Licensing and Public Protection Committee

The Licensing and Public Protection Committee is comprised of 10 Members of the Council and has the following functions:

1. Determine applications for the grant or renewal of licences, other than those submitted under the Licensing Act 2003 and the Gambling Act 2005 where:

   - adverse comments have been received in the processing of the application, and

   - officers with delegated authority have indicated that there are no circumstances which may warrant a refusal of the application

2. Determine any issues relating to revocation, suspension, or variation of licences, other than those submitted under the Licensing Act 2003 and the Gambling Act 2005.
3. Consider all issues relating to Public Protection, encompassing all Environmental Health matters (other than matters relating to the Licensing Act 2003 and the Gambling Act 2005) not delegated to Officers and required to be made by the Council.
4. Those functions required to be carried out by a licensing committee pursuant to section 7* of the Licensing Act 2003 and Section 151(1)** of the Gambling Act 2005.

*Section 7 of the Licensing Act 2003 states that - "All matters relating to the discharge by a licensing authority of its licensing functions are, by virtue of the subsections of the Act, referred to its licensing committee and, accordingly, that committee must discharge those functions on behalf of the authority."

**Section 154(1) of the Gambling Act 2005 states that - "The functions under this Part of a licensing authority in England and Wales are by virtue of this subsection delegated to the licensing committee of the authority established under section 6 of the Licensing Act 2003."