MAIDSTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL
Licensing Committee
Minutes of the meeting held on
Monday 21 November 2011
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Present: |
Councillor Parvin (Chairman), and Councillors FitzGerald, Mrs Gibson, Mrs Grigg, Mrs Hinder, Mrs Joy, Naghi, Parvin, Mrs Parvin, Warner and Yates |
58. Apologies for Absence
There were no apologies for absence.
59. Urgent Items
The Chairman agreed to take as urgent a report of the Head of Democratic Services regarding an issue of the location of Mr Greenfield’s stall under his Street Trading Consent as it only arose after the publication of the Agenda and his consent will terminate on 31 December 2011 which is before the next meeting of the Committee.
60. Notification of Substitute Members
There were no Substitute Members.
61. Notification of Visiting Members
There were no Visiting Members.
62. Disclosures by Members and Officers
There were no disclosures by Members or Officers.
63. Disclosures of Lobbying
There were no disclosures of lobbying.
64. Exempt Items
RESOLVED: That the items on the Agenda be taken in public as proposed.
65. Minutes
RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the Meeting held on 15 September 2011 be approved as a correct record and signed.
66. Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Issues (if any)
There were no issues raised.
67. Hackney Carriage Unmet Demand Survey
The Committee considered the report of the Head of Democratic Services regarding the need to review the current limit on Hackney Carriage numbers.
Members were informed that on review of the current position if a limit were sought to be retained it is incumbent upon the authority to be satisfied that there is no unmet demand in the Borough. It is recommended that the evidence on current levels of demand by way of a survey is updated every 3 years in order to inform a review decision.
RESOLVED: That the Council commission, jointly with Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, an independent Unmet Demand Survey to inform a report to Committee reviewing the current policy limiting Hackney Carriage licence numbers and seeking a decision on future policy.
68. Street Trading Consent - Mr Greenfield
The Committee considered the urgent report of the Head of Democratic Services regarding clarification of the exact permitted location of Mr Greenfield’s stall under the consent granted by the Committee at its meeting on 17 February 2011.
RESOLVED: That, for clarification purposes, the location given in the consent granted by the Committee at its meeting on 17 February 2011 to Mr Greenfield as the Courtyard Ethos included the area of land in front of the current gates and that the stall can be located in that area and must be against the side wall of the shop and not fronting onto the main King Street footpath.
69. Duration of Meeting
6.30 p.m. to 7.01 p.m.