Decision - Constitutional Matters – Licensing Committees

RESOLVED: 1. That the committee's terms of reference, as set out in Appendix A to this report, were noted; 2. That the Committee established the Licensing Panel as a sub-committee (the membership of such Licensing Panel shall consist of three Members from the trained Members on the Licensing Committee, who will be able to sit on a panel and substitute for any designated Member of the Panel) to deal with licensing applications in accordance with the Terms of Reference are set out at Appendix A to this report. 3. That the Committee agreed to disapply the proportionality rules so far as a Licensing Panel is concerned in accordance with the Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990; 4. That the establishment of an Urgency Sub-Committee consisting of the Chair of the Committee and two other Members (nominated in accordance with the scheme for the allocation of seats for committees), to exercise its powers in relation to matters of urgency, on which it is necessary to make a decision before the next ordinary meeting of the Committee be approved.

The report set out the Licensing Committee’s terms of reference and proposed arrangements for its sub-committees. It recommended establishing a Licensing Panel and an Urgency Sub-Committee to deal with licensing applications and urgent decisions.