Agenda item

To receive a report on The Licensing Act 2003: Southwark statement of licensing policy 2015-2020.

The licensing and environmental protection unit manager presented the report.  Members had questions for the officer.

RESOLVED:

1.  That the licensing sub-committee recommend the following to council assembly:

a)  To maintain the council’s three current special cumulative impact policy areas (set out below) within the Southwark statement of licensing policy for 2015-2020

  i.  Borough and Bankside

  ii.  Camberwell

  iii.  Peckham

b)  To incorporate within the Southwark statement of licensing policy 2015-2020 the content of Table 1 (pages 4 and 5 within this report), as this authority’s recommended appropriate operating hours for the guidance of applicants for new licences;

c)  Subject to (a) and (b) above, to adopt the draft Southwark statement of licensing policy 2015-2020 attached at Appendix C to this report as the policy of this council as licensing authority for the area

d)  That officers carry out a review of the current special cumulative impact policy areas, including detailed consideration as to whether cumulative impact policies continue to be appropriate and necessary, and report back to the committee.

2.  Note: The above recommendations have had regard to the responses to the public consultation exercise on the revision of the Southwark statement for licensing policy for 2015-20 (Appendix A), together with the further analysis provided by the partnership analyst and the council’s Environmental Protection Team (Appendices B & C respectively) accompanying this report.