Issue - meetings

The Licensing Partnership Manager, Claire Perry, provided the Committee with a report summarising the findings of Louise Casey CB’s Report of Inspection of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. It was found that processes across all three Licensing Partnership authorities were robust and appropriate.

The three main actions recommended were that:

·  A module within the current complaints recording software which allows for cross referencing should be utilised;

·  The individual policies for each of  the three authorities should be further harmonised; and

·  Discussions between Managers and Officers in one to ones regarding complaints about licensees should be documented.

The Legal Advisor, Robin Harris, confirmed to the Committee the Council’s power to suspend or revoke a Hackney Carriage or Private Hire licence with immediate effect, and the power of the Police to ask the Council for a summary review of a premises licence, at which the premises licence could be suspended or revoked with immediate effect.

RESOLVED: That the actions contained within the report be implemented as proposed.