Agenda and minutes

To note any apologies or changes in membership of the Committee made in accordance with Part 4B paragraph 5 of the Constitution.

Apologies were received from Cllrs Bacon, Jarman, Jones-Evans and Peace.

To confirm as a true record the Minutes of the meeting held on 13 June 2022.

RESOLVED:

THAT the minutes of the meeting held on 13 June 2022 be approved.

To invite Members to declare any interest they might have in the matters on the agenda.

There were no Declarations of Interest.

Questions are restricted to matters not on the Agenda. Questions may be asked without notice but to guarantee a full reply at the meeting, a question must be put including the name and address of the questioner by delivery in writing or by electronic mail to Democratic Services at democratic.services@iow.gov.uk, no later than two clear working days before the start of the meeting. Normally, Licensing Committee is held on a Monday, therefore the deadline for written questions will be Wednesday 7 June 2023.

There were no public questions received.

To consider any matters which, in the Chairman’s opinion, are urgent.

There were no items of urgent business.

Establishment of, and appointments to, the Licensing Sub-Committee.

The legal advisor explained that the report was to formalise arrangements for the appointment of a sub-committee to determine applications and appeals. The difference between the full committee and the sub-committee and their roles was clarified.

RESOLVED:

That a licensing sub-committee be appointed of an three members drawn from the Licensing Committee on an ad hoc basis, with the terms of reference as set out in the Constitution, and that it be politically proportionate as far as practicable, with a quorum of three such members.

To guarantee a reply to a question, a question  must be submitted in writing or by electronic mail to democratic.services@iow.gov.uk no later than 4pm on Thursday 8 June 2023. A question may be asked at the meeting without prior notice but in these circumstances, there is no guarantee that a full reply will be given at the meeting.

There were no members’ questions.