Issue - meetings

To review the draft Statement of Gambling Licensing Policy and provide any comments to the Licensing Committee for their meeting on 22 October 2020.

The committee received and considered a report of the Service Manager, Licensing and Community Safety, which set out the requirement of the Council, as Licensing Authority under the Licensing Act 2003, to publish a Statement of Gambling Licensing Policy at least every three years. The purpose of the policy statement was to define how the Council would exercise its responsibilities under the Act, and had been prepared by officers, considered at an informal meeting of the Licensing Committee and had been published, in draft format, for a period of public consultation of 12 weeks, between 6 July and 27 September 2020.

The reviewed Statement of Gambling Licensing Policy would be considered by the Licensing Committee and then on to Full Council for adoption.

The Place & Resources Overview Committee had the opportunity at this meeting to review the draft Statement of Gambling Licensing Policy and provide any comments to the Licensing Committee.

Councillors welcomed the Statement of Gambling Licensing Policy and a point was made that the policy enabled the council to review a license and take action where appropriate.  Reference was made to the work undertaken by the Chairman and Vice-chairman of the Licensing Committee in this area and thanks was expressed for the work of the Licensing Committee and officers involved.

Comments would be passed to the Licensing Committee when they considered the draft policy at their meeting on 22 October 2020.