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To consider a draft revised Statement of Licensing Policy and the outcome of the consultation exercise.

The Committee considered a report regarding a draft revised Statement of Licensing Policy, which included responses received during the consultation period and Licensing Officer comments.

The Council was required to review its existing statement of Licensing Policy and publish a revised version by no later than 31 January 2014.  A consultation exercise had been undertaken and the draft revised Policy had been considered by the Licensing Committee on 16 July 2013 and the Corporate Scrutiny Committee on 10 September 2013.

RESOLVED

1.         That the draft revised Statement of Licensing Policy, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report, be amended as follows:

(a)       That references to Local Authority be replaced with ‘the Council’.

(b)       That the bullet points in paragraph 1.3 be replaced with the following:

§  Cheshire East has a strong and resilient economy

§  People live well and for longer

(c)       That the following paragraphs be inserted following paragraph 1.3:

‘The context of the policy includes the Council’s statutory responsibility under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 for the health of the population of Cheshire East and it is noted that it is a priority of the local Health and Wellbeing Board to reduce alcohol related harm.’

‘The context of the policy includes the Council’s statutory duty under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 to have regard to the need to do all that it reasonably can to prevent crime and disorder, misuse of drugs and alcohol and reoffending in its area.’

(d)       That the date of the latest guidance in paragraph 1.4 be amended to June 2013.

(e)       That the first sentence of paragraph 2.9 be amended to read: 'Following Relevant Representations the Licensing Authority willonly depart from this policy where there is satisfactory evidence/information that the Licensing Objectives will be met in full.'

(f)        That the first sentence of paragraph 2.11 be amended to read: ‘To achieve its aims the Council is committed to working in partnership with the Responsible Authorities, local businesses, residents and others towards ensuring the continued success of this Policy in achieving the statutory objectives of the Act.’

(g)       That the numbering of paragraph 3.6 be amended to 3.3.

(h)      That the first sentence of paragraph 5.2 be amended to read: ‘The Council recognises that Licensed Premises are an important contributor to the local economy.’

(i)        That the first sentence of paragraph 7.7 be amended to read: ‘Following Relevant Representations, conditions may need to be imposed for certain types of venues to seek to eliminate the sale and consumption of drugs and to create a safer environment for those who may have taken them.’

(j)        That the following sentence be added to paragraph 9.4: ‘Environmental Health may use any recommendations from such a report to propose amendments to the Operating Schedule or suggest conditions for the consideration of any (Sub) Committee.’

(k)       That in paragraph 9.4 the reference to noise ventilation systems be removed.

(l)        That in paragraph 9.5 references to ‘noise’ be replaced with ‘any noise’.

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