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Agenda, decisions and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

ELECT CHAIR

To elect Chair for 2021/22

Decision:

To elect Councillor Annwen Hughes as Chair for 2021 /22

 

Minutes:

To elect Councillor Annwen Hughes as Chair for 2021 /22

 

Councillor Elfed Williams was thanked for his work as Chair of the Committee over the past two years, and also for his support to the Licensing Sub-committees.

 

 

2.

ELECT VICE CHAIR

To elect Vice chair for 2021/22

Decision:

To elect Councillor Edgar Owen  as Vice-chair for 2021 /22

 

3.

APOLOGIES

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillor John Brynmor Hughes and Councillor Jason W Parry

        

 

4.

DECLARATION OF PERSONAL INTEREST

To receive any declaration of personal interest.

 

Minutes:

No declarations of personal interest were received from any members present.

 

5.

URGENT ITEMS

To note any items that are a matter of urgency in the view of the Chairman for consideration.

Minutes:

·         The committee took the opportunity to give official thanks for the good work being done by the Track, Trace and Protect officers

 

·         Attention was drawn to a Individual Member's seat that had been vacant for some time now on the Committee's Membership list. It was suggested that the matter be referred to the Business Group  

 

6.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 12 KB

The Chairman shall propose that the minutes of the meeting of this Committee, held on 15 March 2021 be signed as a true record. 

Minutes:

The Chair signed the minutes of the meeting of the committee held on 15 March 2021 as a true record.

 

7.

LICENSING SUB COMMITTEE MINUTES pdf icon PDF 244 KB

To submit, for information, minutes of the Central Licensing Sub-committee meeting held on the following dates:

 

27 April 2021

23 February 2021

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Accepted, for information, the minutes of the Sub-committees held on 23 February and 27 April 2021.

 

8.

APPROVAL TO COMMENCE A STATUTORY CONSULTATION ON A DRAFT STATEMENT OF POLICY - LICENSING ACT 2003 pdf icon PDF 63 KB

To consider the report

Additional documents:

Decision:

  1. To approve commencement of the statutory consultation on the draft Statement of Licensing Policy.

 

  1. At the end of the consultation period, a report will be submitted to this committee outlining the responses received. Any concerns raised about the new draft policy will be considered and changes will be made to the policy as required.

 

  1. Upon approval from this committee after the consultation, the new policy will be submitted to the Full Council to consider; for a decision.

 

Minutes:

Submitted – a report by the Licensing Manager highlighting the need to commence a statutory consultation on a draft statement of policy of the Licensing Act 2003. Members were reminded of the statutory requirement on all Licensing Authorities to review their policy every five years and amend it as required. She added that Gwynedd Council Licensing Authority's current policy had been approved at a Full Council meeting in December 2015.

 

She referred to the new draft policy and drew attention to the minor changes made to the current policy. She also referred to the role of Public Health Wales and the Health Board in the process of policy-forming and responding to applications for a premises licence.

 

Proposed and seconded – to approve the recommendation

 

In response to a question about receiving minutes of officers' meetings across North Wales, it was noted that since these meetings were taking place weekly and that 90% of the discussion revolved around Covid-19 regulations, there were no written minutes of these meetings available.

 

RESOLVED

 

1.    To approve commencement of the statutory consultation on the draft Statement of Licensing Policy. 

 

2.    At the end of the consultation period a report shall be submitted to this committee outlining the responses received. Any concerns raised about the new draft policy will be considered and changes will be made to the policy as required.

 

3.    Upon approval from this committee following the consultation, the new policy will be submitted to the Full Council to consider; for a decision.