Agenda

When the continuous alarm sounds you must evacuate the building by the nearest available fire exit. Members and visitors should proceed to the visitors’ car park at the front of the building and await further instructions (during office hours staff should proceed to their usual assembly point; outside of office hours proceed to the visitors’ car park). Please do not re-enter the building unless instructed to do so.

In the event of a fire any person with a disability should be assisted in leaving the building.   

Pursuant to the adoption by the Council on 24 January 2023 of the Tewkesbury Borough Council Code of Conduct, effective from 1 February 2023, as set out in Minute No. CL.72, Members are invited to declare any interest they may have in the business set out on the Agenda to which the approved Code applies.

To approve the Minutes of the Licensing Committee meetings held on 9 November 2023 and 15 May 2024; the Licensing Sub-Committee (Licensing Act 2003 and Gambling Act 2005) meetings held on 13 November and 12 December 2023; and the Licensing Sub-Committee (Street Trading and Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicles, Drivers and Operators) meetings held on 20 November 2023, 18 December 2023, 16 January 2024, 22 February 2024, 5 March 2024, 21 March 2024, 10 April 2024, 28 May 2024, 18 June 2024 and 20 June 2024.

To recommend to Council that the current Statement of Principles under the Gambling Act 2005 be adopted for a further three year period and that the Council agree to continue to adopt a “no casino resolution” for inclusion in the published Gambling Act 2005 Licensing Policy Statement.

To agree an extension of the implementation of Council vehicle testing to 1 April 2025 to allow for the work required. 

To consider the update on the ongoing work being carried out within Gloucestershire in relation to taxi and private hire licensing. 

To consider the draft Pavement Licensing Policy, attached at Appendix A to the report, and to agree the delegations set out at Paragraph 5.1 of the report and the fees for new and renewal applications as set out at Paragraph 6.3 of the report; and to recommend to the Executive Committee that the draft Pavement Policy be adopted. 

The Chair will move the adoption of the following resolution:

That under Section 100(A)(4) Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded for the following items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

To approve the separate Minutes of the Licensing Sub-Committee (Street Trading and Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicles, Drivers and Operators) meetings held on 20 November 2023, 18 December 2023, 16 January 2024, 22 February 2024, 5 March 2024, 21 March 2024, 10 April 2024, 28 May 2024 and 20 June 2024.