Licensing Committee - 29 June 2022

LICENSING COMMITTEE

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting of the Licensing Committee to be held on Wednesday 29 June 2022 following the conclusion of the Regulatory Services Committee which starts at 6pm in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Northway, Rickmansworth, WD3 1RL

Members of the Licensing Committee:-

Councillors:

Raj Khiroya (Chair)

Roger Seabourne (Vice Chair)

David Coltman

Stephen Cox

Rue Grewal

Tony Humphreys

Shanti Maru

Dominic Sokalski

Kate Turner

Alison Wall

Phil Williams

Joanne Wagstaffe, Chief Executive

21 June 2021

The Council welcomes contributions from members of the public to aid discussions on agenda items at the Licensing Committee meetings. Details of the procedure are provided below:

For those wishing to speak:

Members of the public will be entitled to register and identify which item(s) they wish to speak on from the published agenda for the meeting.  Those who wish to register to speak (for or against an item) are asked to please notify the Committee team by e-mail ( CommitteeTeam@threerivers.gov.uk ) 48 before the meeting or can come on the night of the meeting to register to speak from 7pm. Registering before the meeting allows the Committee Team time to prepare the speaker sheet in advance of the meeting.

Please note that contributions will be limited to no more than three minutes.

Please note that, in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Committee.

For those wishing to observe:

Members of the public are welcome to attend the meetings.  You can request a place as an observer by contacting the Committee Team at email committeeteam@threerivers.gov.uk  48 hours before the meeting taking place if possible or can arrive on the night from 7pm.

In accordance with The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 any matters considered under Part I business only of the meeting may be filmed, recorded, photographed, broadcast or reported via social media by any person.

Recording and reporting the Council’s meetings is subject to the law and it is the responsibility of those doing the recording and reporting to ensure compliance.  This will include the Human Rights Act, the Data Protection Legislation and the laws of libel and defamation.

The Committee meeting will not be broadcast/livestreamed but a recording of the meeting will be made.

1.  APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.  MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the Licensing Committee meeting held on 16 June 2021 and the Extraordinary Licensing Committee meeting held on 6 October 2021.

3.  ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 30 to be announced, together with the special circumstances that justify their consideration as a matter of urgency.  The Chair to rule on the admission of such items.

4.  DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

To receive any declarations of interest.

5.  OVERVIEW OF A CUMULATIVE IMPACT POLICY AND TOOLS AVAILABLE TO THE LICENSING DEPARTMENT

To receive an update from the Area Team Leader.

6.  WORK PROGRAMME

To consider and made any necessary changes to the Committee’s work programme.

7.  OTHER BUSINESS – If approved under Item 3 above.

8.  EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

If confidential business is approved under item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional item(s) and a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-

“that under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under paragraphs (1-7) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act”.  It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

9.  OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under item 3 above

General Enquiries: Please contact the Committee Team at  committeeteam@threerivers.gov.uk