Decision - Licensing Fees 2023/24

RESOLVED: That the Committee approves the following licence fees will increase by an average of 6%: · Taxi Licence fees - as set out in Appendix 1. · Sex Entertainment Venues and Sex Establishments fees – as set out in Appendix 2. · Street Trading fees – as set out in Appendix 2. · All Gambling Act 2005 fees – as set out in Appendix 2. · All Animal Activity Licences fees - as set out in Appendix 5. A list of agreed fees for 2022-23 and proposed fees for 2023-24 is included in Appendices 1-2 & 5. Note: If the above recommendations are not agreed, or if the committee wishes to amend the recommendations, then the item will normally need to be referred to the Policy & Resources Committee meeting on 9 February 2023 to be considered as part of the overall 2023/24 budget proposals. This is because the 2023/24 budget proposals are developed on the assumption that fees and charges are agreed as recommended and any failure to agree, or a proposal to agree different fees and charges, will have an impact on the overall budget proposals, which means it needs to be dealt with by Policy & Resources Committee as per the requirements of the constitution. This does not fetter the committee's ability to make recommendations to Policy & Resources Committee.

The document sets out proposed taxi licence fees for 2023-24. The proposed fees increase by approximately 5.4% to 7.7% compared with the agreed 2022-23 fees.