Agenda and draft minutes

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

Apologies were received from Cllrs S Ellis and S Redrup

To confirm as a true record the Minutes of the meeting held on 12 June 2023.

RESOLVED:

THAT the minutes of the meeting held on 12 June 2023 be approved.

To invite Members to declare any interest they might have I 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.

There were no public questions.

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

There were no items of urgent business.

The Licensing Manager explained that it was a statutory requirement to review the policy every five years. The current policy, which would expire in January 2024, had been reviewed and updated and had been subject to public consultation for a period of six weeks from 5 September 2023. The policy had been further updated to take into account some of the representations received.

Confirmation was given that there were regulations in place to preclude all types of single use vessels.

Following some discussion and clarification of a number of issues, Option 2 was recommended to the Committee and it was

RESOLVED:

To recommend adoption of the draft revised Statement of Licensing Policy 2024-2029 to Full Council, subject to minor amendments as deemed necessary, these being:

1. The link at paragraph 4.14 to the Public Space Protection Order page to be updated.

2. A paragraph to be included requiring non-glass drinking vessels to be reusable and made from biodegradable and or recyclable materials.

3. A paragraph to be inserted where officers will encourage the use of reusable and biodegradable material when non glass products are preferred.

4. Paragraph 10.16 regarding plastic drinking vessels to be updated to ensure that alternative drinking vessels needed to be reusable and made from biodegradable and or recyclable materials.

5. A paragraph to be inserted to encourage licensed premises to use packaging used for takeaway meals to be made from biodegradable and or recyclable materials.

6. A paragraph to be inserted to encourage the training of staff in respect of safeguarding children, in particular where children may attend a premises late at night.

7. Numbering throughout to be checked and amended as necessary.

It was noted that some of the above requirements had already been completed between publication of the papers and the meeting itself. An updated policy would be presented to Full Council for adoption on 17 January 2024.

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 4.00pm on Thursday, 16 November 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.