Agenda

Agenda

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Items
No. Item

1.

Election of Chair for Council Year 2026-2027

2.

Election of Vice-Chair for Council Year 2026-2027

3.

Apologies for absence

4.

Declarations of interest

5.

Minutes of the previous meeting pdf icon PDF 180 KB

Recommendation: to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 9 February 2026 as a true and accurate record.

6.

Addresses by members of the public

Public addresses relating to matters of business for this agenda, up to five minutes is available for each public address.

 

The request to speak accompanied by the full text of the address must be received by the Director of Law, Governance and Strategy by 5.00 pm on Wednesday 20 May 2026.

7.

Councillor addresses on any item for discussion

Councillor addresses relating to matters of business for this agenda, up to five minutes is available for each address.

The request should be received by the Director of Law, Governance and Strategy by 5.00 pm on Wednesday 20 May 2026.

8.

Appointment of General Purposes Licensing Casework Sub-Committees pdf icon PDF 125 KB

The Director of Law, Governance, and Strategy has submitted a report to establish four General Purposes Licensing Sub-Committees for the 2026-27 Council Year to deal with the casework flowing from the Committee’s own responsibilities. 

 

Recommendation(s): 

That the General Purposes Licensing Committee resolves to:

1.    Agree to vote against the requirement for each of the General Purposes Licensing Casework Sub-Committees to follow the Council’s political proportionality. 

2.    Appoint as many General Purposes Licensing Casework sub-committees of three members as there are combinations of three members in the total number of members of the Committee,  

3.    Note the Sub-Committees’ powers and duties for hackney carriage, private hire or other driver or vehicle licences, street trading consents and sex establishment licences as set out in Appendix 1 to this report.

4.    Agree the dates on which the Sub-Committees will meet.   

 

Additional documents:

9.

Dates of future meetings

The next meeting of the Committee will be held on 21 September 2026 at 18.00.