Havant Borough Council Licensing Committee Meeting

Apologies were received from Councillors Payter, Shimbart, Milne, Patel and Keast.

PROPOSED by Councillor Weeks and SECONDED by Councillor Sceal it was RESOLVED that:

the minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Committee held on 26^th June 2023 be agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

There were no declarations of interests from members present in respect of any of the various matters on the agenda for this meeting.

The Licensing and Animal Welfare Team Leader introduced her report.

In response to questions from Members, the officer advised that:

When the Council receive an application to consider the opening of new betting shop etc under the Gambling Act 2005, a legal procedure is followed. The application will be subject to a 28 day consultation period; during which time representations from the public may be received. If those representations have relevant objections to the licensing objectives then the application will come to the Sub-Committee for determination.

Following debate, PROPOSED by Councillor Weeks and SECONDED by Councillor Blades it was RESOLVED that the Licensing Committee RECOMMEND the “Review of Statement of Principles – Gambling Act 2005” to Full Council for approval.

The Licensing and Animal Welfare Team Leader introduced their report.

There were no questions received, therefore PROPOSED by Councillor Sceal and SECONDED by Councillor Weeks it was RESOLVED that the Licensing Committee RECOMMEND the “Review of Statement of Licensing Policy – Licensing Act 2003” to Full Council for approval.

The Licensing and Animal Welfare Team Leader introduced their report.

An error contained within the report was brought to the Committees attention. On page 193 section 3.2 of the Agenda pack. This details the following sentence being crossed out and in red:

“Number of endorsed driving licence penalty points”

This is crossed out in error and should remain in the report.

The Licensing and Animal Welfare Team Leader gave an overview and extra clarity of the key changes that are contained within the report.

Councillors asked follow up questions. Following debate; PROPOSED by Councillor Sceal and SECONDED by Councillor Weeks it was RESOLVED that the Licensing Committee RECOMMEND the “Review of Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy” to Full Council for approval.