Agenda and draft minutes

To receive any announcements from the chair and general housekeeping matters.

The chair welcomed everyone to the meeting, outlined the procedure to be followed and advised on emergency evacuation arrangements.

To record apologies for absence. 

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Kiera Bentley, Lucy Edwards, Oliver Forder and Val Shaw.

To adopt and sign as a correct record the Licensing Acts Committee minutes of the meeting held on 23 May 2024. 

RESOLVED: to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 23 May 2024 as a correct record and agree that the Chair sign these as such.

To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests and any conflicts of interest in respect of items on the agenda for this meeting.  

There were no declarations of interest.

To receive notification of any matters which the chair determines should be considered as urgent business and the special circumstances which have made the matters urgent.

There was no urgent business.

To receive any questions or statements from members of the public that have registered to speak. 

There were no registered speakers.

To consider the report of the Head of Communities.

Members considered a report from the head of communities. Officers outlined the report and noted the recommendations.

Members discussed the report and enquired whether the Council had received any applications for a casino. Officers confirmed that no applications had been received.

Members enquired whether the committee receive the annual report to the Gambling Commission. Officers confirmed that this could be included in all member updates. Members agreed this would not be necessary. 

It was RESOLVED TO recommend to Council to:

a.       

                        i.         Adopt the proposed Joint Gambling Policy

                       ii.         Authorise the Head of Communities to make minor editorial changes to the Joint Gambling Policy.

                      iii.         Authorise the Head of Communities to publish the Joint Gambling Policy in accordance with the Gambling Act 2005 (Licensing Authority Policy Statement) (England and Wales)

b.    To continue to adopt a ‘no casino’ resolution under section 166 (1) of the Gambling Act 2005, meaning that any application for a casino would not be considered.