Agenda and minutes

In accordance with the Council's current Code of Conduct (adopted July 2012), which includes all the provisions relating to Disclosable Pecuniary Interests (DPI), personal and prejudicial interests , Members are asked to declare any DPI and also any personal interests (and whether or not such personal interests are also "prejudicial") in relation to any matter on the Agenda for this meeting. A DPI is defined in The Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012 No. 1464) and Appendix 3 of the Council’s Code of Conduct.  A personal interest is defined in paragraph 2.8 of the Code and a prejudicial interest is defined in paragraph 2.9. In the interests of complete transparency, Members of the County Council, who are not also members of this committee, are encouraged to declare any interests they may have in any matters being discussed even though they may not be under any obligation to do so under any relevant code of conduct.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Committee noted the procedure to be followed when considering Licensing Applications under the Licensing Act 2003.  The Chairman introduced the members of the Sub-Committee and the Officers present at the hearing.

The Licensing Officer advised that no representations had been withdrawn.  She informed members that the Police had requested an adjournment of the hearing to allow further discussions on the proposed conditions with the applicant.

Members of the Sub-Committee indicated that they were in agreement with adjourning the hearing.

The Legal Executive advised that if an agreement is reached between the Police and the applicant the licence could be granted under delegated authority.

It was agreed that if no agreement was reached between the Police and the applicant on the proposed conditions the hearing would be adjourned until Tuesday 14^th March 2017 at 10.00 am.