Meeting documents

Place Scrutiny Committee
Monday, 27th January, 2014 6.30 pm

Date:

Tuesday, 7th January, 2014

Time:

14:00

Place:

Civic Suite, Civic Centre, Southend-on-Sea

Item	Description	Resolution
Part I
639	Notice of Motion - Community Pubs (Attachment: 1)Notice of Motion Scrutiny Comment for item 639 Business for item 639	Resolved:- That the motion is not accepted as important pubs could be more effectively protected through the use of the relevant provisions of the Localism Act 2011, which allows local groups a right to identify and nominate individual pubs to be listed as an asset of community value. Reason for Decision To respond to the Notice of Motion. Other Options None. Note:- This is an Executive Function. Eligible for call in to Place Scrutiny Committee Executive Councillor:- J Garston *Called in to:- Place Scrutiny Committee

14:00/14:40

Present:

Councillor N Holdcroft (Chairman)
Councillors J I Courtenay, T Cox, J M Garston, D J Jarvis, J L Lamb, A J Moring, L P Salter

In attendance:

R Tinlin, S Leftley, A Lewis, A Atherton, J Williams, J Chesterton, I Ambrose, J Roberts and Colin Gamble

**Scrutiny Comment**
Item	Comment
639	Called in by Councillors M L Borton and I D Gilbert. Final call on 14/01/2014 at 16:48

**Business**
Item	Business
639	At the meeting of Council held on 12th December 2013, Members received the following Notice of Motion in relation to Community Pubs which was proposed by Councillor Ware-Lane and seconded by Councillor Crystall (this had been referred to Cabinet in accordance with Standing Order 8.4). "Southend-on-Sea Borough Council notes the possibility of submitting the following proposal to the Government under the Sustainable Communities Act: That the Secretary of State help protect community pubs in England by ensuring that planning permission and community consultation are required before community pubs are allowed to be converted to betting shops, supermarkets and pay-day loan stores or other uses, or are allowed to be demolished. The Council notes that if this power was acquired it would allow the Council to determine if pubs should be demolished or converted into other uses and could save many valued community pubs. The Council resolves to submit the proposal to the government under the Sustainable Communities Act and to work together with Local Works and the Campaign for Real Ale to gain support for the proposal from other Councils in the region and across the country".