Meeting documents

Licensing Committee
Friday, 25th February, 2005 9.30 am

Place:
Civic Suite, Civic Centre, Southend-on-Sea
 

Attendance Details

ItemDescriptionResolution
Part I
904 Apologies and substitutions.
 Apologies were received from Councillors M S C Foster and D A Norman.
905 Declarations of interest.
 No declarations of interest were made at this meeting.
906 Minutes of the Meeting held on Monday, 13th December, 2004
 Resolved:

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 13th December 2004 be received, confirmed as a correct record and signed.
907 Minutes of the Meeting held on Tuesday, 14th December, 2004
 Resolved:

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 14th December 2004 be received, confirmed as a correct record and signed.
908 Minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Sub-Committee C held on 24 January 2005
 Resolved:

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 24th January 2005 be received, confirmed as a correct record and signed.
909 Minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Sub-Committee C held on 31 January 2005
 Resolved:

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 31st January 2005 be received, confirmed as a correct record and signed.
910 Minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Sub-Committee C held on 1 February 2005.
 Resolved:

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 1st February 2005 be received, confirmed as a correct record and signed.
911 Licensing Act 2003 - Scheme of Delegations and Progress Report
Business for item 911
Resolved:

1. That, subject to amending the quorum of Sub-Committees A and B to three, the Scheme of Delegations as set out in Appendix 1 of the report be agreed.

2. That additionally, Trading Standards Officers within the Department's Trading Standards Group be authorised to make representations in respect of applications.

3. That the contents of the report be noted.

4. That Appendix 2 of the report be agreed in connection with the application of Members' Code of Conduct in relation to the Licensing Act 2003.


After the formal business of the meeting, the Committee viewed a DVD of a mock licensing hearing involving leading specialists and discussed the key elements to the future consideration of licensing applications in Southend. A copy of the papers relating to the decision of the mock hearing were circulated at the meeting.
9.30 a.m./12.45 a.m.

Attendance Details

Present:
Councillor D J Jarvis (Chairman),
Councillors Mrs M F Evans (Vice-Chairman), N M Baker, R A H Brown, A J Cole, A J Delaney, B T Houssart, Mrs T M Merrison, Mrs P E Rayner, Mrs A V Robertson, K R Robinson
In attendance:
J Baker, E Buchan, P Tremayne, D Krieger, P Bradwell, P West, A Penn, N Vann & T Row

Business

ItemBusiness
911The Committee received a report of the Director of Technical & Environmental Services which informed Members of the progress of the implementation of the new licensing controls, and which indicated areas that required final procedural agreement.

The Committee was informed that the quorum of the Sub-Committees A and B, as set out in the Scheme of Delegations attached as Appendix of the report, should be 3 and not 2 as stated. This was consistent with legal opinions and the views of other licensing authorities.

It was noted that arrangements were currently being developed for the appointment of Members to the Sub-Committees A and B to ensure workloads would be shared as equally as possible. Concerns were however, expressed at the possible difficulties in identifying the required number of Members to the Sub-Committees when considering some applications, particularly given the likely conflict of interests as Ward Members and those issues outlined in the Code of Conduct as set out in Appendix 2 to the report. To assist officers in appointing the Sub-Committees, it was suggested that a list of holiday dates of Members be maintained. It was also suggested that, when appointing the Sub-Committees, a fourth Member should be allocated as a reserve and receive the papers for the meeting should any of the other three Members be unable to attend the meeting.

Additionally, whilst it was anticipated that the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Committee would chair the meetings of the Sub-Committees, there were likely to be occasions when this was not possible. Other Members would therefore be expected to take on this role when required.

 

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