noted and read:

4. The delegations referred to in this report includes further proposed delegations from the Director for City Environment.

The Section Leader outlined the regime and explained that it was a temporary measure introduced by The Business and Planning Act 2020 to support businesses in operating safely whilst social distancing was in place.

The Section Leader responded to questions asked and Members of the Committee welcomed the report.

Councillor Inston commended the regime and proposed the recommendations. Councillor Muston seconded the recommendations.

Resolved:

That Members of the Non-Statutory Licensing Committee:

1. Adopted the Pavement Licence regime;
2. Approved the implementation of the Pavement Licence Policy;
3. Approved the setting of a £25 application fee for a Pavement Licence;
4. Noted that the delegations referred to in the report included further proposed delegations from the Director for City Environment.
5. Noted that the activity regulated by Table and Chairs Permits was regulated by Pavement Licences, with a reduced public consultation period of seven days.