Agenda

Agenda

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Items
No. Item

Part One - Public Business

1.

Apologies for absence

2.

Declarations of interest

3.

Fees & Charges pdf icon PDF 241 KB

The Deputy Chief Executive for City and Citizens’ Services has submitted a report to seek agreement of the licence fees for 2025/26 where the Council has discretion over the level of fee charged.

 

Recommendation(s): That the General Purposes and Licensing Committee resolves to:

1.    Agree the licence fees and charges for 2025/26 as set out in appendix 1 and recommend to Council for adoption.

4.

Hackney Carriage Quantity Control Policy Review pdf icon PDF 2 MB

The Deputy Chief Executive for City and Citizens’ Services has submitted a report to review and determine retention or removal of the Hackney Carriage Vehicle Quantity Control Policy.  

 

Recommendation(s): That the General Purposes and Licensing Committee resolves to:

1.    Remove the Hackney Carriage Vehicle Quantity Control Policy; and recommend the decision for adoption by Full Council.

2.    If the decision is to retain the policy, then;

Instruct Officers to complete a public impact assessment of the quantity control measures for presentation.

5.

Miscellaneous Licensing Update pdf icon PDF 185 KB

The Head of Planning and Regulatory Services has submitted a report to update the Committee on progress with Miscellaneous Licensing matters previously raised with or by the Committee.

 

Recommendation(s): That the General Purposes and Licensing Committee resolves to:

1.    Note the current position and planned officer actions regarding the matters within this report.

2.    Decide whether to pursue the possibility of incentivising smoke-free pavement licenced areas further, having regard to officer comments in this report. 

6.

Miscellaneous Licensing Fees & Charges pdf icon PDF 176 KB

The Head of Planning and Regulatory Services has submitted a report to seek agreement of the licence fees for 2025/26 where the Council has discretion over the level of fee charged.

 

Recommendation(s): That the General Purposes Licensing Committee resolves to:

1.    Agree the licence fees and charges for 2025/26 as set out in the Appendix 1 and recommend them to Council.

 

7.

Minutes of the previous meeting pdf icon PDF 470 KB

Recommendation: to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 20 May 2024 as a true and accurate record.

8.

Dates and times of meetings

The Committee is next scheduled to meet on:

·       21 May 2025

·       22 September 2025