Agenda and minutes

The Chair advised that the proceedings were being recorded by the Council and that the meeting was being livestreamed and broadcast from the Civic Suite, Castle House.

NOTED       that no Member or Officer declared any interest pursuant to any statutory requirement in any matter discussed or voted upon at the meeting.

The minutes from the meeting held on 20 March 2025were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

The Committee considered the report of the Environmental Health & Licensing Manager which detailed the revised Scheme of Delegation related to the merging of the General Purposes and Licensing Committees as agreed at Full Council held on 20 May 2025.

The updated Scheme of Delegation, appended to the report, solely reflected the merging of the committees with no other changes.  Officers would still have delegated powers to approve licences as they currently did and Members would still be involved in all licensing reviews and panels, and to determine applications where it currently required a panel decision to be made.

AGREED     (unanimously) that the Licensing Committee:

a)           note the approval from Full Council for the merging of the General Purposes and Licensing Committees; and

b)          approve the updated Scheme of Delegation to be incorporated into the Council’s Constitution in Appendix A.

The Anchor, Gunthorpe

NOTED        the minutes of the Licensing Hearing held on 8 April 2025- The Anchor, Gunthorpe.

NOTED        the Temporary Event Notices received and acknowledged between 1 January until 31 March 2025.

The Committee will be invited to resolve that under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

Category of “Exempt Information” under Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act, as amended:

Paragraph 7 – Contains information relating to any action taken or to be taken in connection with the prevention, investigation or prosecution of crime.

AGREED     that, under section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 of part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

The Committee considered the exempt report regarding performance and enforcement matters.

(Summary provided in accordance with Section 100C(2) of the Local Government Act 1972).