This is a meeting of the Licensing Committee of Hart Borough Council held on the 28th Jan 2025.

The last meeting of the Licensing Committee was on the 28th Jan 2025, and the next meeting will be 1st Apr 2025.

Meeting Status

Confirmed

Agenda Published

Yes

Decisions Published

No

Minutes Published

Yes

Meeting Location

Council Chamber

Meeting Recordings

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Agenda

Item Title Minutes
1 Minutes of the Previous Meeting Minutes of Previous Meeting

The minutes of 22 October 2024 were agreed and confirmed and signed as a correct record.

 

Proposed by: Cllr Butler; Seconded by: Cllr Farmer; Unanimously agreed

2 Apologies for Absence

Apologies for absence had been received from Cllrs Thomas and Vernon

 

Cllr Dorn had sent apologies that he would be arriving late.

3 Declarations of Interest

There were none.

4 Chair's Announcements

The Chair announced:

  • Christmas time enforcement visits went well with 12 establishments visited.  The “Ask Angela” campaign was discussed with all
  • Visits arranged for Councillors to go out with Officers on licensing visits in February have all been filled
  • There had been no comments on the fees and charges increases, so these would not be coming back to Committee
  • There were no more policy reviews to come before Committee until 2026

 

It was suggested that, following some issues with licensed taxi trade operatives not abiding by the relevant rules, checks be made in the lead up to Christmas 2025.  It was confirmed that random checks were made earlier that day, and that further checks would be added to the night time plan for the Christmas period later in the year.

5 Adoption of a Sex Establishments Policy 2025-2030 Adoption of the Sex Establishment Policy
Sex Establishments Policy 2025 - 2030 Final.docx

Cllrs Dorn and Harward arrived at 7.03 at the end of this item.

 

This report provided information required to make a decision to adopt the Sex Establishments Licensing Policy following completion of a public consultation exercise.

 

Members noted:

  • There had been no representations or comments following the public consultation
  • There had been no other amendments made by Officers
  • That it was good practice to have an in-date policy, despite Hart not having any sex establishments

 

Decision

 

That the updated Sex Establishments Licensing Policy be adopted.

 

Proposed by Cllr Butler; Seconded by Cllr Clarke; Unanimously agreed

Meeting Attendees

Bethany Woods photo
Committee Member
Bethany Woods

Liberal Democrat

Absent

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Gerry Crisp photo
Committee Member
Gerry Crisp

Liberal Democrat

Absent

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Mark Vernon photo
Committee Member
Mark Vernon

Liberal Democrat

Apologies

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Robert Harward photo
Committee Member
Robert Harward

Liberal Democrat

Present, as expected

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Stuart Bailey photo
Committee Member
Portfolio Holder - Community Services
Stuart Bailey

Liberal Democrat

Absent

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Dermot Smith photo
Vice-Chairman
Chairman
Dermot Smith

Independent

Present, as expected

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Chris Dorn photo
Committee Member
Vice-Chairman
Chris Dorn

Conservative

Present, as expected

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Selena Coburn photo
Committee Member
Selena Coburn

Conservative

Present, as expected

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Spencer Farmer photo
Committee Member
Spencer Farmer

Conservative

Present, as expected

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Steve Forster photo
Committee Member
Steve Forster

Conservative

Present, as expected

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Ben Thomas photo
Committee Member
Ben Thomas

Community Campaign Hart

Apologies

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Chris Axam photo
Committee Member
Chris Axam

Community Campaign Hart

Present, as expected

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Gill Butler photo
Chair
Gill Butler

Community Campaign Hart

Present, as expected

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Tony Clarke photo
Committee Member
Portfolio Holder - Digital and Communications
Tony Clarke

Community Campaign Hart

Present, as expected

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Committee Member
Richard Jones

CCH

Present, as expected

Officer
Environmental Health & Licensing Contract Manager
Neil Hince

None

In attendance

Officer
Regulatory Services Manager - Basingstoke and Deane
Robert Draper

None

In attendance

Officer
Executive Director - Place
Mark Jaggard

None

In attendance

Officer
Shared Legal Services
Louise Misselbrook

None

In attendance

Officer
Shared Legal Services

None

Expected

Officer
Licensing Team Leader, Shared Licensing Services
Emma Coles

None

In attendance

Officer
Committee and Member Services Manager
Sharon Black

None

In attendance

Previous Committee Meetings

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28th Jan 2025 Licensing Committee

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22nd Oct 2024 Licensing Committee

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3rd Jul 2024 Licensing Committee

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2nd Apr 2024 Licensing Committee (Cancelled)

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6th Feb 2024 Licensing Committee

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7th Nov 2023 Licensing Committee

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5th Sep 2023 Licensing Committee

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4th Jul 2023 Licensing Committee (Cancelled)

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6th Jun 2023 Licensing Committee

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25th Apr 2023 Licensing Committee (Cancelled)

Future Committee Meetings

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1st Apr 2025 Licensing Committee

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1st Jul 2025 Licensing Committee

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21st Oct 2025 Licensing Committee

Source

This meeting detail is from Hart Borough Council website