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The Committee
considered the report of the Head of Democratic Services regarding
the Licensing Partnership Annual Report.
In response to a
question, Members were informed that Licensing is not allowed to
make a profit and as the Government set the fees there is a
shortfall which the Council subsidises.
The Council is striving to cut costs to help reduce this
shortfall. The Government has been
consistently lobbied about this by Authorities and the Local
Government Association and it is hoped that forthcoming changes to
the Licensing Act 2003 will make provision for authorities to set
their own fees, based on actual cost.
Members were also
informed that the administration of private hire operators’
licences had now moved to Sevenoaks and the administration of
driver and vehicle licences should move to Sevenoaks over the next
2-3 months.