Cabinet was requested to approve the Statement of Licensing Policy for the purposes of undertaking the statutory consultation exercise required by the Licensing Act 2003. Members were asked to note that as a result of a recent change in the regulations the latest date by which a reviewed policy needed to be published had been revised to 2014 from 2011 (paragraph 12.1 of the report refers). It was noted that the timescale to have the Policy in place for 1 April 2009, necessitated a shorter period of consultation than normally would be the case.
RESOLVED
For the reasons set out in the report: -
That the Statement of Licensing Policy be approved for consultation.